Berlerhof

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Klostergasse 5 Comburger Klosterhof , in the core the Romanesque Berlerhof
Klostergasse 6 Schwan's House ; in the core remains of the medieval Berlerhof
Klostergasse 7 Bonhoeffer House

The Berlerhof also Nonnenhof in Schwäbisch Hall was a medieval aristocratic castle with an associated courtyard and residential tower in the original settlement core of the city. It was considered one of the "Seven Castles" of Hall.

The Berler family coat of arms (Berler von Tullau); Siebmacher's heraldic book

location

Its original expansion extends over at least two, possibly even three today's buildings and house numbers with which the former castle area is built over and which in their core still contain remains of the medieval / Romanesque building fabric.

Klostergasse 5, the Comburger Klosterhof probably has the largest share of the historic Berlerhof.

Klostergasse 6 Schwan's house . The current building was built after 1718. In its place stood a medieval residential tower, which probably came from the time the Berlerhof was originally built and was part of it. Mentioned in 1465 as Hans Reussens Turm, in 1490 as Spitals Turm, in 1717 called Uhlotscher Turm or Romigscher Turm, it collapsed in 1718. According to the regional historian Eugen Gradmann , in 1907 there were still “thick walls and an old cellar”. According to Gradmann, the tower consisted of "[...] small masonry like the walls of the Berler-Hof, without humpbacks at the corners".

Klostergasse 7 Bonhoeffer House . The medieval structure is also associated with the core of the Berlerhof

All three buildings are listed

history

The Berlerhof is one of the “Seven Castles” of Hall. According to the founding legend, these were the first structures of the medieval settlement and formed the official residence of the noble rulers of the town and salt works , including their apartments.

These were:

  • the Salzgrafenburg, or Burg Hall; Seat of the salt count , now the location of the main church of St Michael .
  • the Schultheißenburg; Seat of the mayor
  • the mint master's castle; Seat of the mint master
  • the Sulmeisterburg ; Seat of the Sulmeister , the overseer of the salt works.
  • the Feurerburg; Seat of the fireman , the overseer for the firewood of the salt works.
  • the Keßlerburg; Seat of the kessler , the overseer of the forge and pans .
  • the Siedersburg ; Seat of the boiler , which the Siedknechten board.

Surname

The Berlerhof got its name after the Berler patrician family from Hall, who were also wealthy in Tullau and then called themselves Berler von Tullau . According to Rudolph Friedrich von Moser's description of the Hall Oberamt , the Berlers were one of the "seven castles families" of Hall. Bearers of the name are mentioned in the 13th and 14th centuries as the mayor of the imperial city . The family moved from Hall in 1510 and died out in Augsburg in 1594.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stadtarchiv Schwäbisch Hall: List of cultural monuments in the city of Schwäb. Hall, p. 270
  2. ↑ a b 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. 67 ( archive.org ).
  3. ^ From the description of the Oberamt Hall from 1847 in Wikisource: Geschichte der Stadt Hall; the seven castles, page 144
  4. ↑ History Tullaus on leo-bw
  5. ^ From the description of the Oberamt Hall from 1847 in Wikisource: Geschichte der Stadt Hall; old Haller Stadtadel, page 147

Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 43.5 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 18.8"  E