Sheppsbrunn Quay

The appearance of the Schöppsbrunn embankment changed in the 17th century. Sweden was in its heyday. The rise and strengthening of the soil along the shore of the lake and the need to make the appearance of the capital more elegant, led to the fact that the medieval houses on the embankment were rebuilt into more rich, solid and elegant.

Successful merchants and wealthy burghers moved their offices and living quarters here. These people had tight purses, but could not boast of pedigree – and therefore they were mockingly called the “Schöppsbrunn aristocracy”. Built by representatives of the “Schöppsbrunn nobility” houses, standing almost a solid wall, belong to the 17th-18th centuries, but the network of narrow alleys facing the embankment has preserved from the Middle Ages not only its layout, but also its size. Their width does not exceed 3-4 m, and the height differences make the streets look like narrow curved stairs in the open air.

In these lanes, the doors of taverns and taverns were hospitablely opened for sailors, guilds of port workers were located here. All port loaders were united in an organization that had a monopoly on the transfer of goods from the harbor and received the status of a guild in the middle of the 15th century.

There are later buildings on the Schöppsbrune embankment, for example, house No. 8. Existing on this site from the mid-17th century. the building was demolished in 1901 for the construction of the Bank. The architect did an excellent styling. The sculptural ornaments of the magnificent portal are a variation on the themes of the Shantska Huset house decorated by Wendelstam from Stour Torjet Square.