Fährwall 2 (Stralsund)

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The house Fährwall 2 in Stralsund (2013)

The house with the postal address Fährwall 2 is a listed building in the Hanseatic city of Stralsund on Fährwall .

The three-storey house with a hipped roof is a former part of the Stralsund city wall and is of medieval origin. It was initially used as a storage facility. In the course of time, the building was reshaped several times. The segment-arched hatches on the second floor have been preserved from their original condition .

Originally made of brick , the facade was later plastered.

Until the renovation in 2012 it was assumed that the house was built in the 14th century; Building history studies in the course of the renovation suggest that it was built after 1230.

The building was built as a warehouse and was later used as a warehouse; The retail organization (HO) was one of the users . In 1995 the ownership changed from the trust company managing the assets of the HO to a private investor; the house then fell into disrepair and was foreclosed in 2005 . It was only after another change of ownership in 2011 that the building, which had fallen into disrepair, was extensively renovated; it has been used as a residential building ever since.

The house is located in the core area of ​​the city ​​area recognized by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site of the “ historic old towns of Stralsund and Wismar ”. It is entered in the list of architectural monuments in Stralsund with the number 183.

literature

  • Friederike Thomas, Dietmar Volksdorf: The old town island Stralsund - Illustrated list of monuments. The architectural monuments of the old town in text and images. Edited by the building authority of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund. Self-published, Stralsund 1999, DNB 987697757 , p. 24.

Web links

Commons : Fährwall 2 (Stralsund)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ostseezeitung Stralsund, October 2, 2012
  2. ^ Ostseezeitung Stralsund, October 2, 2012

Coordinates: 54 ° 19 '1.97 "  N , 13 ° 5' 34.79"  O