Burggrafenstraße

The Burggrafenstrasse was still counted among the unnamed streets ("plateae anonymae") of the Hakelwerk district in 1608. In 1624 it was called Rittergasse (Knights' Lane) together with the adjoining section of the Jungferngasse, as it led, along with the Schlossgasse, to the bridge over the outer moat of the Teutonic Order's castle, which still existed at that time.

The current name, documented only since the 18th century, appears to have been in use already in the 17th century. Despite its similarity, it has nothing to do with the well-known Danzig office of Burggraf (castle warden). Rather, as the oldest form "Burggrabengasse" (Castle Moat Lane) from 1763 reveals, it refers to the branch of the Radaune River that flowed through the street and fed the castle moat.

As late as the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, the street's exact boundaries remained uncertain: in 1796 and 1806 the present-day Katharinenkirchensteig was still included. The name has applied in its current extent since approximately 1817. After the war, the street received the Polish name Podzamcze, meaning "below the castle" or "outer bailey."