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Sights on the Red Route

1 Marktplatz (Market Square) 7 St. Martin (Church), Protestant

Memmingen The market square is the heart of Martin-Luther-Platz 8, Tel. 0 83 31 / 85 69 20, the old and is considered the nicest www.stmartin-.de Town centre map. part of town by the people of Memmin- Opening times: Closed due to renovation work, Circular routes. Sights. gen. The weekly market is always held on expected to reopen in 2017. Medieval basilica with Tuesdays and Saturdays. a central aisle and two side aisles. Choir chamber from 1496-1500. Choir stalls inside from 1501- 2 Rathaus (Town Hall) 1507, 15th and 16th century fresco paintings. Goll A late medieval building from organ from 1998 with 62 registers. 1488/1522, undergoing drastic conver- sion and expansion in 1589. Facade design on the south side from 1765 in the Roco- 8 Kinderlehrkirche (Church), Protestant

co style. office of the Lord Mayor. Martin-Luther-Platz 6, Tel. 0 83 31 / 85 69 20, www.stmartin-memmingen.de 3 Steuerhaus (Tax House) Opening times: 2nd April - mid-October, daily Built in 1495 as the financial 10 am - 4 pm. Former monastery church of the management main office of the Free order of St. Anthony and Protestant-Lutheran Imperial City. Extended by one storey in preaching church from the 14/15th century. 1708. Facade design from 1909. Remains of medieval mint tower on the west side. 9 Antonierhaus (Antonite Monastery 4 Großzunft (Great Guild Hall) with Strigel and Antonite Museum)

Ballroom and assembly building Martin-Luther-Platz 1, Tel. 0 83 31 / 85 02 45, of the patricians from 1453. Newly built www.strigel-museum.de in 1718/19 as the tap room of the Society Opening times: Tue - Sat 10 am - 12 noon + of the Golden . Above the balcony is 2 pm - 4 pm, Sun/holidays 10 am - 4 pm. Former inscribed the chronogram, TU PATRIAM monastery and hospital building of the order of ET PROCEREIS CONSERVA IN FOEDERE St. Antonius. Gothic four-wing construction from IOVA – Preserve, oh God, this town and its 1454. Today it is a museum for the history of the nobles in peaceful alliance. hospital order and the Strigel family of artists.

5 St Johann (Church), Catholic 10 Fuggerbau (Fugger Residence) Marktplatz 15, Tel. 0 83 31 / 92 67 10, Built by merchant Jakob Fugger as a www.memmingen-katholisch.de residence and store house between 1581-1589; Opening times: open daily. Formerly the famous guests including Generalissimo Albrecht monastery church of the Augustinian von Wallenstein in 1630, the King of Sweden, Monastery. Modernised in the 1970s Gustav Adolf, and King Friedrich V. in 1632, and after severe damages caused by the town the Elector of , Max Emanuel, in 1703. stream flowing underneath the building.

6 Hermansbau (Herman 11 Schrannenplatz/Fischerbrunnen Residence with Town Museum) (Schrannen Square/Fisher‘s Fountain) Zangmeisterstr. 8, Tel. 0 83 31 / 85 01 34, Redevelopment in 2010 with a fountain fed by the www.memmingen.de town stream. The name of the square is reminis- Opening times: May - Oct. Tue - Sat cent of the grain storage building. The Fischer‘s 10 am - 12 noon + 2 pm - 4 pm, Sun/ Fountain is from 1955, with the bronze statue of holidays 10 am - 4 pm. Built in 1766 as a town stream fisher made by two Memmingen a town palace by Baron Benedikt von Her- artists (Fritz Hail and Max Pöppel) man and still privately owned. Currently the town museum.

