Vokiečių 6

Vokiečių gatvė, also known as German Street, is one of the oldest streets in Vilnius's Old Town. Beginning in the time of Grand Duke Gediminas, merchants and craftsmen from the Hanseatic cities settled here, which made the street one of the city's most important trade routes in the 15th and 16th centuries. Two-story stone houses originally shaped its appearance, and it remained the economic center until World War II. During the Nazi era, it separated the Large Ghetto from the Small Ghetto. Today the street is home to a contemporary art center, an institute of Vilnius University, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Since 2016, bilingual Lithuanian-German street signs have pointed to the historical significance of the place.