House of the Mohren (Aachen)
The Haus zum Mohren is a listed building in Aachen .
The house is at Hof 4. It was built after 1656 after medieval Aachen was badly damaged by a city fire . The building has three floors in five axes. It has a classical plastered facade .
At the beginning of the 18th century there was a fabric dealer in the building. He used the first floor as a warehouse, the second floor and attic for living rooms and bedrooms.
The name "Haus zum Mohren", which is supposed to remind of one of the three kings , also comes from this time . The naming repeatedly leads to complaints because the word Mohr is racist and refers to the colonial and slave times .
Today there is a café in the house. (As of 2017)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Café zum Mohren. History. In: Café zum Mohren. Owner: Anton Moll, accessed on August 13, 2017 .
- ^ Hans Königs, V. Osteneck: List of monuments Aachen city center . Ed .: Landeskonversator Rheinland, Günther Borchers. 1.1 edition. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1977, ISBN 3-7927-0332-7 , p. 85 .
- ↑ Gerald Eimer: Teacher calls for the restaurant to be renamed “Café zum Mohren”. In: Aachener Nachrichten . Zeitungsverlag Aachen GmbH, April 1, 2015, accessed on August 13, 2017 .