the road in the middle ages ...
In the 1986 book, "Mühlhausen - Thomas Munzer-city" by Gunther and Korf, a floor plan of the medieval City presented corresponds to that of the road almost to the present state ..
.. But what was before the construction of the walls?
With the formation of the Old Town in St.Blasius Church created a new situation. At the church with the lower market now crossed a new road to the market, coming from the north-south road at St.Martini, the old town about today's Rose Street (7) for limestone (now Schützenberg) and from there through the Pfafferöder cave to the Hessenweg Tonberg led.
created The third stage of urban development again a new situation.
until the 19th Century created new Chausee then, however, some of which used the old routes. The separation in 1861, then many of the old layout help disappeared around the city.
.. some of it is in today's maps still recognizable, but especially the time before the construction of the city wall, is poorly understood and difficult to determined ..
.. .. and yet, some old connections can be seen even today .. has
.. Smiley therefore saddled Rocinante .. and will once again dare to ride the old tracks in the past ..
.. But what was before the construction of the walls?
one can even find older streets and demonstrate connections and ..?
The deserving local historian Rolf Aulepp had published in the Mühlhäuser posts an article on the medieval roads in the district of Mulhouse, which also contained valuable information for further investigation.
Mühlhausen was indeed in the 10th Century Ottonian royal palace as an important center of royal Reichsgutbezirkes.
The course of the old highways is partly determined even more on a map of the area Mühlhäuser from 1854, where leave before separation in 1861, recognize the old dirt roads even the former road.
On this basis also determines Aulepp the former course of the roads in the Middle Ages, with more intimate but again knowledge.
The map below shows the old roads around the city.
The map below shows the old roads around the city.
One of the main streets was then the old Hessenweg (1), probably first introduced as the high road over the Tonberg to the city .. and then very likely the so-called Emperor Door at the end of the Old Blobachs resulted in the suburbs. From here, probably the first road to the Holy City (2) and the branching off from road to Sambach Dingelstädt (3) and Worboys.
The road to Hüpstedt (4) could first have passed through the oil gap with the older sub-village of bunting, so as to avoid the Unstrut crossing. From the early
Unstrut Ford (F) at the later Wagenstedter bridge, also led a street after bunting, and the important north-south road that came with Reiser at the royal castle Tuttensoda over (4).
The road to Hüpstedt (4) could first have passed through the oil gap with the older sub-village of bunting, so as to avoid the Unstrut crossing. From the early
Unstrut Ford (F) at the later Wagenstedter bridge, also led a street after bunting, and the important north-south road that came with Reiser at the royal castle Tuttensoda over (4).
The road winds through mountain (5) and forest (6) and the road to the grave, and grains (7) began here at the Unstrut ford.
led to the southeast then the streets of the pity and the giant mountain Inger Berg (8) and the road through the cave Erfurt (9) south to the Thuringian Forest.
The highway in the direction of Eisenach (10) might have resulted from the earlier sub-market on the road Spielberg and Spielberg (the present city of Mountain) in the Bailiwick.
also for the city itself, can be reconstructed, some of the earlier roads. Here are the stages of urban development, as they were identified by Buehner, well-governed been for the former road.
also for the city itself, can be reconstructed, some of the earlier roads. Here are the stages of urban development, as they were identified by Buehner, well-governed been for the former road.
was in the first stage Mühlhausen only from the founding settlement at St.Georgi, the royal court and the royal castle and the market settlement at St.Kiliani.
The old Hessenweg (1) was well as on the trail Tonberg and uses the old Blobach the little plan. From there went it as a road to the castle and very likely the bailey around to the north-south road at St.Georgi.
little plan resulted from the old road (2) of buntings in the north, where they probably first on the west side of the village led to the lower Unstrut of buntings. The old
Road to the Holy City of branched probably already behind the Old Blobach from the later Emperor Door of derStraße to Hesse.
The old north-south road (4) from the Thuringian Forest led to the Erfurt cave on the important Unstrut Ford (F). Here was the first settlement of St.Georgi and later formed the market town of St.Kiliani. The equally important street of the giant Inger (5), which led to Gebesee diverted to the east, from the north-south street in St.Martini.
The old north-south road (4) from the Thuringian Forest led to the Erfurt cave on the important Unstrut Ford (F). Here was the first settlement of St.Georgi and later formed the market town of St.Kiliani. The equally important street of the giant Inger (5), which led to Gebesee diverted to the east, from the north-south street in St.Martini.
Behind the Unstrut Ford (F) then the highways leading north and northeast (3).
from the north-south road branched St.Kiliani comfortable with the road in the South West (6), which probably carried out the present term Spielberg road to the Bailiwick and then in the direction of Eisenach.
With the formation of the Old Town in St.Blasius Church created a new situation. At the church with the lower market now crossed a new road to the market, coming from the north-south road at St.Martini, the old town about today's Rose Street (7) for limestone (now Schützenberg) and from there through the Pfafferöder cave to the Hessenweg Tonberg led.
West the old town was the north and the New Town district Jakobi with the royal church of St. Mary.
Now the old Hessenweg resulted directly from the mountain to protect New City (8) and the new road layout makes the supposed "via triumphalis" in the new town is very likely.
Probably at the end of the 12th Century is likely the bailey of the royal palace, whose exact location is still unclear, be absorbed into the urban area, where now some of the Feudalhöfe ministeriales the development.
It is striking that the City Hall site is located at the interface between the old town, and St.Jakobi derNeustadt. The city was indeed property of the king and was by his servants - the ministeriales - managed and protected.
These people had next to their service in a fief Reichsgutbezirk major farms in the city, some of which were then in the possession of the surrounding monasteries.
An important place was probably one of the alleged City Hall predecessor. Probably this was the administrative headquarters of an important royal
service man (mayor, prefect, etc.)
The Town Hall was the predecessor to the 12th and 13 Century in the trigonometric classification of other buildings of the city used. Almost all Feudalhöfe in the city have disappeared, only yards from the monastery, there are several eye witnesses.
The construction of the inner city wall early 13 Century created the basis for the still largely preserved streets.
first by the four main gates - Frauentor, Görmartor, Erfurt score and FelchtaerTor - led now the streets in all directions.
The gate was probably at first only as a close access to the kingdom in 1256 destroyed the castle and Pfortentor and Neupfortentor were originally only had small doors.
The outer city wall built in the mid-14th Century 9 outer gates and access roads are developed in the suburbs of the free imperial city.
The city developed very late 19th Century leaps and bounds and emerged in front of the old suburbs and many new roads.
Sunday., Smiley comes from the world of assumptions and hypotheses back into the present. This Article should identify ways to make .. the course of the old streets seen, probably .. that could be substantiated by scientific work, perhaps.
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Sunday., Smiley comes from the world of assumptions and hypotheses back into the present. This Article should identify ways to make .. the course of the old streets seen, probably .. that could be substantiated by scientific work, perhaps.
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