Lyvermann House

The house Lyvermann (also house Liver man ; later House Jülich , then Alden bridge Moorish House ) was a building in the Jewish quarter in the Cologne Jewish quarter in the later archaeological zone of Cologne .

The house was built by Lyvermann, a Jew from Düren , who had acquired a Unter Goldschmied house in 1266 and was an important Jewish financier. In 1270 he bought a piece of land in two shops near the synagogue, on which at that time two small houses were built. With the purchase of the second part, he received on 24 October permission "over said old wall [Heidenmauer] from the corner of the entrance, where the washhouse of the Jews is, to the corner of the passage, where the Judenpütz going to Building his new house ”. The new building was later referred to as "the big house of Lyvermann".

Lyvermann died in 1301 at the latest, after which his children inherited shares in the house, some of which were sold. The inhabitants at the time of the pogrom of 1349 are unknown; afterwards it was in worldly possession. From 1423 onwards, secretaries and clerks of the city council lived in the house, which after 1424 received an extension to the rear and since then has extended to the council chapel. In 1878 the house was closed.

The northeast corner of the basement of the house is preserved in the form of a medieval wall. A four meter high part is located in the southern area of ​​the porticus, a similar part in the area of ​​the apse of the Roman Praetorium , which was previously at this point.

literature

• Sven Schütte , Marianne Gechter (Ed.): From excavation to museum - Cologne archeology between town hall and Praetorium: results and materials 2006–2012 . 2nd enlarged and improved edition. City of Cologne, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-9812541-1-2 , p. 175 to 178 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 16.2 "  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 31.7"  E