Looking at the names that were used in Maastricht in the past, it cannot be said that the choice was made based on the most extraordinary name possible. In general, people stayed as close to home as possible and preferred everyday things, plants and animals. Therefore, in almost every street one could find a horse in different colours, although black and white were clearly the favourites.
Black horses can still be seen in Hoogbrugstraat 52: 17 IN THE BLACK HORSE 86 and at Bernardusstraat (formerly called Helstraat) 14: 17 AU CHEVAL NOIR 43.
at Boschstraat 40, 17 IN THE WHITE HORSE 49 is walking around, likewise at Muntstraat 10: 17 IN THE WHITE HORSE 54, and in a remote corner of Maastricht at Susserweg 104 there is one more 17 IN THE WHITE HORSE 79. Another horse from the Kruisherengang must have disappeared during a renovation and may even have moved to Domburg.
Archival photo from 1912 which mentions Boschstraat 40 as the location but still raises some questions.
Especially the position of the stone in relation to the window frames and the number of layers of stone above the horse (then two, now eight) with different jointing. It may have been moved from elsewhere after all.
And what is the meaning of the sign under the gable stone with the inscription BLACK?
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