Carl-Ritter-Strasse 16 (Quedlinburg)

House Carl-Ritter-Strasse 16

The house at Carl-Ritter-Straße 16 is a listed building in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

Today it is used as the parish hall of the Protestant parish of Quedlinburg. The building is located south of the city's market square and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

Architecture and history

The large three-story half - timbered house was built in 1668. The building is referred to as a merchant's house in the city of Quedlinburg's list of monuments . The half-timbered facade is particularly richly decorated. There are star patterns with decorative nails and profiled thresholds as well as the half-timbered figure of the half man . The profiled old gate entrance with door from around 1820 is also remarkable.

There is a loading hatch on the second floor . The northwest corner of the house is decorated with a corner console showing an angel's head with a bunch of grapes.

At the rear of the building there are two half-timbered courtyard wings.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Quedlinburg

literature

• 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 , p. 108.

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 14.6 "  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 31.6"  E