Marketsquare & Gasthaus Lamm

The market square that was created in 1987 and redesigned in 2016 is forming the lively centre of the old town together with the „Gasthaus Lamm“ and the fountain as well as the restaurants on the opposite side of the street.

Since 1988, the market square has been adorned by the permanently installed maypole with guild signs from craft business and the coats of arms of the partner municipalities. Until 1987, a locksmith’s shop, a stationery shop and residential buildings were located here.2

The main street did not have a solid foundation; it was only paved in 1930 and tarred in the 1950s. There used to be a drainage channel in the middle of the road that channelled the Kühbach along the main road to the end of the village (nowadays the junction in the main road).3

The centre of the village is dominated by the striking baroque half-hipped roof of the Zum Lamm inn. Johann Michael Schäbler built this estate between 1729 and 1732. The ground floor was brick-built, from the first floor upwards it was half-timbered and plastered. It was completely renovated by the municipality in 1985.1, 4, 7

The construction of a second inn in Höchberg was probably also necessary at that time because the existing tavern (Gasthaus Greifen) could no longer cater for so many pilgrims.
The open space in front of the Lamm was the village square, also known as Spätzplatz. People met here after morning mass to exchange news and discuss general topics. In the evenings, it served as a meeting place for the village youth.5

Before the library was built, the community scales were located at the intersection of Hauptstraße and Martin-Wilhelm-Straße. This was a public floor scale that could be driven over and used to weigh harvests, livestock and heavy objects.6