Humboldthaus
The Humboldthaus is a monument in the Bad Steben market in the Upper Franconian district of Hof . Alexander von Humboldt lived and worked in this former margraves' hunting lodge from 1792 to 1797.
On April 10, 1781 Heinrich Och, who lived in the house from 1796 to 1799, received the approval for the construction of the house with a specialty shop . The house was then bought by Brendel, who lived in Steben. In 1837 the house was acquired by Dietmar Schindler from Oberklingensporn and then passed into the possession of Ditmar Konder. Around 1900 the house was inhabited by Steben's mayor and architect Martin Rockelmann. In the 20th century, the house became the property of the Oberlies who worked at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Silicate Research in Würzburg . The Milde family inherited the house in the 1960s and sold it in 2014.
The house at Badstrasse 2 is part of the historic center of the market. Badstrasse is above the Luther Church and runs to the spa . It is on the corner of Badstrasse and Humboldtstrasse. A special structural feature is the mansard roof from the end of the 18th century. The builder was the royal game master Johann Leonhard Och, whose initials can be found in the lavishly designed entrance portal. At the time of Alexander von Humboldt, the Prussian Mining Authority was housed at Badstrasse 8 and the house served as a residence for the chief miner Humboldt. Until 2015, the house still had contemporary inventory and a mineral collection. The house is privately owned.
In the region, traces of the terrain and tunnel mouth holes in particular point to traditional mining. There are clear traces of Alexander von Humboldt next to the Humboldthaus with the Friedrich Wilhelm tunnel , which was planned and implemented by Humboldt as a drainage tunnel . The gold mining museum Goldkronach with visitor mines and the nature park information point Kleiner Johannes in Arzberg bear witness to Humboldt's work in what is now Upper Franconia .
Humboldthaus as a corner house around 1900
Memorial plaque next to the entrance
Mining Office 1907
literature
- Frank Holl , Eberhard Schulz-Lüpertz: I made such big plans there ... Alexander von Humboldt in Franconia . Franconian history. Volume 18. Schrenk, Gunzenhausen 2012, ISBN 978-3-924270-74-2 . P. 51ff.
- Karl-Ludwig Lippert : Naila district . In: The art monuments of Bavaria , short inventories, XVII. Band . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1963. pp. 17–19.
Web links
- Article in the Frankenschau on November 29, 2015
- Contribution to the series hin und weg of Deutsche Welle , 2012