To the imperial orb
The house Zum Reichsapfel or Zur Sonne is a half-timbered house in the old town of Wetzlar . The building is located in a dominant place in urban development at the southwestern end of the Kornmarkt. For artistic and urban planning reasons, it is a protected architectural monument , and it is also part of the entire historic old town .
The three-storey half-timbered house was built in 1607 and restored in 1981. It served as a brewery and restaurant in the 19th century; today it is a residential building.
description
The half-timbered structure of the house is decorated in a variety of ways, the window bay facing the Kornmarkt is particularly striking: The corner posts are designed as columns with foliage, roughened and scaled nodes and profiled diamond friezes between volute scrolls, which are also surrounded by vines. The middle stand is decorated with the eponymous plastic orb . In the left parapet there is a stylized sun disk, which is why the house was also called "Zur Sonne".
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Zum Reichsapfel In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
Web links
- City of Wetzlar: House Zum Reichsapfel
Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 16.4 " N , 8 ° 30 ′ 11.2" E