Steinstrasse 3

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Steinstrasse 3 in 2011
Photos of the threshold beam from 1894

The building at Steinstrasse 3 ( Assekuranznummer 456), sometimes also referred to as the “Jerusalem House” or “Vibrans House” , is located in the Braunschweig Old Town . It was built in 1512 and badly damaged in the bombing nights of World War II . Today it is a listed building .

history

In the place of today's, in 1512 by Hermann von Vechelde and his wife Gese, geb. Döring, built patrician house, is said to have been a building of the Elers brothers as early as 1364, according to old town books. In 1438 it was sold by a Hennig Elers to Albrecht von Vechelde, son of the mayor Hermann von Vechelde. Albrecht had a son whom he named Hermann after his father. He had the original structure torn down and a large half-timbered house built for himself and his wife in 1512 . Until 1944, only the second floor of this building was preserved in half-timbered construction. The two basement floors made of solid stone date from the 18th century. A bower also belonged to the house .

Luderzug , illustration from CW Sack : "Alterthümer der Stadt und des Landes Braunschweig" from 1861

The threshold beam on the second floor was decorated with a stair frieze with rich carvings in the form of numerous figurative representations. In 13 fields, from left to right, secular and then religious topics were dealt with. Beginning on the left one saw the family coat of arms of the von Vechelde (three roses in a sloping beam), followed by allegorical images of beauty and strength, followed by a fountain, a love scene and the so-called “ Luderziehing ”. This was followed by the holy author , patron saint of the city of Braunschweig, followed again by Saint Lawrence with the rust, a bishop , the three wise men , an angel and Saints Anna , Katharina and Barbara . At the other end of the beam was the Döring family coat of arms: an upright walking lion. Below the swell bar there were depictions of human heads and a picture puzzle . The year of construction "1512" could also be seen on the beam.

After several changes of ownership, the Princely Chamber acquired the building in 1755 and from 1761 left it to Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem , known as "Abbot Jerusalem", as an official residence.

The abbot of Jerusalem lived and died

"Abbot JFW Jerusalem lived in this house from 1761 to 1789", weathered plaque for Abbot Jerusalem from 1895 (taken in 2011)

The theologian and co-founder of the "Collegium Carolinum" founded in 1745, the forerunner of today's Technical University of Braunschweig , Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem spent the last 28 years of his life in the house at Steinstrasse 3 and died there on September 2, 1789. In memory of him, the merchant Louis Gerloff left In 1895 a plaque with the inscription "Abbot JFW Jerusalem lived in this house from 1761 to 1789" was put on the house. The board is still there today, but is badly weathered.

After Jerusalem's death, his successor in office in the Riddagshausen monastery , Abbot August Christian Bartels , moved into the building and lived there until 1820. As a result, the residents changed many times. From 1865 to 1867 there was also the secondary school for girls at Steinstraße 3, which then moved to the Small Castle . Merchant Gustav Vibrans had been the property owner since 1873 and ran a shop there together with merchant Gerloff.

Destruction in World War II and reconstruction

The building was badly damaged by bombs in 1944 and only partially rebuilt after the end of the war. Since the half-timbered upper floor was destroyed, the above-mentioned carvings are no longer available today.

literature

  • H. Edel: The half-timbered houses of the city of Braunschweig. A picture of the history of art and culture , Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 1928, pp. 11–13
  • Johann Ferdinand Friedrich Emperius : Jerusalem's last [sic!] Days of life , Leipzig 1790 ( full version ; PDF; 30.2 MB)
  • Garzmann, Schuegraf, Pingel (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon - supplementary volume , Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7
  • 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
  • Wilhelm Schrader : Steinstraße 3. Short chronicle of an old patrician house. In: Braunschweigische Heimat. Magazine of the Braunschweiger Landesverein für Heimatschutz. 1931, issue 1, 22nd year, pp. 18-19

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norman-Mathias Pingel, In: Garzmann, Schuegraf, Pingel (ed.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon - supplementary volume , p. 73
  2. ↑ Paul Zimmermann (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Magazin , 1895, p. 39
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Kimpflinger: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Monuments in Lower Saxony , Volume 1.1 .: City of Braunschweig , Part 1, pp. 86f
  4. ↑ a b Edel: The half-timbered houses of the city of Braunschweig. An art and cultural-historical picture , p. 12
  5. ↑ a b c Schrader: Steinstrasse 3. Short chronicle of an old patrician house. , P. 18
  6. ^ Paul Jonas Meier and Karl Steinacker : The architectural and art monuments of the city of Braunschweig , 2nd exp. Edition, Braunschweig 1926, p. 55
  7. ↑ Constantin Uhde : Braunschweigs Bau-Denkmäler , Second Series, Braunschweig 1894, p. 5f
  8. ↑ The 150th anniversary of the Carolo Wilhelmina ducal technical college in Braunschweig in July 1895: Anniversary report published by the General Jubilee Committee , Braunschweig 1896, p. 15
  9. ↑ Ute Römer-Johannsen and Christof Römer: 800 years of St. Aegidien. Liebfrauenmünster of the Catholic Propsteigemeinde St. Nicolai zu Braunschweig , In: Publications of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseums 22, Braunschweig 1979, p. 31 (possibly on October 15, 1944 )

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Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 40.1 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 1.7 ″  E