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[15] The Pit (Watercourse through the Old Town)

Old half-timbered house at the pit
© Hansestadt Wismar, H. Volster

Description

The Grube is one of the oldest urban watercourses in Germany and was artificially created in the mid-13th century, based on a natural stream. Through the Mühlenteich, the Wallenstein trench, and the Wallensteingraben, it connects the Schweriner lake with the Baltic Sea. Constructed in the middle of the 13th century using fieldstones, the Grube served for a long time as a source of drinking and utility water supply for the city's residents. Its water powered mill wheels and served as a fire water reservoir.

POIs

[1] World-Heritage-House
[2] Holy Spirit Church
[3] Fürstenhof
[4] St. George Church
[5] St. Mary Tower
[6] Archdeaconry
[7] Wasserkunst
[8]
[9] Town hall and market square
[10] Zum Weinberg - To the vineyard
[11] Karstadt flagship store and Krämerstraße
[12] Schabbell-House & Museum
[13] St. Nikolai Church
[14] Linden garden
[15] The Pit (Watercourse through the Old Town)
[16] Lohberg
[17] Scheuerstraße
[18] Brewery at the Lohberg
[19] Water gate
[20] Tree house
[21] The armory Wismar
[22] Wismar World Heritage Nature Trail
[23] Wismar pier in the seaside resort Wendorf