The Krönbacken Patrician House
Station 12
The ‘Krönbacken Patrician House’ originated as the residential building of a large town estate dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries. It is a unique treasure. Together with the granary in the courtyard, St Michael’s Church and other buildings, it forms an outstanding medieval ensemble. The Old Town is home to many large courtyards that served the patricians and long-distance traders for the storage and trade of woad, wine, grain, cloth and other products. The Krönbacken courtyard still gives an idea of what it once looked like, with its residential building, large storehouse and outbuildings. In the past, there were stables, a bakery and a brewery here. The house is being developed into a heritage site. It is open during the summer months and for guided tours.
The Krönbacken was never inhabited by Jews, but always by Christian patricians. In 1470, the then owner, the cloth merchant Dietrich von der Sachsen, purchased the two neighbouring houses (see no. 11) after the last Jew had left Erfurt.
