Amthausgasse (Bern)
The Amthausgasse is a historic street in the old town of Bern , the medieval city center of Bern ( Switzerland ).
Amthausgasse is part of the Innere Neustadt , which was built during the expansion from 1255 to 1260. Amthausgasse is part of the old town of Bern, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The street was originally called Schinkengasse (first occupied in 1320), then Judengasse around 1740 , Bürgergasse during the French occupation from 1798–1803 , then again Judengasse and finally, since 1878, officially Amthausgasse . The name comes from the office building, which was located at Amthausgasse 7 from 1847. Since 1900 the office building has been at Hodlerstrasse 7 and no longer at Amthausgasse, which can lead to confusion. The alley has been part of the Yellow Quarter since 1798, as can be seen from the yellow street name sign .
The Burgerhaus (also called Burgerkanzlei) at Amthausgasse 5 is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national and regional importance , KGS no. 616 . The house, built in 1763/65, was owned by the Marcuard family (Marcuard house) from 1836 until it was acquired by the civic community in 1949. The Burgergemeinde moved its law firm away from the Burgerhaus to the Burgerspital in 2014 . The federal administration then rented the premises, first for one of its general secretariats and later for representation purposes.
Until 1906, the house of the Mittellöwen Society (Amthausgasse 6) was also the Golden Falcon Inn, the most important hotel in Bern in the Middle Ages and modern times. Mittellöwen bought the house in 1722.
A fountain in Amthausgasse created by Niklaus Sprüngli in 1789 was replaced in 1837 by a new Amthaus fountain at number 15, which was finally demolished in 1913 and partly reused elsewhere.
The narrow Amthausgasse between Marktgasse and Kochergasse runs perpendicular to Amthausgasse . It was called Judengässchen in the 19th century and Amthausgässchen since 1878 . Its southern extension has been called Inselgasse since 1963 .
Amthausgasse (red) in a map from 1882
View through Amthausgasse towards Bundesplatz
In the background the Bern Minster . In the foreground the yellow street name sign common in the Yellow Quarter .
literature
- Paul Hofer: The art monuments of the canton of Bern . The city of Bern. Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz . Volume 40 ). tape 2 . Birkhäuser Verlag , Basel 1959, The residential buildings III. The Savoy city of Amthausgasse, S. 495 , pp. 405–422 (18 pp., Unibe.ch [PDF; 65.0 MB ; accessed on February 1, 2018]).
- Berchtold Weber: Historical-topographical lexicon of the city of Bern . Generic term / search result: Amthausgasse (51 results). Ed .: Burgerbibliothek Bern (= publications of the Berner Burgerbibliothek ). Bern 2016 ( archives-quickaccess.ch [accessed on February 22, 2018]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Berchtold Weber, Historisch-topographisches Lexikon der Stadt Bern , Bern 1976, page 18 and pictures on page 34. ISBN 3-7272-0045-6 . Online (PDF)
- ^ A objects BE 2018 . Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 26, 2017 (PDF; 212 kB, 47 pages, updated annually, the changes for 2018 are marked in blue).
- ^ Berchtold Weber, Historisch-topographisches Lexikon der Stadt Bern , Bern 1976, page 53. ISBN 3-7272-0045-6 . Online (PDF)
- ↑ Kathrin Alder: Federal Council rents feudal Berner Palais. In: nzz.ch . Aktiengesellschaft for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, December 6, 2014, accessed on March 24, 2015 .
- ^ Berchtold Weber, Historisch-topographisches Lexikon der Stadt Bern , Bern 1976, page 18 and pictures on page 34. ISBN 3-7272-0045-6 . Online (PDF)
- ^ Berchtold Weber, Historisch-Topographisches Lexikon der Stadt Bern , Bern 1976, page 117. ISBN 3-7272-0045-6 . Online (PDF)
Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '50.1 " N , 7 ° 26' 48.7" E ; CH1903: 600627 / 199,573