- Where there is now H&M, once stood the shoe yard. - Remains of the facade of the Schuhhof can be found today in the Municipal Museum on Domplatz.Schwab writes:[...] It is particularly regrettable that even the last and most beautiful house on the north side of the market, the Schuhhof, was largely destroyed in the fire on April 3, 1903. With it, the home of the shoemakers' guild, whose wall was decorated with an abundance of old coats of arms and professional signs of the guild, and which was thus also of cultural interest, the most valuable creation of the 16th century specialized building in Halberstadt has been lost. And it is understandable that old Halberstadt citizens in that fateful Friday night weeping watched the game of flames, which destroyed in a few hours, what decades of artful work had created..
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Walk with Hermann Schwab