Description of the attraction
Just three hundred meters from the Ulm Cathedral there is an area of historical medieval buildings - the Fisherman's Quarter. Narrow streets, bridges and houses, everything is saturated with the way of life and the spirit of the heyday of old Ulm. The fishing quarter of that time, which arose on the banks of the Blau River (a tributary of the Danube), was inhabited by artisans: fishermen, tanners, millers and shipbuilders. The course of the river determined the best place to build houses, as these crafts required a lot of water. Mill circles (at that time there were 7 of them), walkways for soaking leather, berths for fishing boats were closely adjacent to the facades of buildings. Caustic solutions for tanning leather even affected the appearance of buildings: for better preservation, they were additionally sheathed with wood.
A lot of historically important and simply interesting buildings in Ulm are located in the fishing quarter. For example, the so-called "House of the Oath", built in 1618. It is from his balcony that every penultimate Monday in July, the burgomaster of Ulm delivers his annual speech and swears to faithfully serve the townspeople. On the north side, the Fisherman's Quarter is bounded by one of the oldest surviving buildings - the Staufen Wall, the remains of the royal palace they erected at the end of the 12th century.
Several original buildings are the undisputed adornments of Ulm's Fisherman's Quarter, such as the "falling house", the old mint, the "beautiful house" and many others.
Currently, the restored buildings of the Fisherman's Quarter are home to hotels, cafes and restaurants, shops and souvenir shops.
