New Alley (Ellingen)

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Middle part of the Neue Gasse

The Neue Gasse in Ellingen , a town in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen ( Bavaria ), was built around 1760/70 under the master builder Matthias Binder . This street, laid out according to plan in the style of baroque urban architecture, is protected as an architectural monument as part of the ensemble protection of the old town of Ellingen .

description

Residential houses

With the exception of the public buildings described below, all buildings in Neue Gasse were built as residential buildings. The street consists exclusively of buildings with two floors and a front staircase, some are designed as semi-detached houses , e.g. B. Houses 15 and 17. Most houses have a mansard roof . As a rule, they have no facade decoration, only rusting and a few volute attachments break through the rather simple construction. Some houses have niche figures of saints . The portals of the houses are mostly unadorned.

Public buildings

Former district court
  • Neue Gasse 1: The former district court from 1761, which today houses a pharmacy and medical practice, stands at the prominent start of Neue Gasse. The two-storey mansard roof building with rusticated pilaster strips has a second entrance to Schloßstraße. The building blends in harmoniously with the ensemble of castle and official buildings along Schloßstraße. The arched portal on Neue Gasse has a volute top . The facade facing Schloßstraße has a rusticated ground floor and a central axis with a triangular gable .
Former synagogue in Ellingen
  • Neue Gasse 14: The former synagogue was completed in 1757 according to plans by Matthias Binder.
Central elevation of the former court bakery
  • Neue Gasse 19: This building was built around 1770 as a court bakery according to plans by Matthias Binder. The school was later housed in it, and today there are apartments. The two-storey house with mansard roof stands out with its three-storey central buttress with rustiziertem basement and Zwerchhaus clear from the neighboring houses from. The street-side facade with a front staircase is structured by pilasters and pilasters .

literature

  • City of Ellingen (Hrsg.): The baroque tour . Ellingen 2006.

Web links

Commons : Neue Gasse  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 35.1 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 1.14 ″  E