Hanauer Hof (Herborn)

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The Hanauer Hof in Herborn is a street in the old town.

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Geographical location

The street is located in the southern part of the old town of Herborn and branches off to the west from the Kornmarkt , one of the main squares in the old town of Herborn, at the Kornmarkt 22 building. This was formerly the Herborn synagogue . The street, which is only about 60 meters long, joins the street “Mühlbach” at the other end.

history

The street Hanauer Hof and its first development were created in the first half of the 18th century by clearing a backyard situation in the back of the surrounding buildings. Four day laborer's houses were built here. The street was then called “Hinter'm Kornmarkt”.

From 1759, the name is then Hanauer Hof used after from Hanau coming pipe makers had settled here. An Andreas Knecht and a Johann Heinrich Knecht are known by name . The former came to Herborn in 1713, the latter in 1718 to practice their craft here. When Johann Heinrich Knecht died in 1776, he left behind, among other things, a house on Kornmarkt.

meaning

In terms of traffic, the street Hanauer Hof is now a residential street . From here there is access to the mikveh of the former synagogue via a side entrance in the Kornmarkt 22 building .

literature

  • Ernst Henn: Herborn pipe baker in the 18th and 19th centuries . In: Mitteilungsblatt des Geschichtsverein Herborn eV 22 (1974/2), pp. 30–32.
  • Rüdiger Störkel: Hanauer Hof . In: Mitteilungsblatt des Geschichtsverein Herborn eV 35 (1987/1), p. 39.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detailed description from Thea Altaras: Synagogues and ritual immersion baths in Hesse - What happened since 1945? 2nd Edition. Koenigstein i. Ts. 2007. ISBN 978-3-7845-7794-4 , especially pp. 215-217.
  2. ↑ Störkel: Hanauer Hof .
  3. ↑ Störkel: Hanauer Hof .
  4. ↑ Henn: Herborner Pfeifenbäcker , p. 30.
  5. ↑ Henn: Herborner Pfeifenbäcker , p. 31.

Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 56.2 "  N , 8 ° 18 ′ 10.8"  E