Gnome cellar

Entrance on the stile

Gnome cellar around 1920

The Gnomenkeller ( Danish Rådhusvinkælderen ) is a listed building in Flensburg at Holm 3, the vaults and walls of which are decorated with painted gnomes . Today the Porterhouse restaurant is located here, with modern access from the Holm and side entrance on Rathausstrasse . The Gnomenkeller is one of the district's cultural monuments .

history

The original building was built in 1583 by a builder from Holland not far from the Flensburg Thingplatz . The gnome cellar is one of the remains of the house from the solid architecture of the 16th century. Two free-standing pillars and several wall brackets support the magnificent Gothic vaults . The space is architecturally structured by cross , longitudinal and diagonal straps with caps in between. Over the centuries, the rooms were used as a wine cellar and storage room as well as a wine bar , while the rooms were given the name Gnomenkeller . A breakthrough to the neighboring house was created in 1876, the newly created room was named Tugendrose . In 1906 the new council chamber was decorated with the coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein cities. The painting of the rooms comes from the drawing teacher Schurig, a regular guest of the cellar. You can see bizarre paintings with titles such as Lippe Dickmund , Krischan Dösig , Urban Brummkreisel and Baron von Schaf .