Nahensteig; Narrensteig (from the Hebrew name: Nahar: by the stream)

The name of the alley "Nahensteig" (or also "Narrensteig") is said to go back to the Hebrew name "Nahar" (Hebrew: Am Bach). In the Middle Ages, a branch of the Isar ran through today's Old Town and flowed in the area of today's Nahensteig. This Mühlbach ran several mills and rejoined the Isar; later the stream was blocked and the mills relocated. (More detailed description in the book by Georg Spitzllberger).

(c) Spitzlberger, Georg: Die Juden im mittelalterlichen Landshut, 1988, p. 189 Ewähnung im Zusammenhang mit dem "Judenbad"

(c) Spitzlberger, Georg: Die Juden im mittelalterlichen Landshut, 1988, pp. 211 - 212 A hint as to how today's name "Nahensteig" could have originated

The small alley begins at Dreifaltigkeitsplatz/uppe Altstadt and runs along the Burgberg; neighboring alley a.Balsgässchen" the Nahensteig ends in a backyard, near the Jesuit church of St. Ignatius (next to today's police station).