In the Middle Ages this was called «Am Markt» (At the Market). The market stalls of the vegetable growers and the bakers stood here, and the slaughter benches of the butchers, with the fish market in the Vordergasse next to St. Johann and the cattle market in the Vorstadt by the guesthouse «Zum Goldenen Ochsen».

Today, the people of Schaffhausen meet there when shopping, for a little chat or to have a drink in one of the street cafés. Numerous speciality shops line the Fronwagplatz, which is closed to traffic.