The first stop in the old town is the “Kirschgarten”, with its romantic half-timbered houses and the Marienbrunnen. The parallel lines of half-timbered houses connected by the alley along the “Weihergarten” are important cultural features. Incidentally, the name “Kirschgarten” is shared by the square and the alley. This is often mistakenly attributed to the tree stump that can be discovered at the “Zum Beymberg” bakery. However, this is an oak bollard. The place as "in the Kirschgarten" already existed around 1329 and the name comes from the spring "Kirschborn".The “Haus zum Aschaffenberg” stands in the midst of the ensemble of half-timbered houses, sandstone and cobblestones. This oldest known half-timbered house in Mainz was built around 1500.The late medieval predecessor building is mentioned for the first time in 1448 in a document in connection with Johannes Gutenberg.
