Grafenegg charity house
The Grafenegg charity house in Günzburg , a town in the Swabian district of Günzburg , was built in the 18th century. The building at Institutstrasse 14 is a protected architectural monument .
history
Maria Elisabeth Countess von Grafenegg († September 21, 1744) donated 12,000 florins in her will of November 22, 1740 and the house in which she had lived as a benefit . A beneficiary should live on the income with the obligation to read three masses a week .
description
The two-storey house with five to six axes was built in the second quarter of the 18th century. It is free-standing with its tail gable facing Institutstrasse and its long side facing Postgasse. The massive brick building was probably built shortly after the city fire of 1735. The portal located in the central axis with three stone steps in front has a double-winged diamond door with iron knobs. The stone walls are provided with profile fighters . The cage arch serves as a skylight and is protected by a grille . There is a niche with a wooden figure of St. Johannes Nepomuk , which was created around 1740/50. The windows of the projecting floors have profiled sills and folding shutters. The eaves profile at the foot of the three-storey tail gable is covered with bricks like the other storey profiles . The profiles are cranked with the tail arches . The back of the house consists of plastered half-timbering .
The house staircase leads to the attic, it is made of oak with platforms and a profiled handrail . The beginners' posts consist of delicate square balusters . Softwood floorboards and plaster ceilings over covings can be seen in the corridors .
literature
- Klaus Kraft: The art monuments of Swabia. District of Günzburg 1. City of Günzburg . In: The art monuments of Bavaria. Administrative region of Swabia. Vol. IX. District of Günzburg 1 - City of Günzburg . R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-55211-2 , pp. 368-371.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 27 ′ 21.3 " N , 10 ° 16 ′ 30.8" E