Krognoshuset
The Krognoshuset house in the southern Swedish city of Lund is the city's oldest preserved secular building . Parts of the building date from the 14th century.
history
The free-standing house stood on the bottom of a courtyard on whose green areas Mårtenstorget was built in the 19th century . It acted as the main building alongside some other, defunct buildings. Remains of a brick building , also free-standing, were found directly north of the house . The name comes from the Danish noble family of Krognos , who were also the first known owners of the complex from 1390 to at least 1619.
In the second part of the 17th century - Lund University was inaugurated in 1668 - the building became the property of academics, including Erasmus Sack , Thomas Ihr and Johan Jacob Döbelius . King Charles XII. , who, under the impression of the Great Northern War, resided in Kungshuset not far from Krognoshuset for a few years, housed his office in the courtyard between 1716 and 1718 .
With the redesign of the district and the construction of Mårtenstorget from 1840, the building remained in private ownership. Around 1900 a restaurant was operated on the first floor. In 1905 the house was bought by the city and completely renovated in 1916 by the architect Theodor Wåhlin , with the aim of giving the building an original and monastery-like appearance. In addition, all of the farm buildings that remained after the construction of Mårtenstorget were demolished.
In 1929 the city left the house to an art association, which has been running it and using it for exhibitions ever since. The building has been a listed building since 1974 .
Web links
- Kulturportal Lund (Swedish)
- Krognoshuset (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Länsstyrelsen i Skåne län - Byggnadsminnen (pdf; 30 kB) (Swedish)
Coordinates: 55 ° 42 ′ 7.3 " N , 13 ° 11 ′ 42.9" E