Waaggasse (Freistadt)
The Waaggasse is around 200 meters long street in the old town of Freistadt in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel . The alley was laid out when the city was founded in the 13th century and is located within the city walls of the old town .
In the Middle Ages the street was divided into Obere - and Untere Waaggasse . Waaggasse stretches from Pfarrgasse to Heiligengeistgasse . There are 27 houses along today's Waaggasse, 18 of which are listed. In the two great city fires in 1507 and 1516, all the houses in the city were destroyed, including in Pfarrgasse. Due to the city fires, many old documents from the time the houses were built have been lost. Some of the houses were also affected by the fire in 1815.
Listed buildings
Sorted by today's house numbers with details of the former address in brackets in the Middle Ages. These buildings were included in Austria's list of monuments until 2004.
- Corner house Waaggasse 1 / Pfarrgasse 14 (town house, formerly town No. 148 )
A historically preserved town house that was first mentioned in a document in 1537. In the fourth quarter of the 16th century a redesign took place, the late baroque facade dates from 1870/80. Inside, the hall and corridor are equipped with a stitch cap barrel vault. There is a carved Riemling ceiling in the room . The building has been a listed building since 1971.
- Corner house Waaggasse 2 / Pfarrgasse 12 (town house, formerly town No. 125 )
A historically preserved building that was first mentioned in a document in 1403 and has been a listed building since 1971. Large parts are late Gothic, the baroque facade was designed in the middle of the 18th century. Inside there are barrel-vaulted and lance-cap barrel-vaulted hallways. The Gothic cellar has a lined pointed arch portal from around 1500.
- Waaggasse 5 (town house, formerly town No. 146 )
A late Gothic town house that was first mentioned in 1414 and has been a listed building since 1940. There were adaptations in the second half of the 18th century. The facade has a profiled arched portal. Inside, some rooms are vaulted.
- Waaggasse 6 (residential building, previously without house number)
Between 1617 and 1940 the city's weighing house. Around 1719 the building was extended and vaulted, and in 1872 another storey was added. The historically preserved building has a rustikaportal marked with 1617. Inside there are lancet barrel vaults.
- Waaggasse 7 (community center, formerly town No. 145 )
A late Gothic Renaissance town house, which was mentioned in a document in 1485 and has been a listed building since 1940. During the baroque period there were renovations, the stucco facade dates from the third quarter of the 19th century. Inside there is a rich design with vaults, wooden ceilings and Gothic portals from the 15th and 16th centuries. Century. On the upper floor there is a baroque stucco ceiling from the third quarter of the 18th century. The inner courtyard has arcades from the 16th century.
- Waaggasse 8 (community center, formerly town No. 127 )
A partially renewed, late Gothic town house with modifications in the 18th and 19th centuries. On the upper floor there are Renaissance windows from the second third of the 16th century. The barrel vaulted passage has a lined pointed arch portal. The house, mentioned in 1553, has been a listed building since 1971.
- Waaggasse 9 (town house, formerly town No. 144 )
A late Gothic-early modern town house from the first half of the 16th century. It was mentioned in a document in 1525 and has been a listed building since 1985. The facade was changed in the baroque period. Inside there is a rich design with vaults, wooden ceilings and stone.
- Waaggasse 10 (community center, formerly town No. 128 )
A late Gothic town house with baroque modifications. The facade dates from the second half of the 18th century and has a giant pilaster structure. The interior is richly decorated with 16th century vaults and wooden ceilings. The building has been a listed building since 2000.
- Waaggasse 11 (community center, formerly town No. 143 )
A late Gothic town house that was mentioned in a document in 1482 and has been a listed building since 1999. Alterations were made around 1800, and the facade was designed around 1800 (renewed in 1992). The late Gothic, profiled pointed arch window dates from around 1500.
- Waaggasse 12 (town house, formerly town No. 129 )
A historically preserved town house, which was mentioned in a document in 1491. The facade was designed at the end of the 18th century, the rustikaportal in the first third of the 17th century. Inside there is a rich design with vaults from the 16th century and two plastered wooden ceilings with armor trees. The building has been a listed building since 1995.
