At the court (Weißenburg)

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In the court
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Street in Weißenburg i.Bay.
In the court
Place "Am Hof"
Basic data
place Weißenburg i.Bay.
District Old town
Created middle Ages

Am Hof is an inner-city street in Weißenburg in Bavaria , a district town in the Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district in Central Franconia .

location

The street is located in the northwest area of ​​the listed old town , near the St. Andrew's Church . It runs from the Old Town Hall first in a westerly direction and then widens to a triangular square. From there it leads in a south-westerly direction to the city ​​wall , where it ends at the Scheibleinsturm .

history

The origins of the street date back to the Middle Ages . The name refers to the Carolingian royal court, which was first mentioned in a document in 867 and whose beginnings probably go back to the 7th / 8th centuries. Go back to the century. He is the nucleus of the future city. Its center, the area between Andreaskirche, Martin-Luther-Platz and the upstream street Am Hof, can be seen in the floor plan.

There are several buildings on the street that have been renovated with urban development measures. The former fountain, which previously stood on Saumarkt, was moved to Am Hof ​​street.

Listed buildings

According to the Bavarian Monument List, there are the following listed buildings:

  • Am Hof ​​3: town house , two-storey saddle roof building in corner position, solid, rel. 1750
  • At court 3a; Former inn , three-storey gable-independent gable roof, 1845, tail gable from 1906/07; To the rear, ancillary building, former barn and storage building, two-story saddle roof building, massive basement with beer cellars , with half-timbered upper floor and gable, 17th / 18th century. century
  • At court 4; Town house, two-storey gable-independent saddle roof building, with half -timbered upper storey and gable , 1st half of the 16th century
  • At court 6; Former town house, imperial city museum, two-storey saddle roof building in corner position, partly timber-frame, plastered, around 1784
  • At court 7; Town house, two-storey gable roof structure, massive, partly timber-framed gable, 1726
  • At court 8; Town house, two-storey gable-independent gable roof, with half-timbered gable, before 1600
  • At court 12; Town house, two-storey gable roof building, massive with half-timbered gable, 18th / early 19th century
  • At the court 15; Former hop store, two-storey building, gable roof, south with half-hip, massive and half-timbered, early 18th century
  • At court 16; Children's sanctuary, now kindergarten, two-story hipped roof building, solid, free-standing, structure and window surrounds in natural stone, 1902 by Sebastian Eckart , with a single-storey extension of the same structure, after 1902; with enclosure, during construction

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.qualipano.de
  2. ↑ www.belocal.de
  3. ^ Ensemble Weißenburg in the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  4. ^ Description of the street on the website of the city of Weißenburg
  5. ↑ List of monuments in Weißenburg i.Bay. (PDF; 243 kB)

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 52.5 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 15.7 ″  E