Trier, Hauptmarkt

The main market place (der Hauptmarkt) and the Church of St. Gangolf.

This house is situated in the Dietrichstraße / corner Market place. It was built in 1684 and destroyed during World War II. The reconstruction was from 1968 to 1970. The inscription "ANTE ROMAM TREVIRIS STETIT ANNIS MILLE TRECENTIS PERSTET ET ÆTERNA PACE FRVATVR.AMEN" means: Rather than Rome stood Trier one thousand and three hundred years. May it continue to stay and enjoy eternal peace. According to legend, Trebeta should be the namesake of Trier. He was the son of the legendary Assyrian King Ninus. His stepmother Semiramis drove him out of the kingdom. Around 2000 BC he was said to have settled here on the Moselle and thus to be the founder of the city of Trier. Thus, the inscription says that Trier is 1300 years older than Rome.

is one of the busiest commercial streets in Germany. Jewish gate (Judenpforte) to the Jewish street (Judengasse).

These cultural monuments are next to one another and situated in the corner between the Fleischstr. 83/84 and the main market (Hauptmarkt). They originated from the Baroque / Rococo era and were founded in 1737-1766. The former guildhall is also known under the name "Goldener Stern" as former gastronomy.

The Church of St. Gangolf is only accessible from the market place through a baroque gate

the main market place and the Church of St. Gangolf.

When the Vikings (Normans) plundered and devastated Trier and the market place in 882 and 892, the archbishop moved the Marktkreuz to its present location. The market cross should remind of that happening. The original Marktkreuz is today in the city museum Simeonstift (at the Porta Nigra). The pillar, on which the market cross stood, served since ca. 1200 as a pillory. It stood as a sign for the market court. At the lower end of the pillar, four holes can be seen. In the Middle Ages there were necklaces, shackles and sinners´ stone attached to chains. No one really knows how long the pillar has served as a pillory.

on the Hauptmarkt.

In 1066, this Jewish quarter was first mentioned in writing. In the 14th c. there were about 60 houses with a synagogue, parish hall and other Jewish setups.

Petrusbrunnen on the Hauptmarkt.

The St. Peter's well (Petrusbrunnen) on the main market (Hauptmarkt) hides on the left side of the pillar a monkey, who is looking at his ass in the mirror.