Krameramtsstuben
A 17th-century timber-framed lane beside St. Michael's Church, and one of the few surviving half-timbered housing complexes in Hamburg's Old Town.
The Krameramtsstuben was built in 1676 by the Hamburg retailers' guild as housing for the widows of deceased members. Along a narrow lane stand timber-framed and red-brick houses, rare survivors of 17th-century residential architecture that came through the Great Fire of Hamburg and the Second World War. Today the buildings house a restaurant and craft shops, and one of them is a museum showing how the widows lived. The lane is free to visit and sits right beside St. Michael's Church, so it's easy to combine the two.
Opening hours
Lanes open all day; shops approx. 10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- St. Michael's Church
- Cap San Diego Museum Ship
- Elbphilharmonie
- Rickmer Rickmers Museum Ship
- Bismarck Monument
- Miniatur Wunderland
- Hamburg Dungeon
- St. Nikolai Memorial