Sitr house

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Sitrův house in Prachatice

The Sitr House (Czech Sitrův dům after Thomas Sitter, or Žďárských dům ) in Prachatice (German Prachatitz ), a town in the Jihočeský kraj region (South Bohemia) in the Czech Republic , is a basically Gothic building that was rebuilt in 1604. The former residential building on the north side of the market square has been a protected cultural monument since May 3, 1958.

history

In 1581, Ambrosius Sitter (Ambrož Sittr) from Volary bought the inner city parcel including the old house for his son Thomas Sitter ( Tomáš Sytr ). As a successful salt merchant, he had a new building built by the builder Josef Fargit ( Jozef Ffargit according to the inscription) in 1604 . Fargit was of Italian origin and had previously worked in Budweis and at the Koloděje nad Lužnicí Castle .

The couple Josef and Františka Žďárský bought the house in 1865. In 1885 a guest house was set up on the ground floor and a dormitory for students of the German high school on the first floor. In 1950 the city of Prachatice bought the house, which was then in a bad condition. After renovation work, the city museum was officially opened on July 5, 1954.

description

The four allegories of Justitia (justice), Patientia (patience), Prudentia (prudence) and Fortitudo (bravery) can be seen between and next to the three large windows on the first floor. In the lunettes above are the ten Bohemian rulers Wenceslas IV of Luxembourg , Sigismund , Albrecht II , Ladislaus Postumus , Georg von Podiebrad , Vladislav II of Bohemia and Hungary , Ludwig II of Bohemia and Hungary , Ferdinand I , Maxmilian II . and Rudolf II .

use

The building with large windows and facade painting is now used as a city museum. Here the heyday of the city and the so-called golden path are explained.

literature

  • Baedeker Czech Republic. 6th edition, Ostfildern 2014, ISBN 978-3-8297-1474-7 , p. 164.
  • Gabriela Žabková: Renesanční nástěnná malba a sgrafito na fasádách domů v Prachaticích. Renaissance mural paintings and sgraffiti on the facades in town Prachatice. Diploma thesis, Prague 2011, section “3.6.3.3 Domy s mladší fasádní výzdobou. Dům čp. 13 (Sittrův, Žďárských) “pp. 212–214, total work 283 pages ( PDF on is.cuni.cz; Czech with English abstract).

Web links

Commons : Sitrův house  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Měšťanský dům - Žďárských ÚSKP 45678 / 3-3388 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
  2. ↑ a b c Žabková 2011, p. 212.
  3. ↑ Karel Pletzer: Vlašský stavitel Josef Fargit v Českých Budějovicích. In: Jihočeský sborník historický. 41, Budweis 1972, pp. 116-117 (Czech).
  4. ↑ a b c Sitrův dům - Prachatické muzeum (č.p.13). In: prachatice.eu (Czech with automatic translation option), accessed on October 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b Žabková 2011, p. 213.

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 47.5 ″  N , 13 ° 59 ′ 53.5 ″  E