Pfarrgasse (Freistadt)
The Pfarrgasse with around 230 meters, the longest street in the old town of Freistadt in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel . Most of the alley was laid out when the city was founded in the 13th century and lies within the city walls of the old town .
In the Middle Ages the name of the street was Linzergasse and it stretched from the main square to the Linzertor . The part from the crossing with the Salzgasse to the tower in the corner was a dead end until 1815. It was not until the fire in 1815 and the demolition of the tower and the construction of a bridge (1835) that today's Pfarrgasse was created. The other part of the Linzertor became today's Eisengasse . Today the Pfarrgasse leads from the main square to the intersection with Mühlviertler Straße (B310). This city entrance for motor vehicles is now the most important access to the city and at the same time the only way to get into the old town by bus or truck.
There are 27 houses along today's Pfarrgasse, 21 of which are listed. In the two great city fires in 1507 and 1516, all the houses in the city were destroyed, including in Pfarrgasse. Due to the city fires, many old documents from the time the houses were built have been lost. Some of the houses were also affected by the fire in 1815.
Listed buildings
Sorted by today's house numbers with details of the former address in brackets in the Middle Ages. These buildings were included in Austria's list of monuments until 2004.
- Corner house Pfarrgasse 1 / Pfarrplatz 4 (town house, formerly town no.29 )
A striking corner house with a high wall and an almost square floor plan that has been a listed building since 1940. In this building, two individual houses were connected to one another during the Renaissance period. Noteworthy is a round-arched Renaissance portal in a mannered rustic frame from around 1580. The upper floor facade is late Baroque. A figure niche on the facade shows St. Sebastian . Inside there are mostly groin vaults and lancet barrel vaults.
- Corner house at Pfarrgasse 2 / Hauptplatz 24 (town house, formerly town no.120 )
A heavily renovated, three-storey corner house with a late Gothic core from the first third of the 16th century. The building has a narrow courtyard wing and was previously connected to Pfarrgasse 4. The main front is adorned by a richly decorated, late Gothic oriel from around 1520. On the parapet there is a rich loop-rib ornament. Inside there are ogival wall niches from the first half of the 16th century on the ground floor. On the first floor there is a Riemling ceiling over armor tree. Walled up late Gothic arcades can be seen in the courtyard wing. The building has been a listed building since 1940.
- Pfarrgasse 3 (community center, formerly town No. 30 )
A building with a medieval core that was rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries and has been a listed building since 1971. A small, three-story building with a high wall. The late historical facade dates from the second half of the 19th century. Inside there is a groin vault on the ground floor, and a barrel vault with staggered stitch caps on the first floor . There are plastered tram ceilings on arming trees in the space rooms.
- Pfarrgasse 4 (community center, formerly town No. 121 )
A broad, two-story house with an external staircase facing the courtyard. The short courtyard wing was previously connected to the building at Hauptplatz 24. The house floor dates from the first third of the 16th century and was redesigned in the baroque era. The late baroque facade has stucco window decorations from around 1800. An arched window niche shows two baroque figures, the saints Franz von Paola and Johann Nepomuk . Inside, the upper floor has a baroque groin vault with baroque painting from around 1750. In the courtyard wing there are late Gothic segmented arcades on piers with groin vaults. The building has been a listed building since 1971.
- Pfarrgasse 5 (town house, formerly town No. 31 )
A late Gothic building from the first quarter of the 16th century that has been a listed building since 1971. The single-storey main house with a high curtain wall has courtyard wings and a rear building around a small rectangular courtyard. In the 17th and 18th centuries, baroque changes took place. The main facade with a typical, rail-like structure and a late Gothic shoulder arch portal . Inside there is a one-pillar hall with a groin vault on the ground floor. On the upper floor there are baroque lancet barrel vaults or groin vaults. The Platzstube has a plastered tram ceiling on a mighty armor tree. The rear building was probably extended in the Baroque era and has a baroque curved stucco ceiling on the upper floor. The former soap factory was housed in the building.
- Pfarrgasse 7 (town house, formerly town No. 32 )
A late medieval building with a two-story main house and three-story courtyard wings around a rectangular courtyard. Adaptations took place in the 17th and 18th centuries. The baroque facade of the main house was designed around 1740 and has a wide segmental arched door with a high wall. Inside, the central passage has a barrel vault, which can also be found in several rooms in the courtyard wing. The courtyard has late-Gothic arcades on two sides. The house has been a listed building since 1971.
- Pfarrgasse 8 (community center, formerly town No. 123 )
A two-storey building that was created from two individual houses during the Renaissance. The main front has a two-axis, late Gothic flat bay window on consoles and a tracery frieze from the first third of the 16th century. A round arch portal is dated 1616. Inside there are barrel vaults in the central passage and in the upper floor corridor. The bay room has a mighty, late Gothic Riemling ceiling from the first third of the 16th century. The house has been a listed building since 1940.
- Corner house at Pfarrgasse 9 / Hutterergasse 1 (town house, formerly town No. 33 )
A two-story corner house with a hipped roof and smoothly plastered facade. The core is late medieval, in 1646 a structural redesign took place. Inside there are lancet barrel vaults and arched niches. The house has been a listed building since 1995.
