Hermannstrasse

Hermannstraße is characterized by the small houses that are typical of Lüdinghausen's original buildings. Lüdinghausen was a small farming town: People grew what they needed. Among other things, they stored flax under the roof in their houses. In the Middle Ages, cattle lived in the house. You can still see this today in the rear buildings on Hermannstraße. Until 1905, there was still a cattle herder who collected the cows in the morning and drove them to the meadows outside the town.

After Lüdinghausen had burned down four times (the last time in 1832), a decree was issued stating that no goats, dung heaps or carts could be parked in the streets. The fire department had to be able to get through. In addition, every house had to have a well.

The Achill goat is a reminder of the goat station that used to exist on the northern part of Hermannstrasse. It stank terribly here, so it was banished to the edge of the city. Everything that was not wanted in the city was on the outskirts. This included the synagogue and the hospital.

Wallgasse runs along the back. Wallgasse is reminiscent of the rampart that once stood on the edge of the city, which was ten meters wide and four meters high.