Junkernschänke
The Junkernschänke in the city center of Göttingen is a half-timbered house from the 15th century, which is now a restaurant . It is one of the oldest wine bars in Germany and is located at Barfüßerstraße 5 .
history
Around 1446/1452, today's core of the house was built on the site of a burned down building in downtown Göttingen. From 1499 to 1531 the house was owned by the carver Bartold Kastrop . His widow sold it to the Göttingen mayor Giselher Swanenvlogel , who lived there until his death in 1566. In 1547/1548 the house was given its present appearance by adding carvings. After several changes of ownership over the centuries, the house gradually fell into disrepair and was even listed as a desert place in a city map from 1702 .
In the first half of the 18th century, extensive building work was carried out on the house, including parts of the courtyard were integrated into the house. In 1797 the building was acquired by the merchant Friedrich Wilhelm Eggers, who ran a spice shop and iron goods shop there. Further changes of ownership followed until Hermann Mütze founded a wine trade in the house with the opening of the Altdeutsche Weinstube - known as Die alte Mütze - in 1883 , which was later taken over by his son Wilhelm Mütze .
The city of Göttingen acquired the building in 1930 and made it available to the district craftsmen's association , which set up a restaurant there.
In the post-war period, the damage caused by an air raid on Göttingen on March 21, 1945 in the rear part of the building was repaired so that the Junkernschänke could reopen. In 1983, the exterior facade was reconstructed based on the historical model, in which the old carvings were particularly noted.
In 1997 the catering business was stopped, the lease contract for the now badly dilapidated building expired in 2001. After the sale by the city of Göttingen in 2003, the Junkernschänke was extensively renovated and reopened in 2008. But after just two years it had to be closed again briefly. A new opening took place in early November 2010. In June 2015 the restaurant was closed due to a lack of profitability.
Carvings
There are numerous carvings on the facade of the Junkernschänke. Among other things, biblical scenes from the Old and New Testament , signs of the zodiac , various ornaments as well as portraits and coats of arms of the councilor and mayor Giselher Swanenvlogel and his wife Othilia are shown. Swanenvlogel (swan wing) acquired the late Gothic house in 1541.
literature
- Albrecht Saathoff : History of the city of Göttingen up to the foundation of the university. Göttingen 1937, pp. 220-225.
- Helga-Maria Kühn , Jens-Uwe Brinkmann: Göttingen. An illustrated book. Göttingen 1985, pp. 113-114.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Göttinger Junkernschänke closes. In: Göttinger Tageblatt. June 5, 2015, accessed July 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Göttingen: From the beginning to the end of the Thirty Years War, p. 558
Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '1.3 " N , 9 ° 56" 12.2 " E