- Corner house Pfarrgasse 11 / Hutterergasse 2 (town house, formerly town no.34 )
A historically preserved town house that was mentioned as a brewery in 1389. Conversions took place in the second third of the 18th century with the facade being baroque. A baroque figure from the mid-18th century stands in a niche. Inside there is a barrel-vaulted hallway with a Gothic pointed arch portal from 1500. The building has been a listed building since 1971.
- Corner house Pfarrgasse 12 / Waaggasse 2 (town house, formerly town no.125 )
A historically preserved building that was first mentioned in a document in 1403 and has been a listed building since 1971. Large parts are late Gothic, the baroque facade was designed in the middle of the 18th century. Inside there are barrel-vaulted and lance-cap barrel-vaulted hallways. The Gothic cellar has a lined pointed arch portal from around 1500.
- Pfarrgasse 13 (town house, formerly town no.35 )
A historically preserved building that was mentioned in 1650 as a coppersmith's shop and has been a listed building since 1989. The coppersmiths existed until 1931. The late Gothic building was changed around 1500 and has had a classicist facade since 1789. Inside there is a barrel vault and lancet barrel vault from the 16th and 17th centuries on the ground floor. There is a Riemling ceiling in the room on the upper floor.
- Corner house Pfarrgasse 14 / Waaggasse 1 (town house, formerly town no.148 )
A historically preserved town house that was first mentioned in a document in 1537. In the fourth quarter of the 16th century a redesign took place, the late baroque facade dates from 1870/80. Inside, the hall and corridor are equipped with a stitch cap barrel vault. There is a carved Riemling ceiling in the room. The building has been a listed building since 1971.
- Pfarrgasse 15 (community center, formerly town No. 36 )
A late Gothic town house from the second half of the 16th century with baroque changes in the second half of the 18th century. The entrance has a remarkable Gothic framework portal. Inside there is a rich interior with vaulted hallways and in the room a baroque plastered wooden ceiling. The building has been a listed building since 1989.
- Pfarrgasse 16 (community center, formerly town No. 149 )
A three-storey town house, which was first mentioned in 1530 and has been a listed building since 1989. The building has late Gothic parts with a secessionist facade. Inside the staircase has a secessionist railing from the beginning of the 20th century. There is a late Gothic pointed arch portal in the courtyard.
- Pfarrgasse 17 (town house, formerly town No. 37 )
A late Gothic town house that was first mentioned in a document in 1454. From 1615 until the beginning of the 21st century it was a bakery. The historical facade dates from the 19th century. Inside, the hallways are barrel vaulted, the rooms have plastered wooden ceilings and one room has a painted wooden floor.
- Pfarrgasse 18 (town house, formerly town no.150 )
A late Gothic town house that was first mentioned in 1530 and has been a listed building since 1990. The historical facade dates from the end of the 19th century. The late Gothic rectangular portal dates from the first third of the 16th century. Inside there is a hallway with framed rectangular windows from around 1500. There are also barrel vaults and lancet barrel vaults from the 16th century.
- Pfarrgasse 19 (community center, formerly town No. 38 )
A late Gothic building with baroque alterations in the 18th century and adaptations in the 19th century. The building was first mentioned in 1522 and has been a listed building since 1994. The facade has a wide bay window on consoles from the first third of the 16th century. Inside there are groin vaults, also from the 16th century.
- Corner house Pfarrgasse 20 / Salzgasse 2 (town house, formerly town No. 151 )
A late Gothic, early modern town house, which was first mentioned in a document in 1425. Changes were made to the building around 1900, the historical facade dates from 1902. In the passage is a barrel vault from the 15th or 16th century. The house has been a listed building since 1989.
- Corner house Pfarrgasse 21 / Eisengasse 1 (town house, formerly town No. 39 )
A late Gothic town house with a dormer from the first quarter of the 16th century. The facade was given a baroque style. Parts of the building have been renovated and the house has been a listed building since 1995.
- Corner house at Pfarrgasse 22 / Salzgasse 1 (town house, formerly town No. 70 )
A historically preserved building from the last years of the 15th century. The house was first mentioned in a document in 1457, the historic facade around 1900. Inside, the rooms on the ground floor have vaults from the 16th and 18th centuries. The house has been a listed building since 1989.
- Corner house Pfarrgasse 23 / Eisengasse 2 (town house, formerly town no.66 )
The historically well-preserved town house from the 16th or 17th century has been a listed building since 1986. The house floor is older and was first mentioned in a document in 1425. The house was extended in the middle of the 18th century and the facade was redesigned in Baroque style. The ground floor and the first floor are vaulted.
Monument worthy buildings
These buildings were not yet under monument protection until 2004, but meet the conditions (age, conservation value) for protection.
- Pfarrgasse 6 (town house, formerly town No. 122 )
A three-story, three-axle house with a flat gable roof. The core of the building dates from the 16th century, alterations were made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The facade is simple.
- Pfarrgasse 10 (town house, formerly town No. 124 )
A three-story, three-axle house with a gable roof and a low attic. The late Gothic building core was rebuilt and increased in the middle of the 18th century. The façade has a pocket structure and curved window canopies.
literature
- Federal Monuments Office Austria (Ed.): Dehio - Upper Austria Mühlviertel . Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85028-362-5 , page 159ff
- Fritz Fellner: List of monuments 2004 , provided by the Castle Museum
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Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 40 ″ N , 14 ° 30 ′ 15 ″ E