Artus Court of Toruń

Artus Court in Toruń

Artus Court in Thorn after a copy of a drawing from 1386 in the museum

The Artushof ( Polish : Dwór Artusa ) in Toruń (German: Thorn ) is a landmark of Thorn on the old town market. The first building dates from the 14th century. However, the current structure dates from the late 19th century.

history

The farm was built in Thorn in 1310 by the St. George Brotherhood and inaugurated in 1311. This was a patrician society that was strongly oriented towards the knightly and courtly culture. The representative Arthurian court should therefore remind of the knights of the round table of King Arthur . Such courtyards were built in many Hanseatic cities in the Baltic Sea region at the time. They were meeting places for the merchant guilds.

A drawing from the year 1386 has survived from this old Gothic building, which shows a house with a stepped gable and extremely rich ornamentation and many sculptures.

In 1466 the Second Peace of Thorner was concluded here. In the 17th century the Artus Court received a new richly decorated facade. In 1802 the building was demolished and a new building was erected. This building, too, was demolished ; it was replaced by a neo-renaissance- style building built in 1890 by order of mayor Georg Bender , and inaugurated in 1891. This is now a cultural center. The Artus Court is also the seat of the Toruń Chamber Orchestra . Several shops are also located there.

The Artushof-Vereinigung Thorn eV is named after the building, a displaced persons association that deals with ancestry and family research as well as the cultural history of the former district of Thorn .

literature

• Theodor Hirsch : About the origin of the Prussian Artus courts . In: Journal for Prussian History and Regional Studies . Volume 1, Issue 1, Berlin 1864, pp. 3-32. ( Full text)
• Maren Rathke : Discover Masuria. With Königsberg, Danzig and Thorn. Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89794-096-3 , p. 64.
• Ch. Hermann, Thorn - City Guide, Imhof-Verlag, Petersberg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-504-9

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Werner Paravicini: The knightly courtly culture of the Middle Ages. Göttingen 1998, p. 34f.

Web links

Commons : Artushof Toruń  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 53 ° 0 ′ 35.7 "  N , 18 ° 36 ′ 16.1"  E