Unschlitthaus

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Unschlitthaus in Nuremberg

The Unschlitthaus in Nuremberg is located in the old town of Lorenz on the east side of the Unschlittplatz . Erected in 1491, it originally served the imperial city as a granary and later as the seat of the Unschlittamt. The monument is a stop on the Historic Mile .

history

The Unschlitthaus was built in 1491 by Hans Beheim the Elder as one of seven "grain bins" for the city. The massive sandstone construction, the elaborate Gothic portal and the openwork Gothic stepped gable are stylistically remarkable . From a structural point of view, it is interesting that the Unschlitthaus was placed in the old city moat and that the construction included the eastern moat wall. 76 skylights provided ventilation for the grain floors in the four-story roof structure.

The warehouse takes its name from the Unschlittamt, which was located on the ground floor between 1562 and 1835 and served as the municipal monopoly authority for Unschlitt and tallow: all butchers had to sell the waste fat here. Until the 19th century, the sledge was of great importance as a raw material for tallow candles, soap, car grease and shoe wax. Between 1839 and 1899 the building served as a school and as a calibration office, and in 1899 the municipal pawnshop moved in.

The northern part of the Unschlitthaus, which was destroyed in the hail of bombs on January 2, 1945, was rebuilt. The southern part of the building including the impressive roof structure has been preserved in its original state.

On the west side of the building there is a wall fountain with the bronze face mask of Hieserlein (around 1400, original in the Germanic National Museum ). The term 'Hiserlein' could refer to the trickle of water from the fountain, but the word 'Hiesel' is also an abbreviation of the man's name Matthias or a term for a simple-minded person in Franconian. In 1974 the well that had been removed 100 years earlier was reinstalled.

In addition to the pawnshop, the Office for Urban Research and Statistics and the Electoral Office are also housed here today .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Fleischmann: Ox and Unschlittamt . S. 775 .
  2. ↑ Ruth Bach-Damaskinos: Hiserlein fountain . S. 450 .
  • Other sources
  1. ↑ Gerhard Hirschmann: The Hiserleinbrunnen . In: Nürnberger Altstadtberichte, Ed .: Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg eV, Issue 1 (1976), pp. 31–38

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Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 10.1 ″  N , 11 ° 4 ′ 20.6 ″  E