Red House (Brugg)

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Red House

The Red House is a building in Brugg in the canton of Aargau . It is located on Hauptstrasse 7, on the edge of Eisiplatz. A restaurant has existed here since the middle of the 15th century . The current building in the classical style forms the southern end of the old town and was built in the years 1840/1841. There is a hotel and an Italian restaurant.

history

The history of the Red House goes back to at least 1448. At that time, the Red Tower (or Obere Turm), the southern city gate, was rebuilt after it had been badly damaged four years earlier in the Old Zurich War . The Brugger city chronicle also reported for the first time in 1448 about a tavern called "Red House", which was directly attached to the tower. Until the proclamation of the Helvetic Republic in 1798, the Red House was subject to municipal tavern law: the landlords or tenants were allowed to offer warm dishes, serve local and "Welschen" wine (mainly from the La Côte region ) and accommodate guests; The restaurant also had large stables to accommodate wagons, carriages and horses.

In 1829, the demolition of the city gates began in Brugg, as they were considered an obstacle to the growing wagon traffic. The haulier Wilhelm Schilplin, who was the landlord of the Red House at the time, was particularly committed to this. He assumed an increase in traffic over the nearby Bözbergpass, from which his own company in particular should benefit. Schilplin also wanted to grind the Upper Gate together with the adjoining guard house so that he could build a significantly larger inn on the vacated site. For this purpose he signed a contract with the local council in 1840 . The community assembly approved this with a large majority. It was said that the Upper Tower was an undisputed landmark of the city, but its demolition was a sign of progress and many other businesses would also benefit from the new inn.

The tower was immediately demolished and the Red House expanded southwards towards Eisiplatz. The classicist new building was built according to the plans of the local builder Friedrich Jäger, using reusable stones from the tower as building material. During the construction work, twelve Alemannic graves were found; a belt tongue found in the process dates from around 600. Schilplin did not live to see the completion, as he fell into the as yet unfinished cellar on June 1, 1841 and suffered fatal injuries. In the 1840s, the stagecoach between Zurich and Basel made the lucrative midday stop in Brugg. After the opening of the Swiss Northern Railway (Zurich– Baden ) in August 1847, the postal administration relocated the lunch break to the Fricktal , which meant that the Red House lost considerable income. From 1873 to 1896 the Bruges post office was located in the Red House.

In October 2013, the non-profit “Red House Foundation” was established, which at the beginning of 2015 acquired part of the property including the hotel and restaurant. In the medium term, a gentle modernization is aimed for. The remaining rooms are also to be acquired; this includes in particular the hall on the first floor, which is to be used for various types of events in the future.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Stettler , Emil Maurer : The art monuments of the canton of Aargau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History. Volume II: The districts of Lenzburg and Brugg. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1953, p. 265-266 .
  2. ↑ Astrid Baldinger Fuchs, Max Banholzer, Max Baumann, Felix Müller, Silvia Siegenthaler, Andreas Steigmeier: Experience Brugg . tape 2 . here + now, Baden 2005, ISBN 3-03919-007-5 , p. 518 .
  3. ↑ Max Baumann, Andreas Steigmeier: Experience Brugg . tape 1 . here + now, Baden 2005, ISBN 3-03919-007-5 , p. 192-193 .
  4. ↑ Baumann et al .: Experience Brugg , Volume 1. pp. 194–196.
  5. ↑ a b Baumann et al .: Experience Brugg , Volume 1, p. 197.
  6. ↑ Baumann et al .: Experience Brugg , Volume 1, p. 32.
  7. ↑ Baumann et al .: Experience Brugg , Volume 1. pp. 199–200.
  8. ↑ Baldinger et al .: Experience Brugg , Volume 2, p. 480.
  9. ↑ Claudia Meier: The Red House Foundation wants to buy the entire property. Aargauer Zeitung , August 23, 2016, accessed on December 3, 2016 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 29 '3.6 "  N , 8 ° 12' 24.6"  E ; CH1903:  657,900  /  259569