In 1186, a two-story stone house with a basement was built here, set back from the street. Together with today’s neighbouring property No. 10, it formed a large plot. In the 13th century, this plot was divided into today’s Nos. 9 and 10, and the stone front building facing the street was constructed. In 1351, the three-story northern building facing the street was built.

As had been the case before 1349, Jews settled on Michaelisstraße during the time of the second Jewish community; the first Jews documented here in this house in 1371 were Oyge of Duderstadt and Samson of Nordhausen. The Jewish family of Arnstadt lived here by 1407 at the latest; Isaak of Arnstadt is documented as the last Jew in Erfurt in the mid-15th century. No Jews lived in the city after 1454.

In 1470, the patrician and cloth merchant Dietrich von der Sachsen, who was living at the Krönbacken at the time, purchased both houses from the city council. Between 1535 and 1541, all three sections of the house were renovated, and a new roof was constructed by the patrician family von Milwitz. The arched windows of the upper floor hall still bear witness to this today. In 1638, the wealthy councilman and cloth merchant Dietrich Nacke also owned the ‘White Cross’ and the ‘Krönbacken’. Over the course of the 18th century, the house was home to, among others, the brewer’s wife Langguth, the government councilor von Gudenus, and the chief tax collector Schuck. As early as 1789, the inn ‘Zum goldenen Schwan’ was established. In the 19th and 20th centuries, various families ran the inn and tavern. Following a complete renovation, an inn was reopened here in 2003.

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