- Waaggasse 13 (community center, formerly town No. 142 )
A late Gothic town house from the second half of the 15th century, which has been a listed building since 1971. The particularly lavishly designed building has been adapted from the Baroque period and the interior has a rich design with vaults, a rib vaulted hall and Gothic portals from the construction period. The room has a plastered wooden ceiling, one room has a simple baroque ceiling.
- Waaggasse 15 (community center, formerly town No. 141 & 171 )
A mostly renovated house with a late Gothic core. The house, first mentioned in 1480, has been a listed building since 1999. The house served as a brewery until 1724. The historical facade dates from the fourth quarter of the 19th century. The passage through the courtyard has barrel vaults and groin vaults from the 16th century.
- Corner house Waaggasse 16 / Samtgasse 10 (town house, formerly town no.110 )
A three-storey building that was first mentioned in a document in 1479. From the second half of the 16th century to the second half of the 17th century the house was used as a salt box. A new building took place between 1722 and 1727 and from 1727 until the end of the 18th century the house was an officer's barracks. Inside, the rooms and stairwells have vaults and baroque stucco ceilings. The house has been a listed building since 1989.
- Waaggasse 23 (town house, formerly town No. 137 )
A historically preserved town house with late Gothic parts, which was mentioned in a document in 1518 and has been a listed building since 1971. Around 1787 there were baroque redesigns, including the baroque stucco facade. Inside, some of the rooms have vaults from the 15th / 16th centuries. Century. There is a plastered armor tree in the room.
- Corner house Waaggasse 24 / Heiligengeistgasse 3 (town house, formerly town No. 133 )
A historical, late Gothic town house, which was first mentioned in a document in 1397 and has been a listed building since 1993. The building was redesigned in the 16th and 18th centuries and around 1900. The facade has Gothic timber-frame windows from around 1500. Inside there are several vaults from the 16th century, several Gothic portals and a baroque plastered wooden ceiling.
- Waaggasse 25 (community center, formerly town no.136 )
A town house first mentioned around 1525 with changes in the baroque period. On the ground floor there is a lined pointed arch portal from around 1500 and arched windows from the second quarter of the 16th century. Inside some vaults around 1600. The building has been a listed building since 2000.
- Waaggasse 29 (town house, formerly town No. 134 )
A preserved late Gothic-Renaissance building with Baroque alterations in the third quarter of the 18th century. The building, mentioned in 1397, has been a listed building since 1940. The richly designed stucco facade dates from the baroque period. Inside there are vaulted rooms from the 15th century on the ground floor. In the courtyard there are arcades from the third third of the 16th century. The house has been a listed building since 1940.
Monument worthy buildings
These buildings were not yet under monument protection until 2004, but meet the conditions (age, conservation value) to be under protection.
- Waaggasse 4 (community center, formerly town No. 126 )
A house with a historical facade that was rebuilt in the third quarter of the 19th century. Inside there is a shallow barrel vaulted hallway and a cap vault at the rear.
A partially renewed, late Gothic building that was first mentioned in a document in 1383. In 1578 it was a brewery and from 1689 to 1783 a marching through barracks. Changes to the house took place at the end of the 18th century, the baroque facade also dates from this time. Inside there are several vaults from the end of the 15th century on the ground floor. On the courtyard side there is an arcade from the second half of the 16th century.
- Waaggasse 17 (town house, formerly town No. 140 )
A late Gothic town house that was first mentioned in a document in 1505. Changes were made in the 16th and 18th centuries. Inside the hallways are barrel vaulted. The windows and portals have late-Gothic garments, the room has a plastered wooden ceiling with an armor tree.
- Waaggasse 27 (town house, formerly town No. 135 )
Mostly historically preserved building that was first mentioned in a document in 1397. The facade is marked with the year 1819. In the entrance there is a lancet barrel vault from the end of the 16th century.
literature
- Federal Monuments Office Austria (Ed.): Dehio - Upper Austria Mühlviertel . Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85028-362-5 , page 181ff
- Fritz Fellner: List of monuments 2004 , provided by the Castle Museum
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Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 42 ″ N , 14 ° 30 ′ 14 ″ E