Imperial department store
The imperial city department store in Augsburger Maximilianstrasse was built by Elias Holl in 1611 and significantly changed in the 18th century. It is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian list of monuments.
history
The Heilig-Grab-Chapel , which was consecrated in 1128 , originally stood where the confluence of Heilig-Grab-Gasse and the former wine market stood . More recently, archaeologists came across the tuff fund office of the medieval sacred building during soil investigations, and the diameter of the rotunda was reconstructed to be 18 meters. Since the chapel hindered carriage traffic, the dilapidated church was demolished in 1608 after an exchange between the cathedral chapter and the city. As a replacement, the building rights and patronage of Heilig-Grab were transferred to a new location in Jakobervorstadt near Gänsbuhl . The former Franciscan Church of the Holy Sepulcher has been named St. Maximilian since 1810 .
In 1611, the city architect Elias Holl built plans by Johann Matthias Kager on the foundations of the chapel for the imperial city department store , and a segmented arch of the broken-off Holy Sepulcher chapel was installed. The irregular back of the building still indicates this today. Since there was not enough space, four more private houses had to give way to the new building. The original flat roof was replaced in the 18th century by a gable roof with a curved gable facade. In addition, the window frames were given classicist coverings. The house remained intact during the Second World War . Renovations were carried out in 1963 and 1968 and a general renovation from 1984 to 1986. In 2007 the roof was renewed.
description
The three-storey facade is provided with a gable roof and has a curved gable facing Maximilianstrasse with rusticated cuboids at the corners. The year of construction MDCXI can be read above the two entrance arches . On the eaves side of Heilig-Grab-Gasse there are 17 window axes. A figural niche is set into the southwest corner.
literature
- Franz Häußler: The imperial mile of Augsburg's boulevard from St. Ulrich to the cathedral. Wißner Verlag, Augsburg 2000, pp. 38-40.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments for Augsburg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-7-61-000-368
Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '53.8 " N , 10 ° 53' 59.6" E