No. 17
City center
The city center was still largely made up of gabled brick buildings until it was almost completely destroyed on October 7, 1944.[58] Only a few examples of these remained in the western part of Steinstraße. The group of buildings at Steinstraße 15–19 is particularly beautiful, with the houses De Wette Telder (No. 15, around 1650, the oldest parts of the core from the 15th century)[59][60] and Zum goldenen Pfau (No. 17, probably the second half of the 17th century), which are among the oldest in the city. House No. 19 with its bell gable is said to have been built around 1700. The shop window front was installed in the 19th century.[61] One of the most important secular buildings was once the Hof von Holland, Alter Markt 3, a four-story brick house with a stepped gable, which bore the year 1650 on the wall anchors. By 1957, a new building had been constructed in its place, which was formally based on its predecessor (stepped gable). Older components - the ground floor with the portal had been preserved - were not reused.