Blacksmith's Guild House (Kempten)
The blacksmith's guild house in Kempten (Allgäu) was a listed building, as was the blacksmith's guild house from the 16th century on Rathausplatz . It was demolished for the breakthrough in the old town in 1971 and replaced by a historicizing new concrete building, which was erected slightly offset. This has the address Rathausstraße 1 .
The building was also known as the Unoldhaus . GP Unold was the name of a ceramic goods store.
Description and history
The demolished blacksmith's guild house was the guild's meeting room as early as 1400 . In 1581 there was a fire. The three-storey house was renovated the following year and one story increased. The east gable as well as the north side had a fresco completely renewed in 1934 by Franz Weiß . It showed knights with imperial coats of arms , a city coat of arms and a coat of arms of the blacksmiths' guild . The original paintings are from 1582 and were badly weathered.
There was a beam and board ceiling in the basement. The first floor had a wooden ceiling. The vestibule on the first floor had a wooden coffered ceiling and a turned parapet against the stairs. Remains of rocail painting could be seen above wooden beams , the lower beams were provided with sayings and bore the year 1768. In the northeast corner there was a later subdivided hall with arched windows from the inside . There were roccile cartridges in their throats . Remnants of pilasters completed the interior.
Despite its protection status, the blacksmith's guild house was demolished in 1971 in the course of the so-called old town renovation , a nationwide urban planning pilot project, and due to alleged dilapidation and replaced by a modern, historicizing new concrete building. This so-called old town breakthrough enabled the pedestrian zone to be created in Fischerstrasse . When the breakthrough occurred, the neighboring Gasthaus zum Kreuz was also demolished. The new building has an arcade along the newly created Kronenstrasse.
Originally only a narrow passage with a gate opening was planned at this point; the idea for a wide street came later.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Michael Petzet : City and District of Kempten. (= Bavarian art monuments. Vol. 5), 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, DNB 453751636 , p. 59.
- ^ Martin Kellenberger: City of Kempten. Book of memory. Kempten 1937, p. 118.
- ↑ Joseph Meirhofer: Historical representation of the most memorable fates of the k. B. City of Kempten from the days of its founding at the time of the birth of Christ to the present day Kösel, Kempten 1856, p. 38.
- ^ City of Kempten (ed.): Kempten im Allgäu. (3rd documentation), Kösel, Kempten 1972, p. 37.
- ^ Franz-Rasso Böck , Ralf Lienert, Joachim Weigel (eds.): Century views of Kempten 1900–2000 . Verlag Tobias Dannheimer - Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten (Allgäu) 1999, ISBN 3-88881-035-3 , p. 50 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 34.1 ″ N , 10 ° 18 ′ 59.2 ″ E