The name Eimermacherhof, now restricted to the street along the Radaune opposite the Karpfenseigen (carp ponds), still encompassed around 1800 the entire district formed by Große Backergasse, Große and Kleine Gasse, Schmiedegasse, and the street now called Eimermacherhof.

During the era of the Teutonic Order, this was a swampy foreground area in front of the northeast facade of the Order's castle. It was bounded to the west by the castle moat, to the north by the outer moat of the fortress, and to the east by its outlet into the Mottlau. This eastern ditch, the so-called Emmermacher or Emmerbacher ditch, ran in the direction of today's Brabank street and was connected via its extension to the Radaune, which at that time flowed into the Mottlau near the Imperial Shipyard.

The ditch took its name from the guild of bucket makers (Eimermacher), who owned a yard here and likely used the ditch for storing the wood they needed for their trade. The guild is mentioned as early as the mid-15th century in a council ordinance concerning the endowment of a memorial fund.

At the beginning of the 17th century, the area was still sparsely built up. Only the vicinity of today's Große Backergasse had a few small houses along the Eimermacher ditch, known as "Emmerhof." By the mid-18th century, the present street layout already existed, but all streets were still collectively referred to as Eimermacherhof without individual names. Only between 1805 and 1814 did the names of the individual streets emerge, while the designation Eimermacherhof was simultaneously restricted to its present extent.

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