Marketplace

The city ​​center Einbeck is formed by the historic market square, which houses an ensemble of half-timbered houses. It originated as a medieval street market and today forms the centrepiece of the city and is a stage for public life.
The Market Church with its 65-meter-high church tower, which has a significant inclination (1,5 m out of alignment). To the left of the church is the Old Town Hall, the city's landmark with its three distinctive towers. In front of the church, in the middle of the square, stands the Till Eulenspiegel Fountain. Furthermore, the market square is home to the Bread House, the Council Pharmacyof the Stone house and the Einbeck Morning Post.

Events:
Wednesday and Saturday the market square hosts the Old Town Weekly Market  instead.
In winter the Einbeck Christmas Village to enjoy food and drink. Seasonal Markets, city festivals and concerts instead.

History:
The market square used to serve as a central trading hubTravelling merchants would rest here, as from the market square there was Trade routes in all directions, for example through the Leine valley to Göttingen or over the Hube.
The first local market and trading activities involved products such as wool, cloth, linen, and fur products. Later, the Beer export, which held the most important position in commercial life in the 15th and 16th centuries and on which the wealth of the city in the Middle Ages was based.
The Thirty Years’ War led to a sustained economic decline, as a result of which the importance of the formerly favorable location on the medieval trade routes also diminished.
After the Second World War, a through road across the market square. Large parts of the market square are protected because of their historical significance listed building.
1988 became the Marketplace as part of a remodeling to pedestrian zone explained and with a level paving provided.