Louisenstrasse 5 (Bad Homburg)

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Louisenstrasse 5 in May 2015

The house Louisenstrasse 5 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe is a listed building and is one of the oldest houses on Louisenstrasse .

The building

While the monument topography was based on the assumption that the house belongs to the second generation of houses on Louisenstrasse, investigations into the roof structure showed that the house dates from 1685 and thus belongs to the first generation of houses. It still shows the outlines and construction that were used at that time, especially the typical gable roofs that are hipped on both sides. The house was originally supposed to be demolished in 2013, but according to the new findings it was placed under monument protection. According to Mayor Michael Korwisi, talks took place between the city's magistrate and the owners in 2014 . He wants to keep the building, but neither refurbish nor renovate it. There are even holes in the outer walls that were needed to expose the facade for the conservationists to investigate. The owners have rejected the charge of letting the building fall into disrepair.

The residents

The first residents are not known. However, they must have been wealthy people. The first resident of the neighboring house on the right was the valet and cupbearer of Landgrave Friedrich II , the first resident of the neighboring house on the left was the Brandenburg councilor Louis du Trèsnoy de Francban, who was responsible for the manufactories and salt works in Bad Homburg.

The first known resident of the house is the shopkeeper Wereng, who lived here in 1787. In 1804, the Jew Simon Nathan Gutenstein moved in after the obligation for Jews to live in Judengasse (today: Wallstraße) was lifted. After him, his relatives Ephraim and Bräunle were the owners. In 1781 the house became the property of the porter of the Kurhaus, Peter Deisel. After his death in 1904, the gilder Georg Kunz lived in the house.

The house was increasingly used commercially. In 1916 there was a printing press in the rear building, from 1981 to 1993 the company "Gärtner und Hild", which offered picture frames, was located there. There has been a retail store in the front building since the end of the 19th century. The Homburg address book shows a "short, white and woolen goods store" owned by the widow Mela for 1893. From 1924 to 1988 the house was used by the Fischbach delicatessen store. In the following years the users changed. The last tenants left the premises in 2013.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Only demolition object now Monument; in: Taunuszeitung from December 13, 2013, p. 11
  2. ↑ Louisenstrasse 5 remains unsightly; in: Frankfurter Rundschau from November 7, 2014, online
  3. ↑ "We're doing something"; in: Frankfurter Rundschau from November 13, 2014, online
  4. ↑ Shopping at Fischbachs; in: Taunuszeitung from January 9, 2014, p. 12

Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 43.7 "  N , 8 ° 36 ′ 43.2"  E