Böhmergasse (Freistadt)
The Böhmergasse is a 150-meter-long street in Freistadt in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel . The alley was laid out when the city was founded in the 13th century and is mostly within the city walls of the old town . The street begins at the main square and ends at the intersection with Oswalder Landesstraße. The Böhmergasse is dominated by the eponymous Böhmertor and in the Middle Ages was the border between two city districts.
In the Middle Ages the name of the street was Frauengasse , named after the Liebfrauenkirche . There are only twelve houses along today's Böhmergasse, most of them are listed. In the two big city fires in 1507 and 1516, all the houses in the city were destroyed, including in Böhmergasse. Due to the city fires, many old documents from the time the houses were built have been lost. Around 1880 the last devastating fire destroyed some houses along the street.
Listed buildings
Sorted by today's house numbers with details of the former address in brackets in the Middle Ages. These buildings were included in Austria's list of monuments until 2004.
- Corner house Böhmergasse 1 / Hauptplatz 8 (town house, formerly town No. 104 )
A three-storey corner house that has been a listed building since 1940. The house was extended at the end of the 18th century. The upper floor structure of the facade is made by giant pilaster strips and the facade bears the rich late baroque stucco windows . Inside there is a barrel vaulted side corridor as well as a stitch cap barrel vault on the ground floor. On the first floor the Platzstube has a Riemling ceiling on consoles and armor tree , which is marked 1674. Several late Gothic portal garments have been preserved.
- Corner house Böhmergasse 2 / Hauptplatz 9 (town house, formerly town no.5 )
Another mighty, late Gothic corner building that has a Renaissance arcade courtyard . The three-storey front bears a round corner bay window from around 1600. A round arched portal bears the year 1608. The late Baroque upper floor façade bears the year 1794. Inside, the room structure on the ground floor has been changed and converted into business premises. The corridors have baroque barrel vaults and baroque plastered tram ceilings. The arcade courtyard shows Tuscan columns and a groin vault on two sides. The building has been a listed building since 1940.
- Böhmergasse 4 (town house, formerly town no.4 )
A three-storey building around a rectangular inner courtyard with arcades, also a listed building since 1940. The second floor probably dates from the beginning of the 17th century. The main facade shows a late Gothic flat bay window. Inside the hallway has a barrel vault. On the first floor there is a Riemling ceiling from around 1520, on the second floor there are beams with notch cut decor. The inner courtyard has late Gothic arcades with Renaissance arcades.
- Böhmergasse 5 (town house, formerly town No. 102 )
A four-wing building with a wide main and rear building and an arcade courtyard. The street facade includes a round arched gate from the first half of the 16th century. Above the gate is a Renaissance flat bay window that bears the year 1577. Inside, the central passage is barrel vaulted. The stairs show diamond and loop decorations. On the first floor there is a barrel-vaulted hallway and a courtyard room with a Riemling ceiling on an armor tree. Numerous late Gothic portal vestments have also been preserved. The three-sided arcade courtyard dates from the first third of the 16th century and is open to the public. The second floor of the arcade courtyard was built later, probably around 1577. The house has been a listed building since 1940
- Böhmergasse 8 (town house, formerly town no.2 )
A late Gothic building complex that extends along the Schlossgasse to the outer courtyard and has been a listed building since 1939. The main house has three floors with a late Gothic wide bay window and rich facade decoration from the period after 1880. Inside, the late Gothic room layout and some of the late Gothic furnishings are still there. On the ground floor there is a late Gothic ceiling, on the first floor one with a ribbed vault. Both floors have Riemling ceilings, the one on the ground floor dates from 1835 (built in 1978), the upper floor from 1749. The almost square inner courtyard has a late Gothic arcade from the first third of the 16th century. The building is now the Hotel Deim.
- Corner house Böhmergasse 9 / Heiligengeistgasse 1 (town house, formerly town no.100 )
A long building complex with the former Holy Spirit Chapel in the courtyard wing. The late Gothic main house and the courtyard wing date from the end of the 15th century, when Baroque changes were made in the 17th and 18th centuries. The second upper floor is a new building from the period after 1880. The main front includes a late Gothic segment arch portal and a broad bay window that was reinforced after 1880. Inside there are wide central corridors with late Gothic ribbed vaults on the ground floor and first floor. The former chapel was donated in 1435 and profaned in 1785 . It was a high, three-bay chapel with a late Gothic ribbed vault. At the end of the 15th century it was divided into two floors by a baroque lancet barrel vault. The building has been a listed building since 1940.
- Böhmergasse 10 (town house, formerly town no.1 )
The building dates from the second half of the 15th century. There have only been windows to the Böhmertor since 1792. It is a wide, two-story building with a late Gothic pointed arch portal. The middle passage has a needle cap barrel from the 16./17. Century. The space on the upper floor is equipped with a seating niche by the windows. Late Gothic portals are still present in the building, which has been a listed building since 1994. In 1992, due to the expansion of the Hotel Deim, a major renovation took place inside. The building is related to the outbuildings (No. 8).
- Böhmertor (gate tower)
→ Main article: Böhmertor A late Gothic gate tower that has existed since the city was founded. It was given its current form in 1485 by Mathes Klayndl . A Gothic arched gate made of ashlar masonry.
Monument worthy buildings
These buildings were not yet under monument protection until 2004, but meet the conditions (age, conservation value) to be under protection.
- Böhmergasse 3 (residential building, formerly town No. 103 )
A three-storey building with a late historical facade on a narrow lot, the smallest house in the alley. The core building dates from around 1673 and the facade was renewed at the end of the 19th century. Inside the side corridor has a barrel vault.
- Böhmergasse 6 (town house, formerly town no.3 )
A two-story building complex, built at the end of the 15th century. A corner house facing Schlossgasse, which was redesigned in the early 17th century. Around 1607 a narrow superstructure of the Schlossgasse was designed. The main front has a framed round arched gate with late Gothic portal walls. Inside there is a Renaissance hall from the mid-16th century.
- Böhmergasse 7 (town house, formerly town No. 101 )
A late Gothic building from the second half of the 16th century. An increase followed in 1890. The three-story main house has a barrel-vaulted central passage. On the ground floor there is a needle-cap barrel vault from the first half of the 16th century. The two- to three-storey courtyard wing was built in the 18th and 19th centuries. Remodeled in the 19th century and point to an almost square inner courtyard.
- Corner house Böhmergasse 11 / Heiligengeistgasse 2 (residential building, formerly town no.99 )
A two-story building that was converted into a residential and commercial building at the end of the 19th century. The facade also dates from this period.
More buildings
- Böhmergasse 13 (meat bank, no house number in the Middle Ages)
A small building next to the Böhmertor. This was where the meat slaughterhouse was located in the Middle Ages. Today it serves as a commercial building.
literature
- Federal Monuments Office Austria (Ed.): Dehio - Upper Austria Mühlviertel . Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85028-362-5 , page 155ff
- Fritz Fellner: List of monuments 2004 , provided by the Castle Museum
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 45 ″ N , 14 ° 30 ′ 19 ″ E