In Hartengrube 27 you find the former house of the Stecknitz punters. Since the Middle Ages, the association of the Stecknitz punters existed in Lübeck. In 1845 it was dissolved, but then re-established in 1935. Stecknitz drivers transported salt from the Lüneburg salt works via the Stecknitz Canal to Lübeck. The canal and the association were named after the Stecknitz, a small meadow river that supplied the canal with water. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal that exists today runs along roughly the same route as the former Stecknitz Canal.

Above the entrance door to the House of the Stecknitz punters you see two about 1.30 m tall figures. The person shown on the right is still quite young. It holds a long pole in its hand. Such poles were used to propel the flat Stecknitz barges by pushing against the river bed. An activity that required a lot of muscle power. The second person shows a somewhat stout elderman in his typical clothes and with a pipe in his hand. Both figures were created by the sculptor Sven Schöning based on the sculptures that have been here since 1905 and with funds from the Possehl Foundation. The original sculptures were created by the Lübeck sculptor Wilhelm-Christian Cuwie.

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