Hauptstrasse 46 (Volkach)
The house at Hauptstraße 46 (formerly house number 191) is the oldest baroque building in the Lower Franconian town of Volkach . It was built as a winery for the Würzburg Juliusspital and today houses the Max Müller I winery .
history
The history of the house is closely linked to that of the Würzburg Juliusspital. It was built in the second half of the 16th century in the diocese metropolis of Würzburg by the then Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn for poor and sick care. The bishop endowed the hospital with several freedoms. The Juliusspital succeeded in uniting large vineyards in the diocese of Würzburg, which were managed by individual farms in the surrounding areas. A so-called Freihof with barn was soon built in Volkach .
The winery was built in 1692, as evidenced by an inscription on the current building. In 1698, the Juliusspital added an extension to the building. The Juliusspital gave its Freihof as a fief to various Volkach citizens. In 1713 Ortwein Schelf had the house, which included several vineyards and some animals. Ortwein Schelf died before 1730; his widow continued to own the winery. She had to pay 947 guilders in taxes.
In 1736 Johann Philipp Ackermann is proven as a fiefdom holder for the Juliusspital. Perhaps he bequeathed the building to his sons; Georg Adam Ackermann owned two thirds of the building in 1771. A few years later, in 1778, Georg Friedrich Breunig was sitting there. In 1803 he is proven to be the owner of the “Julierspital” house. Breunig was probably also bailiff of the hospital, as such he was named in 1811. After his death, a bailiff Hofmann took over the winery. In 1823 Hofmann's widow was sitting in the estate.
Another influential citizen of the city held the fiefdom of the Juliusspital in 1828. It was the medical officer Franz Christoph Rothmund who was appointed professor in Munich in 1843 and honorary citizen of Volkach in 1873 . His son August von Rothmund was born in the house. He also became a well-known doctor. At that time the house had a cellar with a wine press, a fruit parlor, a pigsty and a courtyard. The doctor had to hand over a so-called manual wage to the Julius Hospital as a replacement for manual and clamping services .
After the landlord was replaced in the 1830s and 1840s, the winery could be bought by private individuals. The couple Philipp and Katharina Schedel were the first to move into the stately building. They bequeathed the winery to their son Kaspar, whose widow was still there in 1897. In 1899 a wine wholesaler moved into the premises again . They were divided between the owners Schedel and Hagenauer.
In 1911 Ludwig Schedel, son of the wine wholesaler Schedel, inherited the house. He probably also took over the father's business and ran a wine trade on the premises. Ludwig Schedel still owned the house in 1950, but it already housed the Max Müller winery . In 1984 the son of Max Müller, Michael Müller, bought the house. The winery is listed as a monument , and it is also part of the Volkach Old Town ensemble. Underground remains are listed as ground monuments .
description
The courtyard of the Würzburg Juliusspital is the oldest baroque building in Volkach's old town. It is the model for the splendid Schelfenhaus and the winery of the Würzburg prince-bishops in the upper main street. An inscription in a heraldic cartouche above the gate indicates the year of construction and the client. It reads: "DAS / IULLI.W./ SBITTAL / Anno / 1692". The winery presents itself as a two-storey, eaves-standing mansard roof house .
It was equipped as a so-called transit house with a large gate entrance. On the outside, the individual floors are divided by cornices . Further decorations are the typical baroque window frames with ears and a diamond-coated keystone . The vaulted cellar refers to its use as a farm and winery. In the 18th century the courtyard was redesigned, before an interior renovation made some alterations undone in the 1990s.
literature
- Gerhard Egert: City and Parish Volkach am Main (A contribution to the city's history). Part I. The urban territory from the beginnings to the end of the Old Kingdom in 1803 . Würzburg and Volkach 1964.
- Günther Schmitt: House chronicle of the city of Volkach as a mirror of the bourgeoisie. From the end of the 17th century until today (Volkacher Hefte vol. 19) . Volkach 2017.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Egert, Gerhard: City and parish Volkach am Main . P. 52.
- ↑ Schmitt, Günther: House chronicle of the city of Volkach . P. 153.
- ↑ Schmitt, Günther: House chronicle of the city of Volkach . P. 152.
Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 1.7 ″ N , 10 ° 13 ′ 34.1 ″ E