Schutnickelgasse

The platea tertia comes from the fact that initially the streets on the Granary Island were numbered, once from the north toward Milchkannengasse, and a second time beginning at Milchkannengasse heading south. Thus our lane was simply called Third Street. Since the Kuttelhof (tripe yard) was among the oldest buildings on the Granary Island, the addition ex oppositio Kuttelhof served to specify the lane's location. Around 1514, the name Adebargasse appeared, which — at times simultaneously with Schutnickelgasse — survived until the war. Both names were borrowed from the granaries standing in this lane. The designation Schutnickel is either a corruption of the Slavic szkutnik (shipbuilder), or it is composed of the terms Schute (barge) and Nickelein (mischievous imp, spirit). The postwar name translates as Wheat Lane.