The Stadtplatz runs along a single curving slope through the historic centre, lined on both sides with Gothic and Baroque burgher houses, most of them dating to between 1450 and 1700 and several still showing painted facades. The Bummerlhaus dominates the west side and the rococo Rathaus the east.
The square works in any season. Coffee houses spill out onto the cobbles in summer; the Christmas market fills it in December. From the upper end, a covered passage drops down to the rivers — a tiny shortcut worth knowing.