Wulferthaus

View from the northwest

The Wulferthaus is a listed residential and commercial building in the Renaissance style in the East Westphalian city ​​of Herford in North Rhine-Westphalia .

History and description

The gabled hall house on the Neuer Markt in Herford's Neustadt district was built in 1560 for the councilor and businessman Jobst Wulfert . The ornate stepped gable , which is attributed to Johannes von Brachum , was added later, but before 1579. The decorations are attributed to the Lipper Renaissance, similar decorative forms can be found at Hovestadt Castle and Overhagen Castle .

After various structural changes, the Wulferthaus was restored from 1975 to 1979, the hallway and the four-lane windows were restored to their original form. The house has been a listed building since 1981 .

The Wulferthaus forms an ensemble of buildings with the Neustadt town hall opposite .

literature

• Georg Dehio (Hrsg.): Handbook of German Art Monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia, II. Westphalia, 2nd, revised. Ed., Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 437.
• Albert Ludorff : The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia , vol. 24: The architectural and art monuments of the Herford district , Münster iW 1908, p. 55.
• Günter Matuschek: The restoration of the so-called Wulfert House on the Neuer Markt in Herford. From: Westfalen, Hefte für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, Volume 62, 1984, ISSN  0043-4337

Web links

Commons : Wulfert Haus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Georg Dehio (Ed.): Handbook of German Art Monuments, North Rhine-Westphalia, II. Westphalia, 2nd, revised. Ed., Berlin / Munich 2011 p. 437.
2. ↑ stadtfuehrung-herford.de: Wulferthaus
3. ↑ List of architectural monuments in the city of Herford (PDF; 77 kB)
4. ↑ stadtfuehrung-herford.cim: city center map

Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 58.3 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 31"  E