Kirchstrasse 29 (Bregenz)

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Kirchstrasse 29

The building at Kirchstrasse 29 is a residential building in Bregenz . It is considered the "narrowest house in Europe" and was first mentioned in 1796.

architecture

The “narrowest house in Europe” does not have its own lateral outer walls , but was inserted into the existing vacant lot. The facade is only 57 cm wide facing Kirchstrasse. Since the front door is a little wider, it extends to the neighboring house at Kirchstrasse 31.

The house between houses No. 27 and 31 becomes wider at an acute angle towards Thalbachgasse and has a width that is normal for a house in the rear. The building has a total of 60 m² of living space.

history

According to the city archives, the insertion of house no. 29 is not historically documented. In any case, it is more than two hundred years old, because it already existed in 1796 and belonged to a wax maker. In 1886 it was bought by the great-grandfather of the penultimate owner (until 2012). Great-grandfather, grandfather and father ran a brush binder and finally also a stroller business with their families. In 1999 the shop was closed and the windows and the front door in the Kirchstrasse facade were bricked up; the entrance was also blocked by a distribution box . Around 2002 the windows and door were restored.

In 2012 houses 27 and 29 were sold by the last owner from the Lang brush binder family; by 2020 both houses were merged and fundamentally renovated. Only the facade now gives the appearance of two separate buildings.

literature

  • Peer Johann / Böhringer Friedrich: Monument Guide Vorarlberg. Bregenz, Leiblachtal, Rhine delta, Hofsteig . Bucher Verlag, Hohenems 2016, ISBN 978-3-99018-289-5 , pp. 76 .

Other narrow houses

According to vol.at of 2012, the narrowest houses in Europe are in the following cities:

  • 080 cm (narrowest point) / 4.50 m (widest point), Kiel , Germany - erected in 2007 between Königsweg 56 and 58
  • 097 cm, Valencia , Spain
  • 099 cm, Amsterdam , Netherlands
  • 130 cm, Bratislava , Slovakia
  • about 150 cm, Warsaw , Poland: Keret House

The 383 cm wide house in Fürstenwalde / Spree, Tuchmacherstraße 12 is called Narrowest House .

Uhrmacher Gerstner has been using the smallest house in Graz at Neutorgasse 5 since 1871 , narrow and short and single-storey, it nestles against the Franciscan Church.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The narrowest house in Europe in Bregenz orf.at, March 29, 2020, accessed March 29, 2020
  2. ↑ Constanze Emde: The narrowest house in Germany: The pictures hang on the neighbor's walls shz.de, November 28, 2011, accessed March 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ The narrowest residential building in Germany youtube.com, n-tv, Anna-Katharina Schubert, upload July 31, 2015, accessed March 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ Uhren Gerstner: A look into the smallest house in Graz kleinezeitung.at, February 18, 2020, accessed March 29, 2020. - Only the beginning of the article can be viewed free of charge.

Web links

Commons : Kirchstraße 29  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 30 ′ 3.4 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 49.2"  E