Reichenstrasse 40 (Quedlinburg)

House Reichenstrasse 40

The house Reichenstraße 40 is a listed building in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

It is located in the northern part of the historic Quedlinburger Neustadt and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The building is entered in the Quedlinburg monument register as an arable citizen house . The building Reichenstrasse 39 , which is also listed, is adjacent to the north and the building Reichenstrasse 41 to the south .

Architecture and history

The two-storey half - timbered house was built in 1686 by the Quedlinburg master carpenter Martin Lange . The inscription MARTEN LANGE ZIMMERMAN refers to him . It is provided with a coat of arms formed from axes . On the upper floor there are diamond crosses as decoration and on the sides the half-timbered figure of the half man . The compartments are provided with decorative lining. A passage leads through the south side of the house. The building was renovated around 1830.

literature

• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , page 222.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans-Hartmut Schauer, Quedlinburg, specialist workshop / world cultural heritage, Verlag Bauwesen Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-345-00676-6 , page 150

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 '27.2 "  N , 11 ° 9' 3.4"  E