House on the Heuport

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House on the Heuport

The Haus an der Heuport (shortened to Haus Heuport or Heuporthaus ) was originally a four-winged Gothic patrician castle on the Krauterermarkt / Domplatz . The building was opposite the Regensburg Cathedral in the old town of Regensburg . Today the name Heuporthaus is only used for the southern part of the former entire building between Kramgasse in the north and Residenzstrasse in the south, while the northern part is referred to as the Kaiserhof (hotel).

history

The name "Heuport" refers to the Heutor, which led to the former Regensburg Jewish town on the site of today's Neupfarrplatz , and to an adjacent Heumarkt. Later the place was also called "im Ayrwinkel" (in the Eierwinkel), because the egg market took place here.

Hansgraf Carl der Chrazzer (or Carl Kratzer, † 1355), a patron of the Regensburg long-distance merchants, was the builder and first known landlord of the entire complex, consisting of today's Heuport house and today's Hotel Kaiserhof . The chapel of the entire complex located in the northern part of the building - today's hotel - was used sacred from its construction until it was profaned in 1531.

In 1335, Ofmen (Euphemia) Symon and her son came as the new owners. Soon afterwards - in 1341 - the house was divided by an arbitration tribunal between the Symon and Straubinger families on the occasion of an inheritance. The southern part (called in the little village ) was acquired by the councilor Andreas Straubinger. The smaller northern part (called the Kuchin ) went to the Symon brothers and also included the chapel, which took up a third of the space, which was difficult to manage for the respective owners. Later other owners were the important Regensburg council families of the Reich , Sittauer , Graner , Gravenreuther and Portner . The latter decided in 1531 to have the chapel rebuilt for a use other than sacred. The project was approved by the bishop. The chapel was desecrated and her two bells to cast a new bell for the resulting after the Reformation Neupfarrkirche given. In 1593 the Junker Georg Kreis von Lindenfels , whose wife was a Portner, bought the whole complex again. His heirs later sold the house to a certain tithe.

Memorial plaque to Georg Kreis von Lindenfels

In 1713, under the owner Johann Ludwig Pürkel, the complex was redesigned in Baroque style . Here, the Gothic roof with battlements and stepped gable was a mansard hipped roof replaced. Around 1810, when the entire complex was divided again, the southern part came to the Bertram family. After the death of the businessman Friedrich Anton Bertram, the house was sold again around 1860.

At the beginning of the 20th century, consideration was given to demolishing the Heuporthaus for a road break from Bismarckplatz to Domplatz in order to improve the traffic development of the old town . The plan was not carried out. During extensive renovation work in 1936/37, Gothic paintings were discovered inside the house. As a result, at the instigation of the head of the cultural department and museum director Walter Boll, the house was given a row of Gothic tracery windows that has shaped the facade of the house since then. The aim was to upgrade the house to a unique coffee house in the German Reich and to prevent the traffic planning measures that were still feared. In the years 1939 and 1979, further smaller renovations took place.

Building description

The Heuport house is an extensive four-winged complex with a Gothic core and a large inner courtyard. The southern main wing with entrance, stairwell, ballroom and residential building was built around 1300. The northern part includes the former St. Andreas chapel, a corner tower and a house in Kramgasse. The late Romanesque tower on the northeast corner dates from the 12th century. Today only the stump of the tower remains, as it had to be demolished in 1593 due to dilapidation and lack of money.

The St. Andrew's Chapel, adjoining the former tower to the south, can be recognized by the reconstructed three-lane tracery windows on the facade. The once 10 m high two-bay chapel room has a ribbed vault and extended over three floors. The room could be reached from the passage and was also connected to the ballroom in the southern part of the building. Both entrances and the former window openings to the ballroom are now walled up but can still be seen. After the profanation, the chapel room was divided by false ceilings, but this was partially reversed in 1963/1964.

The western part of the complex with its rear buildings surrounding the courtyard on three sides was largely built around 1700, with the south-western part essentially dating from the 14th century. The house has a large entrance hall with a beamed ceiling and pointed arches facing the courtyard and a ballroom above and an inner courtyard. The original Gothic stone staircase was replaced by a wooden one in the 18th century. The rear buildings facing the inner courtyard were rebuilt or rebuilt between 1681 and 1705.

Figure group "Prince of the World" and "Foolish Virgin"

There is a three-hole torch extinguisher by the staircase. A stone tablet from 1615 commemorates the Junker district of Lindenfels and his three wives; the coats of arms on the board are those of the Kreis, Seckendorf , Portner and Haller families . From 1330 there is an allegorical group of figures depicting a scene from the biblical parable of the wise and the foolish virgins: It is about a young man, called the “prince of the world”, and a “foolish virgin”. The young man has an apple in his hand, the symbol of the suitor, who wants to lure the foolish virgin to sin with an advertising gesture. The girl lowers her eyes to the floor, holds her right hand to her throbbing breast in excited anticipation and lets an oil lamp in her left sink carelessly downwards. On the back of the figure, however, the following can be seen: In the back of the “Prince of the World”, rats and toads nest and a snake winds its way into the figure. These animals are symbols of the devil and mark the young man as a satanic seducer. The figures have been cleverly placed in a corner so that it is clear that the foolish virgin cannot see the real intentions of the young man around the corner.

Todays use

When the house was sold in 1860, the Coppenrath book and art shop was located there . This use was initially continued by the cathedral bookstore and today by the Pustet bookstore. Today the facility is divided into the Gasthof Haus Heuport and the Hotel Kaiserhof

literature

  • Karl Bauer : Regensburg. Art, culture and everyday history (6th expanded and improved edition, pp. 70–73). MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH (2014), ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 .

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Monument profile Domplatz 7 / Kramgasse 12. Former house chapel St. Marien or (later) St. Andreas, City of Regensburg, Office for Archives and Monument Preservation, status 2009
  2. ↑ Harald Gieß: Forty years of urban redevelopment in Regensburg . Ed .: City of Regensburg planning and construction department. Erhardi Druck GmbH, Regensburg 1995, ISBN 3-925753-45-1 , p. 97 .
  3. ↑ Eugen Trapp: Domplatz, The return of the king . In: City of Regensburg, Office for Archives and Preservation of Monuments (ed.): Preservation of monuments in Regensburg . tape 12 . Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7917-2371-6 , pp. 134 .
  4. ↑ Christine Schimpfermann: Planning and Building . In: Kunst und Gewerbeverein Regensburg eV (ed.): It is a pleasure to live! The 20s in Regensburg . Dr. Peter Morsbach Verlag = Regensburg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-937527-23-9 , pp. 92-94 .
  5. ^ Karl Bauer: Regensburg Art, Culture and Everyday History . 6th edition. MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, Regenstauf 2014, ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 , p. 70-73 .
  6. ^ Homepage of Haus Heuport
  7. ↑ Homepage of Hotel Kaiserhof am Dom

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '10.2 "  N , 12 ° 5' 48.8"  E