Marktplatz Tübingen

In the location's words:

The market square with the town hall forms the heart of Tübingen and is often referred to as the city's "parlor". The surrounding tall houses, mostly from the 15th and 16th centuries, give the square a cozy atmosphere. The weekly market takes place here three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) and is an inviting place to shop. On warm summer nights, the square around the fountain becomes a popular meeting place for young people.

The market square was first mentioned in a document in 1302, but there were traders as early as 1191. The Renaissance fountain, designed by Heinrich Schickhardt in 1617 based on the model in Bologna, shows Neptune with a trident. The female figures on Neptune's pedestal symbolize the four seasons. Heads can be seen in the ornate tendrils of the water pipes - these represent the citizens of Tübingen who helped to rebuild the fountain after the Second World War when the original stone fountain was replaced by a bronze version.

Today there is a café and restaurant on this historic site with a view of the town hall, where the poet and democrat Hermann Kurz (1813-1873) once lived until his death. His daughter, the writer Isolde Kurz (1853-1944), also grew up here.

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