House Hufengasse 11

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Street facade of the house at Hufengasse 11

The house Hufengasse 11 is a half-timbered house in the Belgian city ​​of Eupen . The building in the Gothic style, which was built around 1610 according to a dendrochronological study , has been a protected cultural monument since December 21, 2004 . It is one of the oldest preserved buildings in Eupen and is considered the "only typical late medieval town house" in the German-speaking community .

The town house is currently used as a residence.

Characteristic

The house is a half-timbered house on a high, cemented quarry stone base . In this is the basement, which has a rectangular material access and two narrow rectangular windows. The house has two main floors with modeled five axes, through which two more attic floors are let into the triangular gable of the high pitched roof . Originally the house had a floating gable , which was dismantled during later restoration work. The first floor is opposite the mezzanine floor vorgebaut to some decimeter towards the street (called Oberstockvortragung ) and ten small wooden struts supported and a masonry strut. On the mezzanine floor is the rectangular entrance with a skylight, which can be reached via three steps. Relatively small rectangular openings for the lead glass lattice windows on the individual floors serve to supply the house with light .

Award

On June 1, 2007, and for the first time in East Belgium , the owners of the house received the first prize for the outstanding restoration of a small town house from the association “Demeures Historiques et Parcs de Belgique” .

literature

  • Town houses. In: Michael Amplatz u. a .: The architectural and art monuments of Eupen and Kettenis (= Eupen history. Volume 10). Markus, Eupen 1976, p. 91.
  • Administration of the German-speaking Community (Hrsg.): Eupen (= monuments directory. Volume 5a). Administration of the German-speaking Community, Eupen 1989 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Haus Hufengasse 11 (Eupen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grenz-Echo : Eupener House in Brussels awarded . (June 6, 2007, p. 6)

Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '48.3 "  N , 6 ° 1' 50.6"  E