Fronhof (Epfenbach)
The Fronhof is a half-timbered house in Epfenbach , a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar district in northern Baden-Württemberg , which was built at the beginning of the 18th century. The building at Kreisentalstrasse 4 is a protected architectural monument .
description
The Fronhof stands with the eaves side on the village square and a small building is attached to the west gable. On the quarry stone basement there are two half-timbered floors and two attics. All floors protrude. The beam heads are visible and above them there are notched and profiled thresholds . The house is divided once lengthways and twice across. There are large Franconian bay windows at the corners of the house . The Franconian man in the gable triangle, K struts on the corner posts, St. Andrew's crosses and short struts are available as decorative forms . The parapets of the bay windows are provided on the upper floor with diamonds and St. Andrew's crosses over diamonds. The inscription “PZAMG 1718” is attached to the corner post of the upper floor.
Todays use
The Epfenbach local history museum is located in the building .
literature
- Erwin Huxhold : The half-timbered houses in Kraichgau. A guide to the architectural monuments . Edited by Heimatverein Kraichgau eV, 3rd supplemented edition, Ubstadt-Weiher 2002, ISBN 3-89735-185-4 , pp. 81–83.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 16 ″ N , 8 ° 54 ′ 38.2 ″ E