Körnermarkt
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Market squares specialised. Grain, wine, livestock and craft goods all required different rhythms and spaces. Körnermarkt preserves the memory of that functional urban economy.
Medieval and early modern Krems prospered not simply because vines grew nearby, but because institutions existed to bring producers, merchants and customers together. A market square is infrastructure for trust, prices and repeat exchange.