Gumprecht's house
The Gumprecht'sche Haus is a building at Neue-Waag-Gasse 1 in the old town of Regensburg, separated from the Reichssaal in the old town hall only by the narrow Neue-Waag-Gasse.
The house was built around the turn of the 1st to the 2nd millennium AD, first mentioned in 1052 and originally functioned as a fiefdom of the Metten Monastery. The Gumprecht family is mentioned as the earliest owner at the end of the twelfth century. This family was very wealthy and influenced Regensburg city politics throughout their lives. The house originally even had a direct structural connection via a walk-in buttress arch with the former ballroom, today's Reich Hall of the town hall. Today the house is owned by the Insinger family, who had the 950-year-old monument completely renovated in 1991.
building
The building is listed in the list of architectural monuments in Regensburg-Zentrum under number D-3-62-000-796 and is described as follows:
- "Neue-Waag-Gasse 1st residential building, so-called Gumprecht'sches Haus, four-wing complex, four-storey four-wing complex with saddle and mansard roofs, north facade with banded pilaster strips, east stone house, early Romanesque, around 1050, north wing High Gothic, around 1320/30, with late Gothic and baroque conversions and extensions. "
An example of the house is that it initially consisted of several buildings, which merged over time and eventually became one building. The letters A – D can be found in the floor plan, which explain the structure in more detail:
- A: Building adjoining today's Administrative Court
- B: Former Pfannenstiel shop
- C: Corner building Waag-Gasse or Rathausplatz
- D: Buildings in Neuen-Waag-Gasse opposite the Hofbräuhaus.
The restorer Siegfried Mühlbauer found out that the main part was built in the first half of the 14th century. According to his findings, the building is “a Romanesque to early Gothic house with a so-called L-shaped floor plan.” Over the centuries, it went through several construction phases until it was partially changed to a Baroque style after a fire in 1797.
use
In its history, the house has hosted numerous personalities as overnight guests, for example the princes' college in the 11th century, the Roman-German King Ludwig of Bavaria and his rival Friedrich the Beautiful of Austria in 1322 and the painter Johann Georg Ostermayr in 1859. Since it was acquired by the Insinger family in 1991, the house has served as a hostel for part of the administrative court, 17 residential units and selected retail stores. There is currently a bakery, a shoe shop and a home accessories and paper shop on the ground floor of the building.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Bauer: Regensburg Art, Culture and Everyday History . 6th edition. MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, Regenstauf 2014, ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 , p. 292 .
- ↑ Fam. Insinger (1992): The Gumprecht'sche House in Regensburg since 1052 until the renovation in 1992, Regensburg , Fam. Insinger, p. 31
- ^ Karl Bauer (2014): Regensburg. Art, culture and everyday history . Regenstauf: MZ Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, p. 292
Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 11.5 ″ N , 12 ° 5 ′ 38.6 ″ E