Marktschlößchen

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The market castle 2015
The Marktschlößchen from the Hausmannstürme of the Marktkirche Our Dear Women
The market palace in 1949

A representative town house on the market in the city of Halle (Saale) is known as the Marktschlößchen . The Renaissance building with the address Marktplatz 13 now houses the Tourist Information of Stadtmarketing GmbH and a Hallorencafé on the ground floor . The building was listed as a historical monument in 1935 .

history

The origin of the name has not yet been clarified. It probably goes back to 1883, when the landlord Julius Just ran a restaurant and café called the Marktschlößchen on the first floor of the house. However, due to the castle-like appearance of the house, the name could also have an older origin.

The Marktschlößchen was built in the second half of the 16th century as a patrician residence in the Renaissance style. One of the first owners was the lawyer Kilian Stisser , chancellor of the Lutheran administrator Christian Wilhelm von Brandenburg . From 1654 Konrad Carpzov lived in the house, also as chancellor of the archbishop's administrator, now August von Sachsen-Weißenfels . In 1675, Alexander Haubold Marschall von Bieberstein , who was also in the service of the Duke of Weißenfels, bought the building. The pharmacist Christian Friedrich Zepernick bought the building in 1746 and set up a pharmacy . He was the father of Karl Friedrich Zepernick , who was born in 1751 in the house that was also called Zepernickes Haus for a long time. Karl Friedrich Zepernick († 1839) became a Prussian higher regional judge, senior judge and mayor. He was the last salt count in Halle.

At the turn of the century , the house was used as a dairy and hardware store, among other things. After the First World War it became the property of the city of Halle and for a short time housed the city archive and the council library. In 1935 the first floor was converted for exhibition purposes. Since 1975 the house has been used primarily for cultural purposes. The Handel House's musical instrument collection was housed on the first floor, and an art exhibition, the Marktschlößchen Gallery , was set up on the ground floor .

Today the ground floor of the Marktschlößchen is used by the tourist information with the university shop of the Martin Luther University and the Hallorencafé.

description

The Marktschlößchen, which has received numerous renovations over time, is a three-wing complex with a castle-like inner courtyard on a relatively small area. The wings are of different depths and lengths, with the eastern main wing with its facade facing the market square.

To reach the upper floors, a stair tower (Wendelstein) was built, which towers over the building with its French dome . A wooden gallery was installed between the stair tower and part of the building. The steep gable roofs are equipped with large dwelling houses and early baroque tail gables . Representative portals characterize the facade on the ground floor , the windows are decorated with frameworks . Valuable stucco ceilings have been preserved inside .

literature

Web links

Commons : Marktschlößchen (Halle)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 58.7 "  N , 11 ° 58 ′ 6.6"  E