Büschlerhaus
The Büschlerhaus Am Markt 12 in Schwäbisch Hall is a former town house with Romanesque and Gothic architectural decorations, which essentially dates from the 13th century . It was used for gastronomic purposes from the 19th century and is now a hotel.
description
The building stands on an area that once presumably belonged to a noble settlement area. This can be deduced from the fragments of Swabian fine goods that were found in the backyard at a depth of about 90 cm below the current ground level. At the northwest edge of the back yard there was once an outbuilding, the foundations of which have been preserved; In front of the house remains of the city fortifications and a brick water pipe have been preserved. There are also cellars from the 13th and 16th / 17th centuries. Century still present. The ceiling beams of the house were dendrochronologically dated to 1242. Wholly or partly Romanesque windows and window frames, some with diamond bosses, have been preserved. According to Eugen Gradmann, the courtyard gate has a highly Gothic leaf mask.
In the 1970s, a gable extension was added on the east side. A half-timbered wall with tendril decoration was discovered on the second floor in 1976, and a Romanesque window pillar in the kitchen on the ground floor. There were also painted wooden ceilings and paintings from the Renaissance on the ground floor . "Romanesque biforias with diamond bosses" have been preserved in the hall of the Reichsschultheißenhaus on the north side of the lower house of today's Adelshof (stone tower with stepped gable). The courtyard gate to the street Am Schuppach with hump square blocks dates from the 13th century. Two courtyard gates show Büschler's marriage coat of arms from 1507 and 1508.
A footbridge between the second floor of the house and the churchyard of St. Michael , which probably already existed in the 16th century: The Veldner chapel in the churchyard, which was demolished when the great staircase in front of St. Michael was built in 1507 , was probably accessible via this footbridge. It was probably removed at the beginning of the 19th century.
history
The original stock of the house should date from the time of the Staufer emperors ; In the Middle Ages, the Romanesque stone building was probably used as the court of the Reichsschultheissen as the administrative seat of the Hohenstaufen. The house between Markt and Schuppach was occupied in 1461 by Katharina Büschler, the widow of the wine merchant Konrad Büschler. From 1507 the master of the town, Hermann Büschler, lived in the house. Büschler's coat of arms is affixed above the two late Gothic courtyard gates of the house, as can be found on St. Michael.
After the Imperial Councilor and Chief Provisioner von Grüneisen inherited the house in 1712, it was sold in twelve parts.
The use of the house by restaurateurs began with a so-called "basin tavern", which Johann Friedrich Schüler set up, who owned part of the house from 1834 onwards. From this point on, there were pubs and other catering establishments in the house. From 1939 the town owned the part of the house with a bakery and wine bar. The rooms on the ground floor and first floor were to be converted into a council cellar, but were initially used by the Haller SA standard. In 1940 the rear buildings of the house were torn down and renovation and renovation work was carried out in the main building. A hall on the ground floor was designed as a utility room in the historicizing style. The plastic jewelry was created by Karl Eisele , the wall paintings by Josef Braun . This redesign was partly financed by a donation from Max Kade . However, before the work on this planned Ratskeller was completed, the building society evacuated from Berlin was housed in the premises and worked there from February 1944. After the end of the war, the occupying forces confiscated the Ratskeller and turned it into an officer's mess; from 1949 the building was renamed the GYA House " utilized. That year a snack bar was also set up in the Ratskeller room. In 1951 the building was returned to the city of Schwäbisch Hall, which in 1952 leased it partly to a restaurateur and partly used it for authorities. In 1967 the Ratskeller was expanded. Werner Luz should create an overall concept. In 1969 it was decided to demolish the neighboring Liebhardtschen house and a modern extension to the Ratskeller, the reopening took place in 1972. In 1973 the local parliament decided to convert the Ratskeller into a hotel with around 70 beds, in the course of which the above-mentioned findings came to light. The renovation was completed in 1977; the hotel now had about 100 beds and the Büschlerkeller dance bar was located in the basement. In 1989 the hotel was renamed “Der Adelshof” and again rebuilt and renovated; the reopening took place in 1991.
Prominent visitors to the Büschlerhaus
The house was temporarily named after the Büschler family who owned it in the 16th century. Emperor Charles V stayed in the house when he was visiting the imperial city of Hall: on February 11, 1541, on the way to the Reichstag in Regensburg , he stopped in Hall for the first time. He stayed in Konrad Büschler's house, who was the master of the town at the time, and there he also took the oath of allegiance from the citizens, which was taken on February 12, 1541. Herolts Chronica reads about this stay: “So the imperial majesty rode into Hermann Büschler's house, where he lay over night [...] The next day, the imperial majesty sent the landlord to order them to go to the square at eleven come and pay homage to him and swear because of the kingdom. [...] But when a council and the entire citizenry came to the square, two windows were hung in Büschler's house in the parlor, at which the emperor stood on one and the German chancellor, Herr von Navis, on the other. But when one of the windows was too heavy for someone who wanted to dig it out, the Imperial Majesty attacked with one hand herself so that the window would not fall away. This piece of humility pleased everyone. "
Charles V visited Hall a second time in 1546. The city was a member of the Schmalkaldic League and was one of the defeated in the Schmalkaldic War . The Haller council therefore sent an envoy to Charles V and the councilor Johann Naves on December 2, 1546, who were staying in Dinkelsbühl at that time, who was supposed to announce the submission. On December 16, 1546, the Emperor came to Hall with Spanish troops under the Duke of Alba, stayed in Philipp Büschler's house and left the city a week later after Hall had received a pardon. Georg Widman reported in his chronicle about this visit, during the course of which, by the way, the army brought in an epidemic that claimed around 600 deaths in a month: “The Count Palatine Chancellor had to do the Kaiser a special kick because they had seduced the Count Palatine into making him The Schmalkaldic has made part of it [...] The von Ulm fell foot in Philipp Büschler's back room at Hall the emperor, left them a quarter of an hour in front of him on the ground before he pardoned them. Before that, when the imperial war people moved to Hall, they robbed and plundered the peasants. "
Karl's brother and successor, Ferdinand I , may also have stayed at the Büschlerhaus when he passed Hall in 1542 on his way to Speyer . But it is not known where in the city he slept.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Eugen Gradmann : The art and antiquity monuments of the city and the Oberamt Schwäbisch-Hall . Paul Neff Verlag, Esslingen a. N. 1907, OCLC 31518382 , pp. 71 ( archive.org ).
- ↑ a b c d e f Building directory of the city of Schwäbisch Hall at www.schwaebischhall.de
- ↑ schwaebischhall.de
- ↑ Homepage of the Romantic Hotel Adelshof
Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 46.3 " N , 9 ° 44 ′ 16.7" E