# Spitzen Gebel

> This file is a plain-text rendition of a page on mytuur.com, generated from the same data as the HTML version.

Canonical page: https://mytuur.com/en/city/bremen/spot/spitzen-gebel/

Content updated: 2026-06-22

Spitzen Gebel stands in the heart of Bremen, Germany, as the city’s oldest townhouse and last medieval example. Its projecting bay windows and pointed gable define the Gothic façade. The gable gives the building its name, while a bronze sculpture by Bernd Altenstein stands outside.

Built around 1400, the townhouse was reconstructed in Gothic style in 1590, then extended in 1610. Wine merchants, butchers, and tavern keepers used its rooms across the centuries. In 1913, the Vereinigten Klavierträger established offices here, leaving behind the local nickname Klavierträgerhaus. World War II caused serious damage, but Herbert Anker and Bernhard Wessel guided restoration completed by 1950. Bremen placed the restored building under heritage protection in 1973.

A tavern continues “Sluk ut de Lamp,” a schnapps ritual linked to the piano movers. Workers once hid schnapps inside an old lamp because drinking during work was forbidden. The drink follows a secret Swedish recipe, and the Balge sculpture recalls the nearby river’s history.

- City: [Bremen](https://mytuur.com/en/city/bremen/)

## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_SpitzenGebel_67e6b4cc8b0b76b344518dff_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spitzen_Gebel.jpg)

Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Bremen. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.

## What is myTuur?

myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.