12 Kirche „Unser Frauen“ (Church 18 Ehemaliges Kreuzherrnkloster 3 Ulmer Tor ( Gate) of Our Lady), Protestant (Former Monastery of the Cross) The northern boundary of the Frauenkirchplatz 4, Tel. 0 83 31 / 22 53, Hallhof 5, Tel. 0 83 31 / 850 - 131, since 1396. A double eagle is www.unserfrauen.de www.memmingen.de displayed on the outer side as a sign of Opening times: 15th May - 15th Oct Opening times: Apr - Oct, Tue - Sun belonging to the Holy of daily 3 pm - 5 pm. Probably the oldest 2 pm - 5 pm, as well as 10 am - 12:30 the German Nation. On the inner side church in Memmingen. Community buil- pm on Sat. Former church interior of the there is a painting of Maximilian I ente- ding of the 15th century in simple Gothic Memmingen Order of the Holy Ghost, ring in 1489. style. Home to 15th century paintings with a stuccoed ceiling of the including the story of the apostles and Wessobrunner school by Matthias Stiller, 4 Parishaus (Paris House) the story of Mary. and fresco paintings by Johann Friedrich Ulmer Straße 9, Tel. 0 83 31 / 32 37 Sichelbein. or Tel. 0 83 31 / 85 67 -0, 13 Siebendächerhaus www.memmingen.de (The House with seven Gables) 19 Mewo Kunsthalle Opening times: Wed - Sun 2 pm - 5 pm. Once used by tanners for drying the leather (Mewo Art Gallery) Patrician house from 1736, home to the and pelts in the roof space. Half-timbered Bahnhofstraße 1, Tel. 0 83 31 / 85 07 71, Günter Bayer collection of topographi- frame from 1601 on an old bed stone. www.mewo-kunsthalle.de cal art from the 4th century, as well as Opening times: Tue - Wed and Fri - Sun/ changing exhibitions. 14 Kreuzgang (Cloister of the holidays 11 am - 5 pm, Thur 1 pm - 7 pm. former Elsbeth Convent) Changing contemporary art exhibitions 5 Westertor (Western Gate) Only preserved remains of the Elsbeth are displayed in the renovated post office High medieval saddle-roof gate convent. Significant, though in parts se- building from 1901. until 1647. Severely damaged during the verely damaged, ceiling and wall paintings Thirty Years‘ War. The gate has been in its from the 15th century. 20 Alter Friedhof (Old Cemetry) present form since 1660. Established in 1529 in the place 15 Theaterplatz (Theatre Square) of the former Gaelic monastery founded Underwent redevelopment in the in the 12th century. Abandoned in 1932. course of a renovation project comple- Home to grave sites with some elaborate ted in 2010. Pedestrian zone since 1970, architectural constructions from the 17th 6 Lindauer Tor ( Gate) formerly a through road (B 19). and 18th centuries. Today it is a park. First reference to the Lindau or Krug (Jug) Gate was in 1371. A cannon 16 Weinmarkt (Wine Market) ball from 1647 can be found on the Formerly a square of the outer side, on next to the passage guild halls. Weaver‘s guild hall (1478), Sights on the Green Route through. A doorkeeper‘s house from 1742 Chandler‘s guild hall (1479), medieval is in front. houses of the Butcher‘s guild hall, Small 1 Hexenturm (Witches‘ Tower) Trader‘s guild hall, Carpenter‘s and Loden 12th century, originally known as Weaver‘s guild hall. The Eichhaus from Adulterers‘ Tower, with a prison cell on the 1579 can be found at the western end of first storey. The last of three prison towers 7 Kempter Tor ( Gate) the wine market. The 9m-high Freedom on the town wall. The Zoller garden can Built in 1393. In 1543, Emper- Fountain has 12 nesting bronze plaques be found behind the tower, named after or Karl V entered the town through to represent the Twelve Articles. the patrician family, Zoller. the Kempten gate with 5,000 Spanish soldiers. Town wall with a guard‘s walkway 17 Kramerzunft 2 Einlass (Entry Gate) remains next to the gate. (Chandler‘s Guild Hall) Built in 1475 as part of the Medieval house with a rear-leaning stone encircling wall of the suburbs. Served as gable. In 1525, the Twelve Articles were the town gate for those arriving after written down in the parlour of the guild the gate was closed. Entry was granted hall, demanding freedom and the aboli- for a fee. The guard of the door checked tion of , and bringing about the the incoming people and opened three Southern German Peasants‘ War. wooden gates like a lock system. Photo credits: Günter Walcz, Marx Studios, Stadt Memmingen 3

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