The wooden step crane, who's lifting wheel was worked by 'crane steppers' lifted heavy stocks onto the neighbouring weighing building where goods were taxed by weight.
The first weighing building was in the 13. century still near the horse market but was moved in the 14. century to the fish market. The building today merged from a comprehensive renovation in 1753, a simple two-storey half-timbered house. The wooden fascia is moulded.
At the scales and the crane we follow the roundof the old harbour at the row of houses, water east.
Remarkable is, that water east and west are seen as one street. The houses on the west side got the uneven numbers and the east the even numbers.
Because of its position beneath the castle was the street also called 'sub castro', 'sub urbe' or 'under der Borch'. Even though the street is missing individual spectacular buildings it still has many half-timbered houses from the 17. and early 18. century.
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