Vogtshaus (stones)

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Vogtshaus in Steinen - side view

The Vogtshaus ( Alemannic Vogtshus ) in Steinen is a broken and sandstone building with a stair tower and a stepped gable , the oldest parts of which were built in 1553. A major renovation took place in 1593/94. Since the builder was the village governor at the time, Bastian / Jakob? Haller, it was considered the oldest known “town hall” in Steinen. It is also the oldest surviving house in the center of Steinen and a rare monument of bourgeois living culture in the Markgräflerland before the 30 Years War . Today it serves different purposes .

history

Bastian Haller, who was involved in setting up a stone berain as village bailiff in 1571 and was in office until his death in 1597, could be the owner of the older house from 1553 . The owner of the redesign in 1593/94 is assumed to be the village governor of Steinen, Jakob Haller, whose coat of arms can be found in the spiral staircase. The Haller family from Steinem can be traced back to 1585 and over 9 generations. Jakob Haller succeeded his father Bastian as Vogt. He was married three times and died in 1610. The family held several public offices in the community (Vogt, staff holder = deputy of the Vogt, judge, etc.).

In the villages of the Markgräflerland , the bailiff's house was often referred to as the Vogtshaus - it was not an official building erected by the rulers. The office of bailiff often remained in the hands of a family for generations, but it was not hereditary, rather the bailiff was elected by the local population (men with citizenship in the community) and confirmed by the sovereignty. So over time there were different Vogtshouses in each village and it is left to chance for which house the name was retained through history or, as in the case of Steinen, was revived. It was only in connection with the discussion about the preservation of the house in the 1980s that the building, previously disparagingly known as the “knight's castle”, was called the “Vogtshaus” again.

Building description

Coat of arms of Vogtes Jakob Haller and his wife in the spiral staircase of the Vogtshaus in Steinen

The building stands in the old town center of the village of Steinen (today's Eisenbahnstraße 3) on its busy thoroughfare. The house consists of three wings . Originally (1553) two buildings stood next to each other with the gable facing the street and were separated by an eaves lane . During a comprehensive renovation in 1593/94, the two houses on both sides of Traufgasse were combined into one building. A new roof structure was laid parallel to the street, the rear part of the building retained the old roof structure. The entire new building had an angular floor plan. In the corner of the two components, a tower with a spiral staircase made of sandstone was added as the third wing of the building in 1594 , which at that time extended into the attic. Two upper floors rise above the ground floor, which has no basement. On each of the upper floors there was an arcade with a toilet , which was connected to a pit. It was "a luxurious toilet facility for the time."

The ground floor was used to run a butcher's shop . This was the job of Bailiff Jakob Haller, which he documented through multiple images of butcher's axes in the house. On the ground floor of the rear building, the Bailiwick's office was probably housed, the walls of which were paneled. On the first floor there was a room that could be heated with a tiled stove, two chambers and the kitchen. The room layout on the second floor - with the exception of the kitchen - corresponded to that of the first floor. The rear wing on the second floor was not divided and probably served as a meeting room.

24 stonemason's marks were found, which were probably made by stonemasons from the Strasbourg building works .

Wall painting

Wall painting in the Vogtshaus stones

In the large room on the second floor facing the street, a large mural was exposed under several layers of paint , which covers the upper half of the north wall and the northeast corner. It is believed that the painting was part of the construction of 1533. In the foreground of the picture you can see two female figures in Spanish costume. The figure on the right of the viewer has sword and scales in his hands and represents the conciliatory Justitia , while the figure on the left represents the executing Justitia, who holds a sword and a severed head in his hands. It is questionable whether the city should represent near Basel in the background . The representation of Justitia suggests that the room was once an office in which the bailiff met. The high or blood jurisdiction was certainly not exercised here, but by the regional court at Rötteln Castle.

In addition to this large wall painting, other paintings were uncovered in a large number of places. "In the corridors the doors to the stair tower were framed with illusionistic architectural painting and rope." There was also: "An elaborate design of the visible half-timbering with rich banding in red, gray and ocher."

Uncertain continuity

After the implementation of the community reform in 1975, there were considerations to upgrade the center of the center of the new large community of Steinen. A redevelopment area was designated according to the Urban Development Act. In 1984 and 1985, the first demolition measures were carried out in this redevelopment area, which also affected a neighboring house.

The Vogtshaus was still used as a residential house until 1983 - due to the lack of maintenance, it was last for socially disadvantaged residents. In the community it was derisively called a knight's castle . Visually, it was hardly noticeable in the townscape, as it was halfway covered by another building on the street side. Neither the standard work by Franz Xaver Kraus on Baden art monuments nor the local history by Ernst Friedrich Bühler mention the building. The house was left to decay. The property owner, who was also the owner of the neighboring property, requested a demolition permit, which was also supported by the municipality.

The Landesdenkmalamt spoke out against the demolition of the Vogtshaus, but the regional council of Freiburg disregarded this and approved the demolition. Citizens von Steinen appealed to the state parliament's petitions committee against this decision . However, the committee came to the conclusion that the maintenance of the house could not be expected of the private owner. The municipality turned down an offer to buy the property. However, the committee ordered that demolition documentation of the house had to be drawn up before demolition.

