Oude Beestenmarkt
Aanvankelijk rechthoekig. beboomd plein waar de oorspronkelijke functie van beestenmarkt (sinds 1858 verplaatst naar de Nieuwe Beestenmarkt bij het slachthuis) blijft voortleven in de zondagse hondenmarkt. Een fonteintje (afkomstig van een gesloopt huis in de Stationstraat) met voorstelling van een jachthond die wilde eenden achtervolgt, werd hier sinds 1964 omwille van het onderwerp geplaatst.
Deze plaatsnaam wordt pas in 1646 in parochiaal veband genoteerd. Op het plan van 1796 ligt de beestenmarkt tussen de St Jacobsnieuwstraat en de zilverstraat.
Van 1629 tot 1858 werd hier veemarkt gehouden. In de plaats kwam de hondenmarkt. De veemarkt zelf verhuisde naar de nieuwe beestenmarkt nabij het slachthuis. Nu is er nog enkel markt voor beestjes van het kleinere gestalte en pluimvee. Sinds 1996 is er een verbod op de verkoop van honden en katten op markten wegens “te talrijk aanwezig”. Deze plek werd vroeger “Den Witten Aert” of “Den Wetterschen Aert” genoemd, daar vooral schepen uit Wetteren hier hun goederen kwamen lossen.
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