Historical landmark
Krameramtsstuben/-wohnungen
Krayenkamp 10C, 20459 Hamburg
Timber-framed guild courtyard of former widows' almshouses, its cantilevered houses now shops, galleries, and a period museum flat.
The guide to Krameramtsstuben in Hamburg follows the merchants' guild that built this timber-framed courtyard starting in 1676, granting widows of dead members rent-free rooms on one condition: give up the shop their husbands had run. It traces the guild's founding back to 1375, its wealth by the 1670s, and the arithmetic behind the guild's own euphemism for the deal, such good work. Look up at the crooked timber frames and leaning brick chimneys as you walk the courtyard they sheltered for generations.
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