Breite Strasse 18 (Quedlinburg)
The house at Breite Straße 18 is a listed building in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .
location
It is located northeast of the city's market square and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . It is registered as a residential building in the Quedlinburg monument register. To the south of the house, the building, which is also listed, is adjacent to Breite Straße 17 . To the north of the building, Kleine Gasse joins Breite Strasse.
Architecture and history
The two-story, massive building is probably one of the oldest residential buildings in the city of Quedlinburg. Remains of a biforium and a triforium can be seen on the north gable of the house . It was probably built around 1300. The house was probably self- fortified in the early Gothic period. The building was rebuilt in the 18th century. At times it served as the rectory of the Saint Benedict parish . The house is plastered towards the street, the profile walls are decorated with stucco . The front door dates from around 1800 and has a diamond -shaped skylight.
There is a round arched passage towards the courtyard . In addition, a pointed arch can be seen on the house and two pointed arched openings on the upper floor.
A wing of the building on the north side of the courtyard was built in half-timbered construction . The compartments are provided with various decorative linings.
literature
- Falko Grubitzsch in: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 1: Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer and others: Magdeburg administrative region. Revision. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , page 749.
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , page 97.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Hartmut Schauer, Quedlinburg, half-timbered town, world cultural heritage , Verlag Bauwesen Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-345-00676-6 , page 34
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 30.4 " N , 11 ° 8 ′ 39.5" E