Gamanderhof
The Gamanderhof in Schaan is a former Meierhof , which was built between 1720 and 1722. The homestead on the road to Planken is on a hillside and is surrounded by trees. There is a farm building next to the house. Together they form a rectangular courtyard that was originally enclosed by a wall.
history
The princely manor in Gamander above Schaan is considered to be the first major construction project after the Liechtenstein family took over rule . In the service instruction issued by Prince Anton Florian in 1719 , it was envisaged as a measure to increase the self-managed livestock farming . The manorial estates were managed from the centrally located Gamanderhof. In 1721, the Lindau geometer Johann Jacob Heber drew up plans of the facility in floor plans and views. It could be Liechtenstein's earliest building plans.
In 1726 the yield of hay and emd was 26 fathoms worth 156 guilders, that of litter was 22 fuders worth 66 guilders. Due to its size, the farm was not profitable, which is why it was leased in 1735. In 1780 it was sold to the municipality of Schaan for 15,000 guilders. In 1787 the Gamanderhof went into private ownership. The buyers were the brothers Christoph and Anton Frommelt. There were several changes of ownership in the 19th and 20th centuries. From 1943 it was owned by the von Halem family . In 1951 the residential building was placed under monument protection.
When the owner family put the Gamanderhof up for sale in 1997, its fate was unclear. A building application from the entrepreneur Fritz Kaiser was rejected in 2000. In 2001 the farm was acquired by the State of Liechtenstein for CHF 5.75 million. The initiative for this came from the Historical Association for the Principality of Liechtenstein (HVFL). After renovation, the residential building has served as the headquarters of the Historical Association since 2006, which was originally housed in the Liechtenstein National Archives in Vaduz.
description
The residential building and parts of the farm building date from the time of construction. Around 1890 the western half of the farm building was demolished. The remaining eastern half of this stable barn received its current roof in 1910 and was extended to the north in 1919.
The two-story masonry residential building was renovated in 1943 and the interior was newly expanded. Its spatial structure corresponds to the simple medieval order as it was used in the Alpine region until the 19th century. It is a three-room house with three chambers and a staircase on the ground floor and another apartment on the upper floor. The house could therefore have been used by two families.
During the renovation work carried out in 2005, the original plaster from 1721 came to light on the west side of the residential building. The painting on the building and the window reveals were renewed on the basis of traditional forms during the renovations in 1943 and 2005.
Web links
- Lukas Winder: Gamanderhof. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .
- Historical association for the Principality of Liechtenstein
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Peter Albertin: Building and Living 300 Years Ago , in: Rainer Vollkommer (ed.): 300 Years of Principality of Liechtenstein , Vaduz 2019.
- ↑ a b c 10 years ago: Gamanderhof not to Fritz Kaiser , Liechtensteiner Vaterland , November 30, 2010, accessed on June 8, 2019.
- ^ Government wants to buy Gamanderhof in Schaan , presseportal.ch, October 18, 2001, accessed on June 8, 2019.