Humbrechthof
The Humbrechthof , also called Hof zum Humbrecht , was the building in which Johannes Gutenberg developed his technique of printing with movable metal letters and set up his first printing house. It was in the old town of Mainz . Today the houses at Schusterstrasse 22 and 24 are on the site.
history
In Humbrechthof Gutenberg and set Johannes Fust against 1,450 of the Mainz tradition one of their printing, which, inter alia, the Gutenberg Bible was born.
In 1455 Gutenberg returned to his father's house after losing a legal dispute with Fust over the repayment of a loan that had been granted , where he continued his printing business.
Around 1470/71 the calligrapher and son-in-law of Fust Peter Schöffer acquired the Hof zum Humbrecht , which was later called the Schöfferhof .
From 1489 until his death in 1503 Peter Schöffer was a judge in Mainz. With his wife Christina Fust, Peter Schöffer had four sons, of whom Johann took over the father's workshop in Mainz.
The building has been referred to as a printing house since 1481 and housed Schöffer's workshop at that time.
present
Only the stair tower from 1584 remains from the printing house today.
A plaque is attached to the staircase tower. Your inscription:
- Hof zum Humbrecht
- Printing house of Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer von Gernsheim
- in which the first complete printed work appeared in 1457
- subsequently printing house of Johann and Ivo Schöffer until 1553.
- Joseph Diefenbach dedicated this memorial stone to those who completed and broadened book printing = art.
- August 14, 1825.
Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 1.2 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 21.4 ″ E