Ox head (house)

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Street view
Side view with high-reaching truss stands

The Ochsenkopf is a half-timbered house built in 1528 in the old town of Hann. Münden in southern Lower Saxony . The origin of the name of the building, which is now a listed building, is unknown. It is believed that there was an ox head on the facade , which used to be a symbol of a butcher's shop or an inn .

In terms of construction, it is a late Gothic post construction , in which the posts on the side walls reach up to the roof approach. For a long time it was assumed that the ox head dates from around 1400 due to its construction. Dendrochronological investigations carried out on the timber at the end of the 1960s showed that the trees felled in the summer of 1528. Since in earlier centuries timber was still used in the year it was felled, this year is to be assumed as the construction date.

The gable-facing house is one of the few exceptions to the otherwise eaves-facing house fronts of the place. Since it was believed that there was only one room on each floor, it was considered a warehouse. The house was inhabited from the late 17th century. At that time there was a tannery there . Other trades in the house were leather trading, floorboard trading and soap boiling.

A description of the building from 1849 provides an offer for sale by the then tanner. After that it had three heatable rooms, six chambers, three attics and two vaulted cellars. There was also a back building and there was a rich well in the courtyard. A tannery was operated in the house until the beginning of the 20th century. In 1905 it was bought by a merchant. From 1913 onwards there were efforts to preserve the building, which were unsuccessful because of the two world wars and the economically difficult interwar period . When the ox head became increasingly neglected, plans to save it began at the end of the 1960s. A fundamental renovation took place from 1976 to 1979. The costs, including the purchase of the building, amounted to 1.13 million DM . Today the building is used by a music school and for events. In 2015 the operation of a culture café was tested for a time.

literature

  • Karl Brethauer : The "Ochsenkopf" house in Münden. Contributions to its history and its restoration. Hann. Münden, 1981
  • Johann Dietrich Pezold: The ox head in the Sydekumstrasse. In: History on the Three Rivers. A glimpse into the past of the city of Hann. Münden on the Werra, Fulda and Weser. Hann. Münden, 2008, pp. 16-18

Web links

Commons : Ochsenkopf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Refurbishment of the historic half-timbered house "Zum Ochsenkopf" in Hann.-Muenden in: Die Bauverwaltung mit Bauamt und Gemeindebau , No. 8, 1981, pp. 299–301
  2. ↑ “Ochsenkopf” is to become a new attraction in Münden in: Göttinger Tageblatt of July 22, 2015

Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 7 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 10 ″  E