Torgglhaus
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The Torgglhaus is a listed building in Bolzano , which was rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style in 1913 according to a design by the Bolzano architect Albert Netzer . It is located at the centrally located fruit market on the corner of Museumstrasse and has a striking, high tower.
The name "Torgglhaus" came up around 1895 when the building was rebuilt on the site of a medieval house. The builder was Alois Tschurtschenthaler, a trader from Bolzano. The plan for the first new building comes from the well-known Bozen architect Otto von Mayrhauser. The house was to be three stories high, with a two-story tower above it with a slender, pointed roof, covered with beautifully glazed tiles. The tower is a replica of that of the Weggenstein coming from the Teutonic Order . A large shop was planned on the ground floor, in which all of Tschurtschenthaler's products (“conserved fruits”) could be exhibited and offered for sale. An elegant restaurant was to be built on the first floor, the second and third floors contained guest rooms, the tower served as a lookout tower for the guests and an urban ornament. The Torgglhaus was officially opened on November 24, 1895. In 1896 (only once) the first Bolzano Wine Tasting took place here. As early as 1907, a coffee house was built on the ground floor instead of the business premises. Later, the Julius Meinl delicatessen shop took its place ; today there is a supermarket here.
The definitive structure was achieved in 1913 through renewed renovation and expansion based on Netzer's design.
Tschurtschenthaler had the house painted by Ignaz Stolz (the elder) from Bozen in 1895 . There are two wall paintings on the outside facing Museumstrasse: One shows a German knight, the second shows the biblical scouts Josua and Kaleb coming home with a huge grape.
Old German parlor in the Torgglhaus, picture postcard around 1900
Painting at the Torgglhaus: Joshua and Caleb with the oversized grape
New Year's wishes from Julius Meinl (in the Torgglhaus) at the turn of the year 1925/26, advertising in the Bozener Volksblatt
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Individual evidence
- ^ Construction drawing by Arch. Albert Netzer, 1913
- ^ Fritz Zink: The city of Bozen in the journal graphics of the years 1885 and 1896 . In: Der Schlern , 58, 1984, pp. 38-45
Coordinates: 46 ° 29 '58.9 " N , 11 ° 21' 8.6" E