Honningscher Hof
The Honningsche Hof ( Haus Honning ) is a listed building from 1601 in the old town of Arnsberg .
History and description of the building
The building with the rear building (Schlossstrasse 3 and 5) is located directly behind the passage of the bell tower in the old town of Arnsberg. Schlossstrasse runs past on one side and Soester Strasse on the other.
The current building is the successor to an older building. This was destroyed by the city fire of 1600. A Latin inscription on the Secret Annex reports : " AMOR DOMINI FONS VITAE QVintVs ILLVXIt IVnLL sol ante CalenDas est tota In fragILes arnsberga reDaCta falVILLas " (i.e. "Love of the Lord is the source of life. As the fifth sun before the calendar ends of June ( May 28) rose, the whole of Arnsberg was turned to rubble. " ) The chronogram shows the year 1600.
Architectural studies on the rear building suggest that the northwestern parts of the building complex go back to parts of an old fortified tower or a Burgmann's house. This is indicated by the structure of the vault and the masonry in the lower area, some more than two meters thick. The entrance to the basement from Soester Strasse could have belonged to this previous building.
The multi-storey main house has a massive ground floor. On the front there is a representative entrance decorated with pilasters , and an upper floor partly constructed in half-timbered construction. Between the ground and first floors there is a Latin inscription over elaborately carved filler wood. The translation reads: "After the fire in this town, the Westphalian land clerk Rudolf Honning and his wife Elisabeth Nolcken rebuilt this building on February 3, 1601." The multiple protruding half-timbered gable is remarkable. The rear building was built across the main building. This is also designed as a half-timbered gable house.
It is unclear whether the Dreikönigsschrein was temporarily housed in the house after the occupation of Cologne by the French at the time of the coalition wars. The main building and the rear building together shape the entrance to the old town of Arnsberg. The city of Arnsberg acquired the Honningsche Haus in 1969. The rear building remained in private ownership. The first renovations of both parts of the building took place in the 1970s. Among other things, the half-timbered facade of the house at Schlossstrasse 3 was made visible again. In 1984 both houses were added to the list of monuments of the city of Arnsberg (DL 150, DL 104).
Further renovation work took place in 1987/88. Additional work was necessary in 2003/2004 when it turned out that, among other things, the load-bearing half-timbered threshold was rotten. A new oak beam about 10 m long was installed and given the original inscription. Other components were also renewed.
The studio of the artist Udo Wollmeiner was located in the Honningschen Hof for many years and was the seat of the artist group Sepia. After a period of vacancy, the Honningsche Hof was sold by the city to a private owner. He is planning a residential use there. The interior will be renovated in accordance with the preservation order and, if possible, the original condition will be restored.
literature
- Uwe Haltaufderheide: The architectural monuments of the city of Arnsberg. Collection period 1980–1990 . City of Arnsberg, Arnsberg 1990, ISBN 3-928394-01-0 , p. 40f.
- Viktoria Lujas-Krohm: Preservation of monuments in Arnsberg. Selected examples from 2004 In: Heimatblätter des Arnsberger Heimatbund 25/2004 p. 87
Web links
- Achim Gieseke: A piece of jewelery is being created by Westfalenpost from October 17, 2015
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '52.9 " N , 8 ° 3' 48.1" E