The absence of cityscapes makes it impossible to reliably prove inner city development in earlier centuries. However, the streets dating back to the early period of settlement allow for reconstruction attempts over the historical building lines. The only certainty is that several buildings along the city wall were acquired for the construction of the monastery, demolished and presumably rebuilt elsewhere. Therefore, it stands to reason that today’s monastery square was most likely an open space in the town even before the church was built.
A historical photograph from around 1870 gives an impression of the buildings at that time.
A further photograph taken around 1900 shows the monastery church of St. Joseph before its reconstruction in 1903, during which, among other things, the west façade was designed in the Neo-Baroque style. At the right edge of the picture is the house at Klosterplatz 1 with its shop belonging to the tinsmith Theodor Bechteler, which was first recorded in a document in 1694 as the dwelling of Jerg Roth.
Here, on 29th October 1902, the merchant Fritz Herburger opened Immenstadt’s first café, known today as Café Kohlhund. On the left, master clockmaker Thaddäus Roth’s house at Klosterplatz 7, was altered in 1938/39, and in the background, today’s “Hörmannhaus” can be seen.
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