Steinau an der Straße 2/8

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Merchants in this wooden cage being dunked. A form of Middle Ages consumer protection. Any merchant had been found guilty (such as, of baking and selling underweight loaves of bread) would be put in this cage for laws required merchandise to be specific sizes and weights

Stadtführer für Steinau

Steinau an der Straße is a town of around 10,000 in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Kinzig, 32 km southwest of Fulda. Its name, meaning "on the road", refers to the historic trade route Via Regia from Leipzig to Frankfurt on which it was located. Steinau is best known for the Brothers Grimm who spent part of their childhood here.