Temple House (Hildesheim)
The temple house (also referred to as the temple gentleman's house in older literature ) in Hildesheim is a Gothic patrician house on the south side of the market square, which was built around 1350. In the 16th century the house passed into the hands of the von Harlessem family , who held the mayor's office in Hildesheim for a long time. Above the top of the door arch, in addition to the double rafters in the coat of arms of this family, you can see the monograms "RvH" and EvH ", which probably indicate one of two pairs of brothers, Roleff and Eggert von Harlessem, who owned the house in the century it was bought The Renaissance bay window, created in 1591 and showing, in addition to other coats of arms of the von Harlessem family, four reliefs from the parable of the prodigal son in its parapet , is considered a masterpiece of stonemasonry . The house remained with this family until 1805.
The devastating bomb attack Hildesheim destroyed almost all of the buildings on the market square in the old town on March 22, 1945. In addition to the market fountain, parts of the town hall and the temple house, the facade of which with the two turrets and the bay window remained largely undamaged. The temple house was rebuilt in 1952.
It is unclear where the name "temple house" comes from. The derivation that Hildesheim's first synagogue should have stood at this point is popular, but hardly applicable . Instead, it was stated that the entrance to Judenstrasse is between the Temple House and the Wedekind House . According to a more recent view, the name is said to go back to a painting of the gable front of the building previously called Harlessem House from the 16th century , which showed two tournament knights riding on top of each other, who the population associated with the Knights Templar ( Templars ). The interpretation of the archaeological findings is also controversial, while some consider the remains of a mikvah under the temple house to be proven, others consider such a bath in the basement of the building to be “technically not possible”.
The temple house belongs to the Gerstenberg family , who are also the editor of the Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung . The tourist information and the passage to the city library are on the ground floor. A webcam with a view of the market square is installed on the top floor .
The discovery that there was already development in front of the temple was considered sensational. The foundation of a tower or a kemenate (stone house) from the 12th century was also cut. It is located outside of today's temple house.
literature
- Maike Kozok: The temple house in Hildesheim: building history and documentation of the renovation measures . 2nd, modified edition, Hildesheim 2010
Individual evidence
- ^ Assignment, pictures and references to the Harlessem coat of arms
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 2, 2007 at 8:55 am
- ↑ so Nicolaus C. Heutger : 500 years of the St. Lamberti Hall Church in Hildesheimer Neustadt 1488-1988. Hildesheim 1988, p. 73 with further references
- Jump up ↑ so the long-standing town planning officer Bernhard Haagen: Temple or Templar house: The end of a scientific legend in Hildesheim. in: Alt-Hildesheim: Jahrbuch für Stadt und Stift Hildesheim Bernward, Hildesheim 1985 (quoted from: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original - and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. accessed on November 2, 2007 at 8:55 am)
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Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 9 ″ N , 9 ° 57 ′ 6.7 ″ E