Tyska Brinken ( sv, The German Slope) is a street in

Gamla stan Gamla stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla stan ...

, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Extending

Kindstugatan Kindstugatan is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching west from Brända Tomten to become Tyska Brinken in its western end, it is crossed by Svartmangatan and Skomakargatan. Origin of the name The oldest ...

past the German Church down to the square Mälartorget, it is crossed by

Skomakargatan Skomakargatan ( Swedish: "The Shoemaker Street") is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, Stretching between the square Stortorget and the streets Kindstugatan and Tyska Brinken, it forms a parallel street to Prästgatan a ...

, Prästgatan, Västerlånggatan, Stora Nygatan, Lilla Nygatan, and Munkbrogatan, while forming a parallel street to Schönfeldts Gränd and Lejonstedts Gränd.

History

Mentioned as ''Vattubrinken'' ("Water Slope") and ''Skomakarbrinken'' (Shoemaker's Slope") in the 15th and 16th centuries, the street appears as ''Tyske Kyrkebrinken'' in 1612, and finally as ''Tyska brinken'' in 1679, and ''Tyska Brinken'' in 1880. The street name refers to the proximity of the German Church, and the German parish. The German influence in Stockholm was considerable during the Middle Ages - half of both the population and the members of the City Council were German; the Hanseatic League dominated trade; the wealthiest burghers were Germans; and the German language and culture was present everywhere. German merchants in the city gathered at the Guild of St Gertrud found on the present location of the church. In 1571, King John III sanctioned a German parish and a German graveyard, and by 1638-1642 the Germans had completed the present church. The section west of Stora Nygatan was renamed ''Jochum Bryggares gränd'' ("Alley of Jochum Brewer") around 1700 after the German-born master brewer Jochum Ahlstedt (-1680). Archaeological excavations in the junction of Lilla Nygatan and Tyska Brinken in 1993, exposed the remains of an old city wall and traces of what was initially interpreted as a defensive tower from the 14th century known as ''Bocktornet'' ("Buck (He-goat) Tower"). Later investigations however, suggest that this is more likely to be the remains of structures from the defensive system constructed in the 1560s. (including maps of the assumed extension of the historical city walls) As the street forms an extension to Kindstugatan, the first numbers on the eastern end of the street begins with number 20. The

Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

building on Number 20–22, called "Building of the German Church", was created in 1869 when three medieval properties were merged to create a single building. The

blind window A blind arcade or blank arcade is an arcade (a series of arches) that has no actual openings and that is applied to the surface of a wall as a decorative element: i.e., the arches are not windows or openings but are part of the masonry face. It is ...

s reveal the location of the joins. The 1870s building in the corner to 18, Lilla Nygatan, is the design of Albert Törnqvist (1819–1898).

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Streets in Stockholm {{Stockholm-road-stub

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