Skomakargatan

Skomakargatan is a street in the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. It is next to the Köpmangatan and Svartmangatan one of the oldest streets in the city. She used to be one of the main streets of the city, and led away from the Stortorget in southern direction. The first evidence is the Latin form of " in vico sutorum " from the year 1337; the first evidence in the Swedish language comes with " scho maker straten " from the year 1432. 1437 is the street with " skomakara gatu " referred to. The name indicates that in this street shoemakers had their houses, workshops and showrooms. Until the 18th century a number of shoemakers is detected as land owners.

The road leading from Stortorget on the Skomakarbrinken, who was also called Skomakarporten in reference to the city gate from the Middle Ages.

The city gate was first mentioned in 1432. After the construction of the German Church, the name Skomakarbrinken was replaced by Tyska Brinken.