The late Gothic stone house, which was already mentioned in 1393 as the "large wine press", was shortened and given a Renaissance façade in 1596 during the course of Heinrich Schickardt's landscaping of the square. The Stiftsfruchtkasten Stuttgart was primarily used as a storehouse for wine, but grain was also sometimes stored in it.
The god of wine, Bacchus, sits on a small barrel on the ridge of the Stiftsfruchtkasten. The second largest guild, the shoemakers, is also represented by a figure on the Stiftsfruchtkasten. On the rear side facing Commerzbank, the Hutzelmännlein looks down - a shoemaker's ghost who plays an important role in the fairy tale of the same name by Eduard Mörike.
The fruit crate in Stuttgart, which was renovated in the early 1990s, now houses the collection of historical musical instruments of the Württemberg State Museum.
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StiftsfruchtkastenLandesmuseum Württemberg
Schillerplatz 1
70173 Stuttgart
- Phone: + 49 (0)711 89 535 150
