Rentmeisterhaus (Uttum)

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The Rentmeisterhaus in Uttum.
The plaque above the entrance.

The Rentmeisterhaus is in Uttum , a district of the East Frisian municipality of Krummhörn . The single-storey building was built in 1597 as a free-standing house in the East Frisian stone house type . Besides the Vicarie in Greetsiel, it is the only building in the Krummhörn that was built for people with administrative functions. The East Frisian landscape acquired the building in 1979 and then had it restored. The Rentmeisterhaus has been privately owned since 1996.

Building description

The Rentmeisterhaus is 16.50 meters long and 9.30 meters wide. The stepped gable is an example of the building culture of the Renaissance in rural East Friesland. The gable feet are provided with eaves stones decorated with twin lions' heads. Each half of the gable has four tiers, which are connected by cornices made of sandstone. Five ornate wall anchors are attached to the gable as additional decorative elements . The entrance to the stone house is in its original location. It faces the street. This is noteworthy as a Gulf barn was later added to the building. In many other stone houses this was accompanied by a relocation of the entrance. Above the entrance door there is a plaque with two coats of arms, which was originally probably placed above the fireplace. The East Frisian-Low German saying goes: "SE MUTTEN LIDEN AND LATEN LEVEN DE MI BENIDEN UNDE NIT EN GEVEN AS GODT BEHACHT SO IS YDT BETER BENIDET AS BEKLACHT ANNO 1597" Inside, the building still has the typical stone house division into hall and entrance hall and kitchen on. In contrast to comparable buildings, the entrance hall in Uttum does not separate the hall and kitchen, but extends over the entire length of the right-hand eaves side. The kitchen is parallel on the western side of the eaves. The hall is almost 50 square meters and has a fireplace. This is located in the center of the gable wall between the two windows. The hood, the ledge and the cheeks were no longer there in 1979, but were reconstructed in the course of the restoration.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Eberhard Pühl: Old brick houses in East Friesland and in Jeverland. Brick buildings from the 15th to 19th centuries . Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89995-323-7 . P. 132 ff.
  2. ^ Wolfgang Rüther: House building between national and economic history. The Krummhörn farmhouses from the 16th to the 20th century . Diss. Münster 1999, p. 89 online (PDF file, 297 pages; 1.8 MB).

Coordinates: 53 ° 27 '11.8 "  N , 7 ° 9' 21.9"  E