Lille Pottergade is a small reminiscence of the ancient street grid from before Nicholas Church was built. When that happened, ramparts were built right across the high road. This small street continues the path of the foundation.
Because no. 5 is the almshouse of Leistmann form before 1744. Coach builder Adolph Edouard Leistmann has undeservedly entered the history of philantropy by dfonating his house for the purpose. He didn't volunteer though: he borrowed some money from the foundations of Dankwerth and Jens Hansen but couldn't pay off the mortgage, so the foundations claimed his home in 1770 and made an almshouse out of it. Leistmann's name hung by the house nonetheless and with time the real story was forgotten and his name attached to the foundation itself.
Other houses are worth noting such as no. 4 built for Johannes Jürgen Besser in 1789.
or no. 1 from 1743.
It was built for Hinrich Niendahl, a descendant of bailiff Conrad van Niendahl(from 1666), who despite his foreign ancestry(his father immigrated from Utrecht) managed to perform his duties to general acclaim. His son Rudolph Christian 1704 became the first principal of the Citizens' School, being the local dean. Another member of the family, Johan Otto, became the first almshouse principal in 1737.
We are back at Vægterpladsen and return to the cross at Nygade.
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