Gasthof Hirschen (Eglisau)

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Hirschen inn
The Hirschen inn from the east

The Hirschen inn from the east

Data
place Eglisau
Architectural style Late Gothic
Construction year First mentioned in 1523
Coordinates 681 752  /  269 963 coordinates: 47 ° 34 '31 "  N , 8 ° 31' 30.7"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-one thousand seven hundred fifty-two  /  269,963

The Gasthof Hirschen is a historic restaurant in Eglisau in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . The listed building, first mentioned in 1523, is the "largest secular old building in the town" and a cultural asset of national importance .

The Biedermeier wing built in the 19th century
View of the deer from the Untergass
The facade painting from the 17th century
The 19th century Belle Epoque hall
The restaurant

history

Although the exact age of the inn is not documented, research assumes that the tavern rights were granted to the Hirschen when the city was founded. The inn may have existed since the 13th century. A written mention can currently only be proven from the year 1523. Today's Gasthof Hirschen was sometimes also called the Zum Goldenen Hirschen tavern or the Zum Hirschen inn in the course of its history . Today it consists of a six-storey late Gothic core building, to which two houses of approximately the same age and height are connected in the west and a somewhat lower half-timbered building in the east .

Major alterations were made to the core structure of the inn in 1573 and 1662. This is indicated, among other things, by the corresponding dates that have been carved into the upper lintel of the gable window. The window pillars in particular are likely to date from the 16th century. During the renovation in the 17th century, various baroque doors, panels, banisters , etc. were installed, but only a few of them have survived. In addition, the rare facade painting, discovered in 1974 during an exterior renovation, which was rated as “one of the most important art-historical discoveries in the Zurich area in recent years”, was probably created. In the 19th century, a Biedermeier wing was finally added, which included a dance hall .

The Hirschen was originally located right next to the old Rhine bridge, which was demolished in 1919 due to the damming of the Rhine, and thus on an important traffic axis. The 17th and 18th centuries can be described as the heyday of the inn, when it was visited as the “first house on the square” by numerous well-known and “distinguished” personalities. For example by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , who visited the house on October 26, 1797 and noted in his diary: “At 12 o'clock in Eglisau. Gasthof zum Hirsch. View of the Rhine , from half past one. "

Todays use

In 2000, the Zurich textile entrepreneur and collector Werner Dubno acquired the inn and extensively restored it over a period of four years, with financial support from the Zurich Monument Preservation. In 2007 the catering and hotel operations were resumed. Around a year after the reopening, ICOMOS Suisse named the inn “Historic Hotel of the Year 2009”. The gastronomic offer is divided between the bistro on the ground floor and the restaurant on the first floor. For banquets and conferences , the house also has the historic dance hall from the 19th century, which is now called the Belle Epoque Hall , and the so-called Goethe room . Overnight stays are possible in a total of seven historic rooms and suites .

literature

  • Roland Böhmer: Eglisau. Städtli, Untergass 28. “Zum Hirschen” inn. In: Building Directorate Canton Zurich (Ed.): Zurich Monument Preservation. 18th report, 2005-2006 . FO Print & Media AG, Zurich and Egg 2010, ISBN 978-3-905681-56-7 , pp. 22–33.
  • Walter Drack : “Zum Hirschen” inn. Restoration of the facade painting from the 17th century. In: Directorate of Public Buildings of the Canton of Zurich (Hrsg.): Zürcher Denkmalpflege. 7th report, 1970–1974 (City of Zurich, 1968–1973) - Part 1 . Genossenschaftsdruckerei Zürich, Zürich 1975, pp. 59–60.
  • Hermann Fietz: The art monuments of the canton of Zurich, Volume II: The districts of Bülach, Dielsdorf, Hinwil, Horgen and Meilen. (= The art monuments of Switzerland . Volume 15). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Birkhäuser Verlag , Basel 1943.
  • Franz Lamprecht, Mario König : Eglisau. History of the bridge city on the Rhine . Chronos Verlag , Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905311-01-1 .
  • Christian Renfer: Eglisau ZH. (= Swiss art guide . No. 389). Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 2002, ISBN 3-85782-389-6 .

Web links

Commons : Gasthof Hirschen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A-Objects ZH 2018 . Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 26, 2017 (PDF; 163 kB, 32 pages, updated annually, no changes for 2018).
  2. ^ Franz Lamprecht, Mario König: Eglisau. History of the bridge city on the Rhine . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905311-01-1 , p. 324.
  3. ↑ Walter Drack: Gasthaus "Zum Hirschen". Restoration of the facade painting from the 17th century. In: Directorate of Public Buildings of the Canton of Zurich (Hrsg.): Zürcher Denkmalpflege. 7th report, 1970–1974 (City of Zurich, 1968–1973) - Part 1 . Genossenschaftsdruckerei Zürich, Zürich 1975, p. 59.
  4. ^ Franz Lamprecht, Mario König: Eglisau. History of the bridge city on the Rhine . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905311-01-1 , p. 325.
  5. ^ Christian Renfer: Eglisau ZH. (= Swiss art guide . No. 389). Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 2002, ISBN 3-85782-389-6 , p. 20.
  6. ↑ Walter Drack: Gasthaus "Zum Hirschen". Restoration of the facade painting from the 17th century. In: Directorate of Public Buildings of the Canton of Zurich (Hrsg.): Zürcher Denkmalpflege. 7th report, 1970–1974 (City of Zurich, 1968–1973) - Part 1 . Genossenschaftsdruckerei Zürich, Zürich 1975, p. 59.
  7. ^ Franz Lamprecht, Mario König: Eglisau. History of the bridge city on the Rhine . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905311-01-1 , pp. 324-325.
  8. ↑ Walter Drack: Gasthaus "Zum Hirschen". Restoration of the facade painting from the 17th century. In: Directorate of Public Buildings of the Canton of Zurich (Hrsg.): Zürcher Denkmalpflege. 7th report, 1970–1974 (City of Zurich, 1968–1973) - Part 1 . Genossenschaftsdruckerei Zürich, Zürich 1975, p. 59.
  9. ^ Franz Lamprecht, Mario König: Eglisau. History of the bridge city on the Rhine . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905311-01-1 , p. 325.
  10. ^ Franz Lamprecht, Mario König: Eglisau. History of the bridge city on the Rhine . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905311-01-1 , pp. 324-325.
  11. ^ Sophie von Sachsen (Ed.): Goethe's diaries. 2nd volume, 1790–1800 (= Goethe's works . III. Section, 2nd volume). Hermann Böhlau , Weimar 1888, p. 189.
  12. ↑ Heinz Zürcher: The new Hirschen is colorful and classy. In: Tages-Anzeiger , June 30, 2007, p. 62.
  13. ↑ Adis Merdzanovic: Expert jury rewards Eglisau traditional house. In: Tages-Anzeiger , September 25, 2008, p. 55.
  14. ↑ room . Website of the Hirschen inn in Eglisau. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  15. ↑ Schweizer Heimatschutz (Ed.): The most beautiful hotels in Switzerland. Schweizer Heimatschutz, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-9523994-5-3 , p. 38.