Weierbachhaus
| Weierbachhaus | |
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 The Weierbachhaus in 2014 |
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| Data | |
| place | Eglisau |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Construction year | 1670 |
| Coordinates | 681 978 / 270011 |
The Weiersbach house or Weierbachhus is a half-timbered house in frame construction in Eglisau in Switzerland . The building has been classified as a cultural asset of regional importance and is a listed building . It is a typical building of the Zürcher Unterland and is considered to be "the most beautiful and largest wine-growing house in the region". Today it houses the Eglisau local museum .
history
The baroque building is marked on the southeast gable side with the year 1670, which is the date of construction. It is disputed whether the building originally served as the seat of the Eglisau Castle as the seat of the property administration. It has been handed down that it was inhabited for around 200 years by the well-known Eglisau bourgeois families Bader , Lauffer and Hartmann , who also had their own vineyards and also used the house, which is located directly on Eglisau's vineyards , for viticulture . In 1859 the property was transferred to the master cooper Rudolf Fehr , who ran a workshop there. In 1898 the house was taken over by Ulrich Meier-Fehr. Since he and his sons Jakob and Gottfried worked part-time as grave diggers , the Weierbachhaus was also popularly known as the grave digger 's house. In 1965 the building was acquired by the municipality of Eglisau. The private committee Pro Weierbachhus then campaigned for a renovation that was successfully carried out in 1976/77 with the support of the federal government , canton , municipality and private individuals.
Todays use
The Weierbachhaus now houses the Eglisau local museum . The vaulted cellar and utility room are also used regularly for social events. The municipality of Eglisau also holds weddings in the historic parlor on the first floor of the building .
literature
- Jürg Girsberger: 50 years of the Eglisau local museum, 1958–2008. Eglisau Local Museum Commission, Eglisau 2008.
- Franz Lamprecht, Mario König : Eglisau. History of the bridge city on the Rhine . Chronos Verlag , Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905311-01-1 .
- Christian Renfer: Eglisau ZH. (= Swiss art guide . No. 389). Society for Swiss Art History , Bern 2002, ISBN 3-85782-389-6 .
Web links
- Website of the local museum Eglisau in the Weierbachhaus
- Documentation about the history of the Weierbachhaus on the website of the local museum Eglisau (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- Website of the municipality of Eglisau about the Weierbachhaus
Individual evidence
- ↑ B objects ZH 2018 . Canton of Zurich KGS inventory, B objects, status: 1.1.2018 (the changes for 2018 are marked in blue). In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 31, 2017 (PDF; 473 kB, 17 pages, updated annually, the changes for 2018 are marked in blue).
- ↑ Zurich Monument Preservation. (PDF) 9th report 1977/78 Part I. P. 39 , accessed on February 19, 2015 .
- ^ Franz Lamprecht, Mario König : Eglisau. History of the bridge city on the Rhine . Chronos Verlag , Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905311-01-1 , p. 328.
- ^ Franz Lamprecht: Eglisau (municipality). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ^ Franz Lamprecht, Mario König : Eglisau. History of the bridge city on the Rhine . Chronos Verlag , Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-905311-01-1 , p. 328.