Country house (Kempten)

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The country house in Kempten, behind it the St. Lorenz Basilica

The country house in Kempten (Allgäu) is near the St. Lawrence Church befindliches, listed building , which in 1732 as a house of Stiftisches was built estates. Before that, the building in Hohen Gasse, now known as a military hospital , served this purpose.

The country house with the address Residenzplatz 33 is two-storey and has a curved gable . At the western end of the upper floor is a mirror-vaulted hall with three window axes. The room is decorated with stucco, which represents foliage and banding. It is believed that Abraham Bader is the designer. Inside there is now a Commerzbank branch . On the other side of the street is the Zumsteinhaus with the Roman Museum about the Roman settlement Cambodunum .

Behind the main building of the country house is a two-storey building with a gable roof; the former meeting room is on the upper floor. This extension was built together with the main building around 1732.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III Swabia . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich-Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 , pp.  573 .

Web links

Commons : Country House  - Collection of Images

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 39.6 "  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 41.2"  E