Prince-Bishop's Office Cellars (Volkach)
The former prince-bishop's office cellars (formerly house number 36, today 'Hauptstrasse 5') is a representative baroque building in the Lower Franconian town of Volkach . It was initially used as the farmyard of the Würzburg prince-bishop , before the Volkach post office moved there. Today it has been converted into a residential and commercial building.
history
The Würzburg prince-bishops had not only the manorial rule over Volkach, represented by the prince-bishop's office , but also rich agricultural property in the vicinity of the city. The vineyards in particular made a lot of profit in a few years. In order to temporarily store the wine , the prince-bishop needed a so-called official cellar with deep cellars. The building had been owned by the landlords since the early days of the city and has been lent repeatedly to citizens of Volkach since then.
In 1689 Hans Östreich sat in the house, he was a Büttner , cultivated several vineyards and kept some grazing animals. Before 1698 he added a cookery to his business. At that time the house was located between "Gemeiner Straße and Mr. Georgius". In 1711 the merchant Julig Confortale is recorded in the building. Today's building was built around 1730 as one of the most magnificent baroque houses in the city. In 1736 the widow of Hans Michel Wol sat there.
The Meisner family has been recorded in the house since 1743. She soon rose to become one of the richest families in town. First Michael Meisner was granted citizenship , in 1771 Michael Meisner owned a house built over two cellars. In 1776 there was Nicolaus Joseph Meisner, a trader. In 1843, Franz Caspar Meisner and Barbara, née Erbig, owned the house. A garden house was part of the building at that time. In 1865 the hospital administrator Joseph Meisner inherited the house.
The royal Bavarian post office has been housed in the building since 1885 . The first post holder was Andreas Leipold, he handed the office over to his son Karl Leipold. In addition to the postal service, he also ran a wage carriage. In 1911 the Congregation of the Dillinger Franciscan Sisters acquired the house and set up a boarding school there ( see also: St. Maria Monastery ). The boarding school later moved to a neighboring building and businesses moved into the house. In 1999 the nuns sold the house and there has been an antique shop there since 2002.
description
The prince-bishop's official cellar was built around 1730 in the Baroque style. The model was the older houses of this style, Hauptstraße 46 and the Schelfenhaus in the street of the same name. The cellar is a two-storey mansard roof house , the facade of which is richly structured. The building is framed by square sandstone pilasters , and the storeys are separated from each other by cornices .
Large arched windows with keystones on the ground floor were enlarged as shop windows during the renovation in the 20th century. On the upper floor, the smaller rectangular windows have drilled walls and diamond-coated keystones. The building has two large cellars. The figure of the saint on the corner of Hauptstraße and Kellereigasse with the inscription in the sign “quis ut deus” dates from the 18th century.
literature
- Gerhard Egert: City and Parish Volkach am Main (A contribution to the city's history). Part I. The urban territory from the beginnings to the end of the Old Kingdom in 1803 . Würzburg and Volkach 1964.
- Günther Schmitt: House chronicle of the city of Volkach as a mirror of the bourgeoisie. From the end of the 17th century until today (= Volkacher Hefte vol. 19) . Volkach 2017.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Egert, Gerhard: City and parish Volkach am Main . P. 59 f.
- ↑ Schmitt, Günther: House chronicle of the city of Volkach . P. 44.
- ↑ Schmitt, Günther: House chronicle of the city of Volkach . P. 45.
Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '53.5 " N , 10 ° 13' 35.4" E