Despite the permanent building activity at the cathedral, St. Stephen’s Square was a central place of communication for the city’s population, namely as a place of funerals, processions on high feast days, passion plays, shows, markets, and probably also court trials. It also seems that the cemetery was a place for gambling. The medieval appearance of the square is difficult to reconstruct but the location of cemetery gates as the positioning of the church portals make it possible to reconstruct these paths.