Samtgasse (Freistadt)
The Samtgasse is an approximately 62-meter-long street in Freistadt in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel . The alley was laid out when the city was founded in the 13th century and is located within the city walls of the old town . The alley begins at the main square and leads to Waaggasse and was the border between two districts in the Middle Ages.
There are only nine houses along today's Samtgasse, eight of which are listed. In the two great city fires in 1507 and 1516, all the houses in the city were destroyed, including in this area. Due to the city fires, many old documents from the time the houses were built have been lost.
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 Samtgasse 1 / Hauptplatz 6 (community center, formerly town No. 114 )
A mighty, three-story house with a Renaissance arcade courtyard . At the front there is a late Gothic, tower-like central bay window from the end of the 15th century. To the side of the tower is a late Gothic wide bay window. The facade is kept in strict historicism and dates from the fourth quarter of the 19th century. On the first floor there is a hall with a late Gothic ribbed vault. The building, which has been a listed building since 1940, served as the seat of the Soviet headquarters for Freistadt from 1945 to 1955 and is named Hagleitner House after a previous owner .
- Samtgasse 2 (community center, formerly town No. 106 )
A multi-part building with a main building, courtyard wings and a rear building around an arcade courtyard. The main house has a built-in Baroque, late Gothic wide bay and a facade of 1712. The central passage has a barrel-vaulted and laterally a groin vault . There is also a hallway with a barrel vault on the first floor. On the second floor, in the former officers' mess, there is baroque stucco ceiling from the beginning of the 18th century. The courtyard wings have lancet barrel vaults. In the courtyard there are segmented, late Gothic arcades on two sides and it is open to the public. There are further late Gothic building details (door frames and consoles). The building has been a listed building since 1940.
- Samtgasse 3 (community center, formerly town No. 113 )
A late Gothic town house that was first mentioned in a document in 1473 and has been a listed building since 1940. The late Gothic portal dates from the end of the 15th century. Inside there is a rich decoration with vaults and carved wooden ceilings from the 16th century. The Renaissance arcade courtyard dates from the end of the 16th century.
- Samtgasse 4 (community center, formerly town no.107 )
A late Gothic, three-axis building from the early 16th century with adaptations in the Renaissance period and recent alterations. The three-storey front has a late Gothic wide bay window on segmental arches over corbels. The windows have late Gothic cladding, the rounded arched gate on the side dates from the 16th century. The rooms on the ground floor mostly have barrel vaults, some with groin vaults. The house has been a listed building since 1971.
- Samtgasse 5 (town house, formerly town No. 112 )
A late Gothic building with Renaissance alterations, which was first mentioned in a document in 1473 and has been a listed building since 1940. The house used to be connected to 3 Samtgasse. The late Gothic facade dates from around 1500. Inside there is a rich design with vaults and carved wooden ceilings from the 16th century. An arcade can be seen on the courtyard side.
- Samtgasse 6 (community center, formerly town no.108 )
A narrow, three-story building around a narrow inner courtyard. The three-axis, late Gothic main house has a wide bay window on consoles. Inside, the side passage is barrel vaulted and there are groin vaulted rooms on the ground floor. On the first floor there is a baroque plastered tram ceiling on armor tree. The rear building has Tuscan columns. The built-in late Gothic arcade in the inner courtyard has wide segmental arches on supporting pillars. The house has been a listed building since 1989.
- Samtgasse 8 (community center, formerly town no.109 )
A Renaissance town house that was mentioned in a document in 1525 and has been a listed building since 1940. The historical facade dates from the end of the 19th century. Inside there is a rich design with vaults and the rooms have plastered wooden ceilings. The inner courtyard has an arcade.
- Corner house Samtgasse 10 / Waaggasse 16 (town house, formerly town no.110 )
A three-storey building that was first mentioned in a document in 1479. From the second half of the 16th century to the second half of the 17th century the house was used as a salt box. A new building took place between 1722 and 1727 and from 1727 until the end of the 18th century the house was an officer's barracks. Inside, the rooms and stairwells have vaults and baroque stucco ceilings. The house has been a listed building since 1989.
Monument worthy buildings
These buildings were not yet under monument protection until 2004, but meet the conditions (age, conservation value) for protection.
Corner house Samtgasse 7 / Waaggasse 14 (town house, formerly town no. 111 ) A partially renovated, late Gothic building that was first mentioned in 1383. In 1578 it was a brewery and from 1689 to 1783 a marching through barracks. Changes to the house took place at the end of the 18th century, the baroque facade also dates from this time. Inside there are several vaults from the end of the 15th century on the ground floor. On the courtyard side there is an arcade from the second half of the 16th century.
literature
- Federal Monuments Office Austria (Ed.): Dehio - Upper Austria Mühlviertel . Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85028-362-5 , page 175ff
- Fritz Fellner: List of monuments 2004 , provided by the Castle Museum
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 43 ″ N , 14 ° 30 ′ 16 ″ E