In the first half of the 13th century, a monastery of the Franciscans, who were also called discalced or barefooters because they wore no shoes or at most sandals, was built in the northwest part of the city.

It led from the market west to Klostergasse coming from the south and then northwest to the monastery, past a small passage through the city wall, the Barefoot Portal (Barfußpförtchen).

From 1902 onwards, houses on Klostergasse and Kleine Fleischergasse were demolished in order to create a continuation of Barfußgäßchen westwards to Thomasring as section of the Inner City Ring Road (from 1917 Dittrichring).

13, after the well-known Senf brothers' stamp shop closed in 2008, the ground floor area of Barfußgäßchen is almost exclusively used for gastronomy.

[2] There are eleven dining establishments from traditional bourgeois restaurants to hip, alternative pubs with the address Barfußgäßchen on the 160 m (524.9 ft) length of the street.