Brief description
The Wilhelmstraße, together with the Alten Markt and the Friedrichstraße, formed the main traffic axis of the city in the Middle Ages.
Detailed description
This was a trade route that, crossing the Westerwald, connected the Rhineland with Central Germany. The city wall, with gates and towers, was dismantled between 1820 and 1830 apart from a few remains, but its course can still be roughly recognized, particularly in the layout of the Johann-August-Ring. A section of the old wall can still be found today in the Schwanenpassage.