Hauptmarkt, Nuremberg, Germany
The Hauptmarkt is the central square in the old town of Nuremberg.
The weekly market takes place on weekdays in the approximately 5,000 square meter open space. When the main market is used by the Christmas market or other markets and events, the weekly market stalls are relocated to the surrounding pedestrian zone.
The square, which was architecturally very important until it was largely destroyed in the Second World War, was only rebuilt very poorly and in a simplified manner in the post-war period, with the exception of landmarks such as the Frauenkirche and the Schöne Brunnen.
Location
The main market is located centrally in the old town on the right side of the Pegnitz in the old town of Sebald.
The square is approximately trapezoidal with a length of around 56 meters on the north side, around 75 meters on the east and south sides and around 85 meters on the west side.
On the west side, the square is bordered by the north-south axis between the Fleischbrücke in the south and the Nuremberg town hall in the north.
The main market is almost entirely pedestrian, with the exception of a one-way street from Tuchgasse to Waaggasse with a taxi stand on the western edge. On its way between Rathausplatz and Waaggasse, bus line 36 touches the northwestern part of the main market.