Stechinelli House (Braunschweig)
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The Stechinelli-Haus is located on the corner of the Altstadtmarkt and Breite Straße in the historic Weichbild Altstadt in Braunschweig . It was built in 1690 by Hereditary Postmaster General Stechinelli (d. I. Francesco Maria Capellini).
Legends
Capellini allegedly came from the impoverished noble family Cappello from Rimini . There are legends about his life and how he came from Italy to the court of Georg Wilhelm , the last Duke of Celle , a cousin of Duke Anton Ulrich , and how he became his favorite .
One says that he saved the Duke's life in Venice . In gratitude for this, the duke took him into his service at the court of Celle, where he achieved fame and reputation. A second says that the Duke was begging for money by the young (poor) Stechinelli on a trip through Italy. Since the duke only had "big" money with him, he asked the Italian to change it. Since he actually did this and came back to his financier, who in turn was impressed by his honesty, he took him into his service.
The building
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The massive three- story , eaves-standing stone house with the insurance number 892 shows a large bay roof with five windows facing the market square . In 1908 the ground floor was converted into modern shops. On the side of Breite Straße, the fourth floor consisted of decorated, non- overhanging half-timbering , which may have come from an older building.
The oldest exhibition vaults in Braunschweig used to be on the ground floor of the building (there are now shop windows). The early Baroque portal of the building was probably created elsewhere as early as 1630 by the sculptor Ulrich Stamm . It has round arches with masks as well as lions and angel heads, Ionic columns and obelisks .
The family coat of arms on the Breite Strasse and the figure of a boy with a hat in his hand on the corner of the house, with a leaping lion above him, recall the former builder of the house . The boy should tell the begging Stechinelli , d. H. Capellini (Italian capello for hat ) and is said to come from the sculptor Julius Meyer around 1870 , while the leaping lion is said to be from the year the house was built, 1690. Furthermore, roses and hats alternate on the front above the windows.
The portal alone survived the severe destruction of Braunschweig by the numerous air raids during the Second World War . The remnants of the heavily damaged house were rebuilt in the 1950s in great detail and the magnificent portal was reinserted.
Other “Stechinelli” structures
- Stechinelli house in Celle
- Stechinelli Gate in Winsen (Aller)
- Stechinelli fountain in Wieckenberg , Wietze
- Stechinelli Chapel in Wieckenberg, Wietze
- Manor in Elze , Wedemark
literature
- Rudolf Fricke : The community center in Braunschweig. In: Das deutsche Bürgerhaus , Volume 20. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen 1975, ISBN 3-8030-0022-X .
- Rolf Hagen : The Stechinelli House. In: braunschweig. Reports from cultural life. 1966. Georg Westermann, Braunschweig 1966, p. 22.
- Günter Jahn: Stechinelli House. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 219-220 .
- Wolfgang Kimpflinger: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, Volume 1.1 .: City of Braunschweig, Part 1. Hameln 1993, ISBN 3-87585-252-4 , p. 81.
- Paul Jonas Meier , Karl Steinacker : The architectural and art monuments of the city of Braunschweig. 2nd ext. Ed., Appelhans, Braunschweig 1926, pp. 70–71.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Günter Jahn: Stechinelli House. In: Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon p. 220.
- ↑ Paul Jonas Meier, Karl Steinacker: The architectural and art monuments of the city of Braunschweig. P. 70.
- ↑ Paul Jonas Meier, Karl Steinacker: The architectural and art monuments of the city of Braunschweig. P. 71.
Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 47 ″ N , 10 ° 31 ′ 2 ″ E