Sulmeisterhaus

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Sulmeisterburg entrance area
South view of the Sulmeisterhaus am Kocher (right).
Historical south view of the Sulmeisterhaus. Detail from a watercolor by Johann Friedrich Reik (1878).

The Sulmeisterhaus (also Sulmeisterburg ) in Schwäbisch Hall is a Romanesque stone house built between 1200 and 1250 and rebuilt in the 15th century with the remains of a house chapel . The building at Steinerner Steg 7 is a listed building .

description

From the original Romanesque building erected before 1240 directly on the city wall above the Kocher , masonry with window openings has been preserved on today's ground floor, probably the original first floor. Around 1240, early Gothic twin windows were installed in what is now the basement, presumably the original ground floor, in the construction of a hall-like room on the stove side . On the street facade there are humpback blocks from this construction phase up to the second floor .

In 1452 a new roof structure with a half-timbered facade was put on the building. Further renovations took place around 1600 and 1912. During the renovation in 1912, the Gothic twin windows in the basement were expanded; today they are located in the Hällisch-Franconian Museum as well as a Romanesque column with a cube capital .

history

Due to the name, the age and its Romanesque architectural style, it can be assumed that the building belongs to the “Seven Castles” of Hall. According to the founding legend, these were the first structures of the medieval settlement and formed the official residence of the noble rulers of the town and salt works , including their apartments.

These were:

  • the Salzgrafenburg, or Burg Hall; Seat of the salt count , now the location of the main church of St Michael .
  • the Schultheißenburg; Seat of the mayor
  • the mint master's castle; Seat of the mint master
  • the Sulmeisterburg; Seat of the Sulmeister , the overseer of the salt works.
  • the Feurerburg; Seat of the fireman , the overseer for the firewood of the salt works.
  • the Keßlerburg; Seat of the kessler , the overseer of the forge and pans .
  • the Siedersburg ; Seat of the boiler , which the Siedknechten board.

In the course of time, these offices were passed on to Erb , so they were passed on from one generation to the next. The original office titles became the family names of the respective office holders. Only the earlier salt counts called themselves, differently, von Hall .

The Sulmeisterhaus was originally the official residence of the Sulmeister, after which the Sulmeister family named themselves and who held this office for a long time. According to Rudolph Friedrich von Moser's description of the Hall Oberamt , the Sulmeister were one of the “Seven Castle families” of Hall, which occurs in Hall under this name until 1459 and whose main line has been called Senft since 1342.

The family was wealthy in Untermünkheim . A Sulmeister from Hall built the Suhlburg there , after which his descendants, the Senften , named themselves. In the village of Untermünkheim itself, they also owned the Senftenschlössle named after them . In the 15th century Sulmeister Hall co-owner of the goods ganerbschaft Künzelsau . In addition, the Senft were the local lords of Rieden, where they also owned a castle . Another branch of the Sulburg mustard belonged to the Matzenbach manor including the castle there .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stadtarchiv Schwäbisch Hall: List of cultural monuments in the city of Schwäb. Hall . P. 381.
  2. ^ From the description of the Oberamt Hall from 1847 in Wikisource: Geschichte der Stadt Hall; the seven castles and their names, page 144
  3. ^ Sulmeister = Saline master. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 20 : Strom – Szische - (X, 4th section). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1942 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  4. ^ From the description of the Oberamt Hall from 1847 in Wikisource: Geschichte der Stadt Hall; official titles become family names pages 144–145 and page 151
  5. ↑ Gerd Wunder : The citizens of Hall. Social history of an imperial city 1216–1802 (= research from Württembergisch-Franken , volume 16). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1980, ISBN 3-7995-7613-4 , p. 67.

Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 41.1 ″  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 11.1 ″  E