Seven lines

House Seven Lines 6, historicizing new building from 1973

Bay window with memorial plaque

Seven lines is the name of a historic workers' settlement in Nuremberg . It is one of the most important architectural monuments in Nuremberg's old town and is a stop on the Nuremberg Historical Mile .

location

The seven lines are located in the old town of Sebald between Webersplatz and Maxtor . The area was called Treibberg before development and then Schwabenberg .

history

In 1489 three craftsmen's houses were built in five rows on the filled inner city moat and Swabian barch weavers recruited from Augsburg and Ulm settled in order to promote the textile industry in the city. In 1524 two more lines were added. This weaver settlement is considered a forerunner of social housing. More houses were built on the island of Schütt .

Barchent is a light but dense blended fabric with linen warp and cotton weft thread that is easy to dye.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the city sold the houses that had been inhabited by weavers. 19 houses were destroyed during the air raids in World War II, only two survived the war. In 1966 and 1973, the destroyed houses were rebuilt to scale; In 1973, however, the southern row with the two original houses was demolished for a new building.

The houses

The houses were two-story with a floor plan of 7.20 × 8.20 m. The workshop with the looms and the warehouse were in the basement, the kitchen, living room and an unheated room on the ground floor. The attic was only expanded in the 19th century.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Wiltrud Fischer-Pache: Seven lines . In: Michael Diefenbacher , Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg . 2nd, improved edition. W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 ( complete edition online ).

Web links

Commons : Sieben Linien (Nuremberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The seven lines on the pages of the Nuremberg Historic Mile

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '28.2 "  N , 11 ° 4' 55.8"  E