Jooshaus
The Jooshaus is in Valendas in the Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . It is considered to be the oldest house in the village and is included in the list of cultural assets of national importance in the canton of Graubünden. It is the birthplace of Lorenz Joos (1873–1962), historian and curator at the Rätisches Museum in Chur.
construction
The Jooshaus, a farmhouse with an attached stable, is located in Fraissa, the oldest part of the village. Four components can be distinguished, but they cannot always be clearly dated.
Exterior
The walled north-east corner facing the square, the so-called Fiirhus (fire house), served as the kitchen. The tower-like walls with uniform masonry, slit-like windows with unhewn stone walls and parts of the wall in Opus spicatum probably date from the 14th century. For the scaffolding, beams were built into the brickwork that was just built. The protruding parts were later sawn off, the walled-in parts rotten and left behind the holes that are still visible today.
The north-west corner of the alley consists of a residential tower with a brick base and a wooden cladding. In this part, the storage room , there were bedrooms and pantries . It was expanded in several stages and adapted to the respective needs. The current shape of the three-story house with southern and northern knitted structures is likely to have been built around 1558.
At the same time, the two-story wooden part in the southeast corner with the living room was probably built.
The stable built in the west is made of solid squared timber and dates from 1572, as the year number above the entrance door shows. After the church, it is the oldest datable building in the village. It is not known when the barn was built from round wood over the old barn. The southern basement room with its own entrance may have been added later.
View from the north. On the left the masonry foyer, on the right the mirror with the wooden upper facade.
View from the east. On the left the wooden part with the rooms, on the right the Fiirhuus
Veranda on the south side
Barn door from 1572
Interior
The interior of the house is accessed via a covered courtyard at ground level in the south, which is entered through an open door. Stone stairs lead to the interior. The center of the house is the spacious Gothic room. It is exposed with five windows and dated 1558. Behind the stove a narrow wooden staircase leads to the bedrooms on the upper floor. The paneling and furniture are likely from the 17th century. Three fireplaces were used for cooking, heating and smoking. The German stove on the open hearth was added later and also served to heat the room stove.
A later added room with rich paneling and an inlaid door cannot be clearly dated.
Todays situation
The house has been uninhabited for more than 50 years, not habitable and hardly accessible and in urgent need of renovation. In 2010 the Joos community of heirs donated the property to the “Valendas Impuls” association. It is planned to restore the house and furnish it as it was inhabited in the 19th century. Later it will be made accessible to the public and used for exhibitions or cultural events.
literature
Thomas Kaiser: The Jooshaus in Valendas , Benno Furrer: One of the oldest stable barns in Graubünden at the Jooshaus ; in Bündner monthly newspaper 2/2017
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monument Preservation GR (PDF; 174 kB)
- ^ Preservation of monuments in Switzerland: mountain village Valendas. An entire village in monument fever
Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '17.1 " N , 9 ° 16' 53.8" E ; CH1903: 740,711 / one hundred and eighty-three thousand five hundred thirty-one