Wedding house
Wedding houses emerged towards the end of the Middle Ages and at the beginning of the modern era. The large buildings, which were built from half-timbered or stone, were planned and built to host celebrations for weddings and christenings . Such celebrations previously took place in town houses or taverns or in the town hall hall (such as in Hann. Münden ). Over time, however, these rooms became too small to accommodate all guests of large bourgeois families at such festivities. With the wedding houses in cities at the end of the Middle Ages, an institution was created that had its heyday until the Thirty Years War and its importance can be compared with today's town houses or village community centers.
The maintenance of these houses took place through usage fees, which were for example stipulated in a wedding order. So z. B. in 1651 reported such a wedding order in Fritzlar . The wedding party had to a. for the lengthy celebrations, three or more days in (and) in hard cash or in kind paid. In Fritzlar, as a courtesy, the wedding guests were given permission to serve the rest of the wedding beer, which was brewed only for this purpose, to others for a fee.
The wedding houses were richly furnished with tableware and tableware, pewter, copper and other kitchen utensils. As far as they have survived, they still bear witness to the prosperity of civil society in the 16th and 17th centuries. The five-story wedding house in Fritzlar (built 1580–1590) is one of the largest half-timbered houses in Hesse with a floor plan of 33 × 12 meters , and the wedding house in Hameln (1610–1670) in Lower Saxony is a richly ornamented stone building with a longitudinal front of 43 meters. The local museum of local history is now located in Homberg (Efze) in northern Hesse , and the current commercial building of the Bremen Chamber of Crafts used to function as a wedding house in Bremen . Other wedding houses are in Bamberg (1610–1612), Eschwege (1572) and Bensheim .
In Poland at the beginning of the 21st century there are still isolated wedding houses in rural areas . There, too, the restaurants specialize in hosting family celebrations such as marriage, christening, birthdays or funeral feasts .
- Wedding houses
Fritzlar wedding house, today a regional museum
Former wedding house in Bremen
Wedding house in Homberg / Efze
Wedding house in Bensheim
Contemporary wedding house floor plan
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Web links
- Fritzlar Wedding House Museum
- Wedding house in Hameln
- Description of the wedding house in Hameln and the coat of arms