House of the Hanseatic League
The Haus zur Hanse in Güldenstrasse 7 is a half-timbered house in Braunschweig . It is one of the few surviving half-timbered houses on Güldenstrasse and all of Braunschweig. It is located on the traditional island of St. Michaelis , which together with the medieval buildings on Echternstrasse and part of the old city wall survived the bombing of the Second World War.
The house was built in 1567 by the bone cutter and councilor Cyriakus Haberland (Haverland) as a residential and commercial building. The ribbon frieze carvings on the beams date from this time. The facade was changed in 1869 in the early Renaissance style.
On June 19, 1627, Braunschweig's mayor Zacharias Boiling married the widow Haberland (Haverland) and became co-owner of the "Haus zur Hanse" in Güldenstrasse. With the acquisition of the brewing rights , Boiling was able to brew and sell beer for the first time. Thus the "Haus zur Hanse" became the parent house of the later Hofbrauhaus Wolters . After Boiling's death, Peter Warnecke took over the brewery and later bequeathed it to his son.
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In 1734 Heinrich Levin Wolters married into the family and gave the brewery its current name. This year the Wolters brewery was first mentioned in the city's history. His son Johann Heinrich Wolters founded the Wolters & Co. company in 1763.
Under the leadership of his grandson Carl Christian Julius Wolters, the brewery grew steadily and reached its limits at the headquarters on Güldenstrasse.
After moving into the new building, the old brewery was converted into a restaurant. The "Haus zur Hanse" changed hands several times. Wolters sold it several times and bought it back a little later. Today the "Haus zur Hanse" is used as an upscale hotel with a restaurant.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 37 ″ N , 10 ° 30 ′ 55 ″ E