Leaning House Ulm

Crooked house

Leaning house, side view

The Leaning House is a late Gothic half-timbered house in Ulm , which has a slope of 9 to 10 °.

history

The original half-timbered house from the 14th century got its current appearance of a five-story house after several additions and renovations in 1443. It was used by the ship masters from Ulm.

With its southern foundation located directly on the Blau , the house protrudes partly over the river from the first floor thanks to sloping struts. So boats could moor there protected. Investigations by the State Archaeological Office also suggest that the basement of the house, which was then used by fishermen as a room for repairing their nets, also contained fish chambers with a natural fresh water supply, where the fishermen's live catches waited for the market day.

Over time, the side of the house facing the river sank sharply, so that support measures had to be initiated as early as the beginning of the 17th century.

Hotel operations

After several changes of ownership, the house has been used as a hotel since 1995 . The renovation work required for this secured the statics of the house without changing the incline. For this purpose, steel strips were attached in the attic and in the ceilings, which counteract the tilting direction.

In order to meet the requirements of the preservation of monuments, in addition to underfloor heating , the pipes for the sanitary systems were laid in the floors.

The eleven modern rooms built in the old house are inclined up to 40 cm across the width of the room. The beds were built in horizontally and have spirit levels in their headboards to demonstrate to the guest that they are lying horizontally while the surrounding room is crooked.

Trivia

• The widow of the tailor from Ulm spent her old age here.
• According to the Guinness Book of Records, the hotel has been the world's most crooked hotel since 1997 .
• Monument Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg 1996

literature

• Kathrin Schulthess, Günter Altstetter (ed.): The crooked house in Ulm: beautifully sloping, but stable. 600 years of history and stories . Münster 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marion Bayer: A history of Germany in 100 buildings. Cologne 2015, p. 172.

Web links

• Internet presence of the hotel "Schiefes Haus"
• Brief information from the Tourist Information Ulm / Neu-Ulm

Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '44.5 "  N , 9 ° 59' 28.3"  E