Engelwirtshaus (Stadtschwarzach)

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The house on the market square

The Engelwirtshaus is a listed building in Stadtschwarzach , a district of the Lower Franconian market Schwarzach am Main . It is also called the Long House and stands on the edge of the town's market square.

history

In the Middle Ages , the Engelwirtshaus was the taproom of the city of Schwarzach. As the social center of the place, the house was renovated at the end of the 16th century and a building was erected that corresponded to the Renaissance style of the time . In 1583 the inn was finished and was again the drinking place of the community. Over the centuries the house lost its importance and came into various private hands. Among them was the Lang family, after whom it is named in the village to this day.

After several renovations in the 19th century, the house was restored in 1983. This was due to the relocation of the market Municipal Council and the Municipal Archives in the upper floor of the house. A bank branch had moved into the basement. The ground floor is now empty and a siren has been installed on the building roof. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation classifies the building as a monument under the number D-6-75-165-52.

architecture

The long house is an eaves side house that leads to the market square of Stadtschwarzach. It is two-storey and has a ground floor and a hipped roof. On the street side, five single-lane rectangular windows structure the building on the ground floor. Its walls are profiled, in between there is a round arched portal made of sandstone with round, framed panes, the wall of which is flush with the plaster and offset in two steps. In the inner round arch you can see fine profile grooves, the apex stone is dominated by a heraldic cartouche with the letters "SSM". It is framed by the number "1583". Two pedestals below are used as resting places.

The upper floor is also dominated by five window axes with two single-lane windows on the left and three two-lane rectangular windows on the right. The framework is made up of different ornaments, cross friezes and St. Andrew's crosses. There is also a portal on the back of the building, the walls of which are simply decorated with simple scrollwork consoles .

literature

  • Hans Bauer: The Kitzinger Land. Valuables, monuments, curiosities . Volkach 2004.
  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria I: Franconia . Munich and Berlin 1999.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ While Bauer (p. 153) gives this year, Dehio (p. 994) assumes the time around 1600
  2. ↑ Geodata: Monument number D-6-75-165-52 , accessed on September 4, 2013
  3. ^ Bauer, Hans: The Kitzinger Land . P. 154

Web links

Commons : Engelwirtshaus (Stadtschwarzach)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 0.4 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 48.5 ″  E