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  • House number 31

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The König'schen houses (historically also Kronenapotheke and Gasthaus zum Windhund ) are two large, listed buildings near the old town hall on Kronenstrasse in Kempten . Today's address is Kronenstrasse 3 and 5 .

Description and history

The substance is two three-storey buildings with tall mid -buildings and curved gables.

House number 29

House no.29 was built on the basis of a house from the 16th century around 1712 and was restored after a fire in 1741. The remarkable facade paintings were painted in the middle of the 18th century and renewed around 1900. Inside there is a rococo stucco from 1740/50.

House number 31

House 31 is now the Kronenapotheke, originally called the “Gasthaus zum Greyhound”. In 1771 the inn was rebuilt on behalf of the mayor Johann Georg König . The design of the outer facade dates from 1771 and was later adapted to house 29. There is also Rococo stucco from the same period in the premises.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Petzet : City and district of Kempten. (= Bavarian art monuments. Vol. 5), 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, DNB 453751636 , p. 51.
  2. ↑ a b Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 , pp. 575 .

Web links

Commons : Royal Houses  - Collection of Images
  • The Königschen houses in the BayernViewer Monument: No. 29 , No. 31

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 37.4 "  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 58.5"  E