On the west and south west side of the fortress no one lived until the eighteenth century. In 1744, the foundations of the Iosefin district appear on the urban maps. Built for the German colonists, the district, originally called the German Suburb or the New German Masters (the original term "Maier", plural "Maiere" comes from German and means roughly "courtyard rented together with the related constructions"), receives in 1773 the …