House Frauenstein

Color picture of the facade of the Frauenstein house (left) and the salt house on Römerberg, around 1896

The Frauenstein House is a historic building in Frankfurt am Main . It is part of the Römerzeile , the Frankfurt city hall complex. As the fourth building in the row, it is adjacent to the Löwenstein house on the left (south) and the salt house on the right (north) . The house address is "Römerberg 25".

Today's view

history

In 1423, the lounge society Zur Güldenen Schmiede moved into the house as a meeting place and from then on called itself Zum Frauenstein . She acquired the house in 1444 and had it completely rebuilt in 1484 in the late Gothic style; In 1694 she gave it up again.

In March 1944 the house was completely destroyed together with the neighboring salt house in a bomb attack ; only the late Gothic cellar from 1484 and a stone ground floor from the Baroque period around 1760 have been preserved. The reconstruction took place from 1952 to 1953 in the design language of the 1950s, which only retained the outer outline of the original building, but the Frauenstein house and the salt house were connected by a joint reinforced concrete construction and their gable dimensions were adjusted to one another.

literature

• Johann Friedrich Boehmer, Friedrich Lau: Codex Diplomaticus Moenofrancofurtanus. Document book of the imperial city of Frankfurt. Published by Johann Friedrich Boehmer. Revised at the request and from the funds of the administration of Dr. Johann Friedrich Boehmer's estate. First volume 794-1314. Edited by Friedrich Lau . Frankfurt am Main 1901.
• Johann Friedrich Boehmer, Friedrich Lau: Codex Diplomaticus Moenofrancofurtanus. Document book of the imperial city of Frankfurt. Published by Johann Friedrich Boehmer. Revised at the request and from the funds of the administration of Dr. Johann Friedrich Boehmer's estate. Second volume 1314-1340. Edited by Friedrich Lau . Frankfurt am Main 1905.
• Waldemar Kramer (Hrsg.): Images on Frankfurt history. Using the collections and preparatory work of the City Museum, the City Archives and the City Library. Edited by Dr. Franz Lerner . Frankfurt am Main 1950.

Web links

Commons : Haus Frauenstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Paulskirche and Römer - two samples of the (re) construction after 1945 (PDF file; 19 kB)
• State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (ed.): Römer / Altes Rathaus, Salzhaus und Haus Frauenstein In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 38 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 55 ″  E