Wolwaag

De Wolwaag dates from 1721. The building played a crucial role in the city's cloth trade. The historic front façade has a large doorway with two windows, and the coats of arms of the Prince Bishop of Liège and the States General. The building continues through to the square itself, where there is a second entrance.

  • These days, De Wolwaag is a restaurant, but it once played an important role in the cloth trade. Here, the cloth was inspected, weighed and, possibly, also traded. The building took over the role from the Lakenhal (Cloth Hall) on Markt, which had to make way for the new town hall around 1655. When the Lakenhal was demolished, its chosen replacement was the dilapidated chapel Sint Vincentiuskapel at the start of Bredestraat. In 1721, the building was either extensively repaired or rebuilt; we cannot be certain which. De Wolwaag remained in use until the start of the French occupation in 1794, when the city's guild structure was abolished.

Fun fact

There is still a beam in the roof with an anchor hook on it, from which the iron scales were hung.

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