GutsMuths house

GutsMuths house

The GutsMuths-Haus is a listed building in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt . The founder of the German gymnastics movement Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths was born in the building.

The half-timbered house , located east of the town's market square at Pölle 39 , is a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

Architecture and history

The house was built around 1750, has a gable and features elements of early classicism . A varied decorative lining of the compartments is striking . In 1759 Johann Christoph GutsMuths was born in the house.

Around 1900 a shop and today's gate were added to the ground floor. There is a plaque on the building indicating GutsMuths. The GutsMuths monument is not far from the house .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Quedlinburg

literature

• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , p. 215.
• Wolfgang Hoffmann: Quedlinburg. A guide to the world heritage city. 13th edition. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2010, ISBN 978-3-928977-19-7 , p. 49.

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 19.7 ″  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 40.2 ″  E