Enge Gasse / Narrow Alley (colour litho)

Enge Gasse. Die mittelalterlichen Strassen waren enge, lichtarme Gassen zwischen hohen Fachwerkhausern mit vorspringenden Geschossen und Erkern. Hier hatten die Handwerker ihre Verkaufsstande aufgeschlagen. Eine Tischplatte nebst Klappdach vor dem Werkstattfenster war der Laden der damaligen Zeit. Uberall lagen Abfalle und Unrat, so dass die Strassen oft schwer begehbar waren. Translation: Narrow Alley. The medieval streets were narrow, dark alleys between high half-timbered houses with projecting storeys and bay windows. Here the craftsmen had set up their stalls. A table top with a folding roof in front of the workshop window was the shop of that time. There was waste and rubbish everywhere, so that the streets were often difficult to walk on. Illustration for Deutsche Kulturbilder, 1400-1900 (Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, 1934).