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Steingruberhaus in Merkendorf (after the renovation), 2012

Steingruberhaus in Merkendorf (after the renovation), 2012

Data
place Merkendorf
builder Johann David Steingruber
Construction year 1742/43
Coordinates 49 ° 12 '16.8 "  N , 10 ° 42' 4.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '16.8 "  N , 10 ° 42' 4.4"  E
Steingruberhaus (Bavaria)
Stone pit house
Steingruberhaus in Merkendorf (used as a school building), 1910
Steingruberhaus in Merkendorf (before the renovation), 1980s
Steingruberhaus in Merkendorf (during the renovation), 2011

The Steingruberhaus (former technical school ) is a two-storey building with a steep hipped roof and plaster structure from the years 1742/43 in Schulstrasse 8 in the town of Merkendorf in the Franconian Lake District , Middle Franconia .

construction

The building was built according to plans by the Ansbach court builder Johann David Steingruber , from whom the name of the house is derived. It was not originally built as a rectory , as was assumed for a long time , but as an office building. In 1798 the house was bought by a private citizen; In 1877 the city of Merkendorf bought it back for school purposes .

Renovation and renovation

After the Steingruberhaus had been empty for years, a club house was planned in 2009 . Rooms were created for city meetings, for the Rezat-Mönchswald music school from Windsbach and for local clubs. The renovation was subsidized with an amount of 150,000 euros from the economic stimulus package II . Work started in 2010 and was completed in 2011.

The Steingruberhaus with town garden , town courtyard and town house (former secondary school with handicapped-accessible apartments) was inaugurated on the 11th Bavarian Days of Village Culture from July 15 to 17, 2011.

In 2013, the Steingruberhaus was awarded the Medal of the Middle Franconia District for its successful renovation.

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  • Altmühl-Bote from Tuesday, July 13, 2010: Tina Ellinger: "We are investing heavily in the Steingruberhaus"

Web links

Commons : Steingruberhaus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Dr. Jürgen Rechter: "From village to city - highlights from the history of Merkendorf houses" (lecture)
  2. Economic stimulus package II - special measures for urban development 2009 ( memento of the original from March 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 14 kB) - Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior on stmi.bayern.de, accessed on November 16, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stmi.bayern.de