The order for the expert opinion was given to Johannes Cramer , who carried out the scientific inventory from May to July 1985. In addition, from July to September 1985 the citizens' initiative Rettet das alten Steinen and other citizens formed a support group Vogtshaus Steinen eV , which advocated the preservation of the house and mobilized the public. As a result, the demolition permit was revoked as new research results showed the house as a cultural monument of national interest. Today it is registered as a cultural monument of supra-local importance in the monument book of the state of Baden-Württemberg . The revocation of the demolition permit resulted in legal disputes that only ended in 1988 with the purchase of the property by the Förderkreis. The purchase price of 250,000 DM made up the smallest part of the financial commitment. At the end of 1988 the clearing and security work began and on October 1, 1989, the building permit for redevelopment and renovation was granted. In 1996 the measures were completed. The renovation costs of around 2 million DM exceeded the estimates by around 0.5 million DM, which were taken over by the German Foundation for Monument Protection in 1993 . In addition to the monetary and material donations of DM 340,000 mobilized by the support group, grants were granted by the state and the district.

Todays use

General

An inn has been operating on the ground floor since October 1994. The first floor is to be rented permanently privately, while the second floor can be rented temporarily for civil weddings and subsequent aperitifs . In addition, the rooms can temporarily be used as exhibition space with approx. 100 square meters.

Exhibitions

The following is an incomplete list of exhibitions that were held in the Vogtshaus:

  • 2008: Painting exhibition Renate Schmidt, Schönau; Watercolors and acrylic paintings
  • 2009: Painting exhibition Waldemar Dinkat, Steinen
  • 2012: Photo exhibition "150 Years of the Wiesentalbahn"
  • 2013: Photo and postcard exhibition 900 years of stones

literature

  • Rolf Hans Brüderlin: The Vogtshaus in Steinen. In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/1997, pp. 49–57 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  • Förderkreis Vogtshaus Steinen eV: The Vogtshaus in Steinen. In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/1996, pp. 40–44 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  • Johannes Cramer : A demolition documentation and the consequences - the house at Eisenbahnstrasse 3 in Steinen. In: Johannes Cramer (editor): Building research and preservation of monuments , Stuttgart 1987, pp. 131–140
  • Annemarie Heimann-Schwarzweber: The Vogtshaus in Steinen - a house description. In: Badische Heimat. Vol. 66 (1986), pp. 183-188
  • Fritz-Martin Edelmann: The Vogtshaus in Steinen. In: Badische Heimat. Vol. 66 (1986), pp. 188-191

Web links

Commons : Vogtshaus Steinen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Schwarzweber p. 183
  2. ↑ Schwarzweber described it in 1986 as "unique". In the meantime, a somewhat older house in Eimeldingen has been partially explored. Sophie Stelzle-Hüglin: The “Schlössli” in Eimeldingen. Archeology and Building History In: Das Markgräflerland, 1/2005, pp. 5–28; Digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  3. ↑ see Schwarzweber p. 188
  4. ^ Ernst Friedrich Bühler: stones. Chronicle of a village. Published by the municipality of Steinen, printer Brothers Weber, 1982, Lörrach, p. 38 and p. 42
  5. ↑ see Horst Hänßler: Family tables of old sexes. In: Ernst Friedrich Bühler: stones. Chronicle of a village. Published by the municipality of Steinen, Gebrüder Weber printer, 1982, Lörrach, pp. 391-391-408, here: p. 393
  6. ^ Ernst Friedrich Bühler: stones. Chronicle of a village. Published by the municipality of Steinen, printer Brothers Weber, 1982, Lörrach, p. 382
  7. ↑ see Christian Martin Vortisch: The historical offices in the state and self-government of the Upper Margraviate. In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 1/1984, pp. 73–74, digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  8. ↑ see Brüderlin p. 51
  9. ↑ see Cramer p. 136
  10. ↑ see Schwarzweber p. 186
  11. ↑ Cramer p. 136
  12. ↑ see Cramer pp. 135-135
  13. ↑ see Schwarzweber p. 185
  14. ↑ see Schwarzweber p. 186
  15. ↑ see Schwarzweber p. 187
  16. ↑ Cramer p. 137
  17. ↑ Cramer p. 137
  18. ↑ Urban Development Act - legal text
  19. ↑ known as the Lederer House ; see also photographs in Gerhard Schaum: Stones in Pictures - the day before yesterday, yesterday and ... , 2011
  20. ^ Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden . Tübingen and Leipzig, 1901, fifth volume - Lörrach district; Pp. 47-49 online
  21. ^ Ernst Friedrich Bühler: stones. Chronicle of a village. Published by the municipality of Steinen, printer Brothers Weber, 1982, Lörrach.
  22. ↑ Bühler only mentions the coat of arms stone on p. 42 of the old Lederer / Ritterburg house, and p. 322 suggests that an inn was operated there around 1600.
  23. ↑ see Edelmann p. 188
  24. ↑ see Schwarzweber p. 184
  25. ^ Förderkreis Vogtshaus Steinen eV: The Vogtshaus in Steinen. In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/1996, p. 40 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  26. ↑ Homepage Förderkreis Vogtshaus Steinen eV
  27. ↑ see Edelmann p. 189
  28. ↑ see § 12 para. 2, no. 2 of the Act for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of the State of Baden-Württemberg (DSchG BW)
  29. ↑ Flyer of the Förderkreis Vogtshaus Steinen eV; pdf accessed on September 11, 2019
  30. ^ Förderkreis Vogtshaus Steinen eV: The Vogtshaus in Steinen. In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/1996, p. 42 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  31. ^ Pizzeria Casa Ana Maria in Vogtshus
  32. ↑ Martina David-Wenk: A friendly picture of the world. In: Badische Zeitung of October 12, 2009; accessed on September 10, 2019
  33. ↑ Entry on the community's homepage

Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ′ 35.7 "  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 22.6"  E