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The Kunsthoken is a listed building in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

It is located at Marktstrasse 2 , north of the city's market square, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . It is used by the Quedlinburg Culture and Art Association.

Architecture and history

The two-story, representative half-timbered house was built between 1535 and 1576 in the Renaissance style . It is registered as a merchant's house in the Quedlinburg monument register. The exact year of construction is not known. In some cases, the year 1569 or around 1580 is given as the construction time. The client was Michael Arendt , or Michel Arent to put it another way . The building was later plastered. The house was built directly on the market wall, the remains of which have been preserved inside. A striking change in the building alignment with the street, which is implemented within the house facade. The upper floor protrudes strongly here on the right, northern side of the house. With the head braces existing at the time , the protrusion was designed as a round arch. Below this projection there was originally a gateway to the courtyard side of the house. The outer walls of the house were designed as load-bearing walls. In addition, there were two beams, each arranged after a third.

The richly decorated facade of the building is particularly remarkable. There are console friezes , barrel-shaped beam heads and fan rosettes on the angled wood . As the only building in Quedlinburg, the house has the design element of carved arches. in the Stock threshold are ship throats incorporated as a design element. The color scheme shows a black and white contrast and corresponds to the paintwork typical for the construction period. There is a two-line inscription on the mezzanine . When installing a roller shutter in the 19th century, part of the inscription, including the year, was destroyed.

Today's shop facade was built around 1880 in the style of late classicism on the ground floor.

The inside of the building, which was heavily built up over the time of its existence , stood empty for a long time in the 20th century. In 1976/1977 the house was completely renovated and rebuilt by the State Workshops for Monument Preservation of Poland (Pracownie Konserwacji Zabytków, PKZ), Thorn branch . Parts were massively rebuilt while retaining the older walls and the facade. During the previous building investigations, remains of an older house, a high wall with narrow openings, remains of a doorway and a fireplace were discovered in the courtyard extension.

After the renovation, the house was used by the Kulturbund der DDR and a gallery was set up on the ground floor of the front building. Offices were set up on the mezzanine and a caretaker on the upper floor . The name Kunsthoken, which is common today, arose from this use. The term Hoken refers to the name of the neighboring street Hoken , whereby Hoken refers to small traders based here in historical times.

There is a side wing on the south side of the courtyard. The southern wall of the wing consists of sandstone blocks and is provided with light slots. On the west gable wall there are remains of a fireplace and a door. The courtyard facade was also made of massive construction. The upper floor was built in the 15th century in a simple half-timbered construction. There was a mezzanine. The construction work of 1976/77 also extended to the side wing. However, only the sandstone walls were preserved, while the half-timbered construction was destroyed and a new half-timbered construction was built on the courtyard side. At that time, the PKZ had hardly any experience with half-timbered structures and concentrated on the massive components. In addition, the mezzanine was removed. Event rooms were created on both floors of the wing.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Werner Bernhagen: Quedlinburg. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Beuermann, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-87584-367-3 , p. 38.
  2. ^ Hans-Hartmut Schauer, Quedlinburg, specialist workshop / world cultural heritage , Verlag Bauwesen Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-345-00676-6 , page 108
  3. ^ Wolfgang Hoffmann: Quedlinburg. A guide to the world heritage city. 13th edition. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2010, ISBN 978-3-928977-19-7 , p. 38.
  4. ↑ Falko Grubitzsch in: Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments. Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 1: Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer and others: Magdeburg administrative region. Revision. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 754.
  5. ↑ Hans-Hartmut Schauer, Quedlinburg, specialist workshop / world cultural heritage , Verlag Bauwesen Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-345-00676-6 , page 106 f.
  6. ^ Hans-Hartmut Schauer, Quedlinburg, specialist workshop / world cultural heritage , Verlag Bauwesen Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-345-00676-6 , page 108
  7. ↑ Hans-Hartmut Schauer, Quedlinburg, specialist workshop / world cultural heritage , Verlag Bauwesen Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-345-00676-6 , page 108 f.

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 23.4 "  N , 11 ° 8 ′ 29"  E