New Ebracher Hof
The Neue Ebracher Hof is a listed building in Bamberg . It is the town palace of the Ebrach monastery from the 18th century.
Building history
The Neue Ebracher Hof, Unterer Kaulberg 4, is an extension of the cathedral to the Alte Ebracher Hof , Vorderer Bach 4. The Ebrach monastery acquired the property on Kaulberg between 1200 and 1213, but it was not until 1547 that the adjacent property, today Vorderer Bach 5 (Haus zum Esel), was acquired.
Abbot Hieronymus II. Held von Ebrach commissioned a new building in the 1760s. The plans were presented to Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim in 1760 and approved by him, but with the recommendation that construction should only begin after resistance from the neighbors had been settled.
The plans stalled because the police commission had been demanding since 1756 that the street on Kaulberg be widened. The approved building template for the Ebracher Hof was therefore withdrawn. Nevertheless, Ebrach Monastery had the new building erected on the old borders by master mason Martin Mayer. However, the shell was demolished and after a compensation proposal and the demolition of other acquired properties, the leveled area was given to the monastery in 1763.
In 1765 at the latest, the second new building began on the newly established property boundaries and was completed in 1767/1768. The following craftsmen were involved in the overall construction:
- Martin Mayer from Bamberg, city mason, he also claimed to have been the architect
- Joseph Clemens Madler, master carpenter
- Ferdinand Dietz , sculptor.
In 1910 the sculptures on the wing structures were removed and replaced from February 23 to 26, 1914 with copies made by the sculptor Johann Speth .
description
The building in the Baroque style has an elaborately structured representative facade, low extensions and a mansard roof. The pilasters and figures on the facade are by Ferdinand Dietz. In the middle elevation is the coat of arms of Abbot Hieronymus II. Hero, which is composed of the monastery motifs (Cistercian bar, lion, looking back boar with crook in its mouth) and the personal, talking motif for the abbot himself, the hero, a man in armor Sword and shield adorned with a cross (the interpretation of the Bamberg city arms is wrong).
Todays use
With the secularization , the Neue Ebracher Hof became state property and administrative building for various offices. Today it contains a branch of the International House of Artists Villa Concordia with apartments and studios for musicians and visual artists.
literature
- The art monuments of Bavaria, Bamberg, bourgeois mountain town , Volume 4, 1st half volume, page 478 ff.
Web links
- Image of the facade
- Former Neuer Ebracher Hof (D-4-61-000-666) in the list of monuments for Bamberg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '23.1 " N , 10 ° 53' 3.9" E