House Deichstrasse 53

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Presumably house at Deichstrasse 53 (in the background) on a drawing by Johann Theobald Riefesell .
Deichstrasse from the Nikolaifleet's point of view, 2004.

The house on Deichstrasse 53 was a Hamburg merchant's house on Deichstrasse in Hamburg's old town . The house was built in 1590 and demolished in 1909. When it was demolished, the building's ballroom was handed over to the Museum of Hamburg History in its original state , where it was installed on the 2nd floor. A pillar of the building is also located as an architectural fragment in the museum's merchant hall.

The house was built in 1590 and renovated in 1680 by the new owner, a merchant. The half-timbered house with gable was on the corner of Deichstrasse and the quays. Unusual for the time and place was the foundation on a 80 cm thick plate instead of the typical pile foundation.

The ballroom still preserved, dates back to the second floor of the house and was the Fleet located towards. Various inventories from the 18th and 19th centuries show that it was an exceptionally richly furnished house. This can be seen, among other things, in the floor laid with white and black alabaster tiles, the lavishly painted wooden beam ceiling and the stoves in the Rococo style. The wall paintings are exemplary of baroque decorative painting in Hamburg. They show idyllic landscapes, shepherd poetry and richly decorated clothing. The figures are based on copperplate engravings by Romeyn de Hooghe .

There is also a column from the hallway in the museum's merchant hall. In addition to the hall that is still preserved today, the building had a two-storey hall with a gallery facing the street. This could be reached by a spiral staircase, later by a magnificent baroque staircase. The decorative treatment of the saddle wood and the headbands also testify to the rich and representative interior of the room.

gallery

  • Hall at Deichstrasse 53.

  • Detail of the pillar.

  • Overall view of the pillar.

literature

  • Albert Erbe, Christoph Ranck: The Hamburg community center: its building and art history . Boysen & Maasch, Hamburg 1911, p. Plate 67 .
  • Wilhelm Jesse , Gustav Schwantes , Hans Schröder: Guide through the Museum of Hamburg History . Alster-Verlag, Hamburg 1926, p. 64-65 .
  • Wolfgang Rudhard : The community center in Hamburg . Wasmuth, Tübingen 1975, ISBN 3-8030-0023-8 , p. 74 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 42.7 "  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 12.5"  E