Kornhaus (Ulm)
The granary in Ulm is a former granary from the Renaissance .
The Kornhaus in Ulm's old town was built in 1594 under the direction of the master builder Caspar Schmid as a three-storey warehouse building with a high roof truss also intended for storage purposes. Before that there was already a smaller granary on the same site, which was built in 1407 instead of a demolished chapel.
The sgraffito technique of the façade of the Renaissance building, simulating a stone structure, has a wave gable on the west and east sides . On the south side there are two portals with elements of the transition from the late Gothic to the Renaissance.
In 1944 the inside of the building burned out completely. In 1961/62 the Kornhaus received a new interior design for use as a hall. The foyer on the ground floor is used for exhibitions or similar. used, the hall on the first floor with 540 seats, for example for concert events.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulmer Bilderchronik Vol. I, Verlag Dr. Karl Höhn, Ulm, 1929, p. 139
- ↑ Information from Ulm-Messe GmbH ( Memento from June 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
literature
- Hans Koepf : Ulmer profane buildings. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007078-9 , p. 140. (Research on the history of the city of Ulm (publisher: Stadtarchiv Ulm), volume 4)
- Eugen Gradmann u. a .: Art-historical hiking guide Württemberg and Hohenzollern. Chr.Belser, Stuttgart / Zurich 1970, ISBN 3-88199-137-9 , p. 312.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 56.4 " N , 9 ° 59 ′ 41.9" E