Eisengasse (Freistadt)
The Eisengasse is an approximately 170-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 largely located within the city walls of the old town . The street is dominated by the Linzertor. Even before the city was founded, the old trading route Goldener Steig ran along here; it is assumed that the Eisengasse reflects the old course.
In the Middle Ages the name of the street was Linzergasse and it reached to the main square. With the creation of the Pfarrgasse in 1815, the current course of the street was determined. There are only 20 houses along today's Eisenstraße, most of them are listed. In the two great city fires in 1507 and 1516, all the houses in the city were destroyed, including in Eisengasse. Due to the city fires, many old documents from the time the houses were built have been lost.
For around seven years, plans to convert Eisengasse and the adjacent Höllplatz into a pedestrian zone have been discussed in the local council. So far, no majority has been achieved for the facility. The affected businesses in Eisengasse are against this project.
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.
- Eckhaus Eisengasse 1 / Pfarrgasse 21 (town house, formerly town No. 39 )
A late Gothic town house with a bay window from the first quarter of the 16th century. The facade was given a baroque style. Parts of the building have been renovated and the house has been a listed building since 1995.
- Eckhaus Eisengasse 2 / Pfarrgasse 23 (town house, formerly town no.66 )
The historically well-preserved town house from the 16th or 17th century has been a listed building since 1986. The house floor is older and was first mentioned in a document in 1425. The house was extended in the middle of the 18th century and the facade was redesigned in Baroque style. The ground floor and the first floor are vaulted.
- Eisengasse 4 (town house, formerly town No. 65 )
A late Gothic town house that was mentioned in a document in 1507 and has been a listed building since 1940. The facade shows a wide bay window on consoles with a rich tracery frieze. Parts of the interior have been rebuilt, there is a late Gothic staircase.
- Eisengasse 5 (town house, formerly town No. 41 )
A late medieval town house with a classical facade from the end of the 18th century. On the first floor there are two rooms with barrel vaults . The house has been a listed building since 1971.
- Eisengasse 6 (town house, formerly town No. 64 )
A town house from the 15th and 16th centuries, which was first mentioned in a document in 1541 and has been a listed building since 1941. It was rebuilt in the late 18th century and received a classicist facade around 1800. Inside, the rooms have barrel vaults; there is also a late Gothic shoulder arch portal around 1500. In the living room there is a floral stucco ceiling from around 1800. In the rear building there is a stitch cap barrel vault from the 17th century and a cap vault from the 19th century.
- Eisengasse 7 (town house, formerly town No. 42 )
A late Gothic town house from the beginning of the 16th century with a historical facade from the end of the 19th century, which has been a listed building since 1940. The building was first mentioned in documents in 1428. The interior is richly furnished with vaults from the 16th and 17th centuries and late Gothic portals. On the courtyard side there is an arcade from the mid-16th century.
- Eisengasse 8 (town house, formerly town No. 63 )
A town house that was first mentioned in 1570 and has been a listed building since 1995. The house consists of late Gothic parts with an early secessionist facade from 1906. The passage, a lined round arched portal from the beginning of the 16th century, with barrel vaults inside. The rear building has a groin vault from the beginning of the 17th century and a square vault from the end of the 18th century.
- Eckhaus Eisengasse 9 / Dechanthofgasse 1 (town house, formerly town no.43 )
A building first mentioned in documents around 1441, which has been a listed building since 1995. It has a simple facade structure from around 1900. Inside, the hallway has a barrel vault and there is a room with a groin vault from the second half of the 19th century.
- Eisengasse 10 (town house, formerly town No. 62 )
A building first mentioned in documents in 1483 with a richly profiled pointed arch gate around 1500. Most of the house has been renovated, but it still has a baroque facade from the second third of the 18th century. The building on the side of the moat dates from the first quarter of the 20th century and was extended in 1958. The building has been a listed building since 1940.
- Eckhaus Eisengasse 11 / Dechanthofgasse 2 / Höllgasse 3 (town house, formerly town no.44 )
A building with the core from the 17th century, which was remodeled in the second half of the 19th century. Outside there is a stone arched portal with framed walls. Inside there are truss vaults and stitch cap vaults. There is also a spiral stone staircase with a cast iron railing from around 1900. The house has been a listed building since 1966.
- Eisengasse 14 (town house, formerly town No. 60 )
A building from 1431, first mentioned in a document, with a Renaissance portal from 1596. In the courtyard and in the cellar there are late Gothic portals from the beginning of the 16th century. At the back of the house is a pillar from 1500, in the room there is a wooden ceiling from the 16th century. The building has been a listed building since 1940
- Eisengasse 16 (town house, formerly town No. 59 )
A largely historically preserved building, which was first mentioned in a document in 1512 and has been a listed building since 1989. The building used to be a brewery and until the 21st century was an inn (Gasthaus Tröls). The facade dates from the end of the 19th century with late Gothic windows. The passage through the courtyard is marked by a barrel vault. Inside there is a room with a groined vault from the 16th century.
- Eisengasse 18 (town house, formerly town no.58 )
The building is a late Gothic town house that was first mentioned in 1547. The house has late Gothic portals and an arcade in the courtyard from the second half of the 16th century. The hallway on the upper floor has a lancet barrel vault, also from the second half of the 16th century.
- Eisengasse 20 (community center, formerly town No. 57 )
A late Gothic town house that was first mentioned in 1547 and has been partially renewed since then. The renovations took place mainly in the 18th century. The facade has framed rectangular windows from the second third of the 16th century. The building has been a listed building since 1955.
- Eisengasse 22 (Linzertor, formerly town no.56 )
The Linzertor is one of the city's landmarks and, at 28 meters high, is the third tallest building in the city. The current appearance was designed by Mathes Klayndl in 1483/85 . The stone bridge has existed since the 18th century. A steep wedge roof, crowned with a lantern and bell helmet, dates from the middle of the 17th century.
- Eisengasse 24 (Bürgerkorpsturm or Schmidingerturm, formerly town no.55 )
A massive semi-circular tower that is part of the city fortifications. Under monument protection since 1941.
Monument worthy buildings
These buildings were not yet under monument protection until 2004, but meet the conditions (age, conservation value) to be under protection.
- Eisengasse 3 (town house, formerly town No. 40 )
A two-storey town house that was first mentioned in a document in 1556. Inside, parts of the historical furnishings have been preserved and there is also a one-bay groin vault. In the basement there is a lined, pointed arch portal from around 1500. In the room there is an armor tree with the year 1733.
- Eisengasse 12 (town house, formerly town No. 61 )
A former brewery, which is now a largely renovated town house. The building was first mentioned around 1525. In the passage you can see Prussian caps with Art Nouveau paintings from the beginning of the 20th century. Inside there are two pillars of the former arcade from around 1600.
- Eisengasse 13 / Höllgasse 1 (town house, formerly town no.45 )
A three-storey town house, which was first mentioned in a document in 1524. The building was remodeled and extended at the end of the 19th century. The facade is historic.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipality of Freistadt: Current from the town hall (PDF; 1.2 MB), No. 03/2004, p. 4
- ↑ TIPS Freistadt: TIPS, edition March 5, 2008 ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 21
literature
- Federal Monuments Office Austria (Ed.): Dehio - Upper Austria Mühlviertel . Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85028-362-5 , pp. 159ff
- Fritz Fellner: List of monuments 2004 , provided by the Castle Museum
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 37 ″ N , 14 ° 30 ′ 10 ″ E