Gasthaus Löwen (Hohenems)

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Löwen in Hohenems from the palace seen from
from the Church of St. Charles Borromeo seen from
The inn in an old view and still without the west-side extension

The Gasthaus Löwen (also Gasthaus zum Löwen ) in Hohenems in Vorarlberg in the Dornbirn district is located in the Markt district, directly opposite the palace and the church of St. Karl-Borromäus , in the center of the Schlossplatz. The building was erected at the beginning of the 19th century for the purpose of operating an inn. At the time of construction it was the first inn on Schlossplatz.

history

The Hohenems post station was built in 1768/1769 under Landammann Georg Josef Streicher, which was operated by postmaster Johann Josef Waibel in 1772 and which he ceded to his son Karl Josef Waibel in 1806. On January 30, 1806, Pastor Josef Fetz had sold a piece of his so-called "Küllgarten" on the southern side, eighty feet wide and 126 feet long, for 700 guilders to Johann Baptist Streicher, the brother-in-law of postmaster Waibel. This property soon came into the possession of the postmaster Waibel, who on April 1, 1806 received approval from the district court in Dornbirn to build a new house .

The time of construction falls in the period when Vorarlberg was ceded to the Kingdom of Bavaria by the Peace of Pressburg (1806 to 1814).

In 1822 Johann Baptist Waibel applied for the establishment of a beer brewery , which was granted on September 14, 1822. However, the brewery was never realized.

In 1827 the inn was sold to Andrä Peter for 6,000 guilders. He sold it to his son Alois Peter ( Mayor of Hohenems from 1859 to 1861) in 1850 .

The town of Hohenems has owned the inn since 1965. In 2002 demolition was considered. In 2011 the building was completely refurbished after lengthy discussions.

architecture

The structure (about 435  m above sea level ) dates back to the year 1807. The house serving as an inn has two floors and a double attic and is about 12 to 15 m high (sloping terrain). A gable is oriented towards the palace square. The arched portal is said to come from the beginning of the 19th century (uncertain dating). Above the windows there are partially adhesive roofs or canopies. The roof of the inn is covered with plain tiles. The south-east corner of the house, which was partially removed in the 1950 / 1960s due to traffic management, was rebuilt during the renovation in 2011 and the original visual condition was largely restored.

To the north there is a three-storey extension with pilasters and festoon decorations with secessionist influence. The two buildings are built next to each other, but only the eaves are on the same level.

literature

Web links

Commons : Gasthaus Löwen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Schlossplatz No. 9.
  2. ^ An inn with history , Vorarlberger Nachrichten, August 29, 2017.
  3. DEHIO manual 1983.

Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '46.7 "  N , 9 ° 41' 22.4"  E