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OSWALD HAFENRICHTER’S HOUSE
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Oswald Hafenrichter’s House
Accessible to the public only during operating hours of the businesses residing here.
House No. 9 was one of the three houses which surrounded Cheb Square in the place of the Horse Market. The oldest known owner of the house is Johann Walburger who lived in it during years 1531–1545. The house owner who was the most active in the town administration was Paul Trage who was a councillor of the town of Cheb in the external community of the town council in 1612–1629 and then in 1630–1632 he was a member of the town court of law. The burger house with a timber-framed gable preserved a Gothic character until 1867. The house was entered in the north front face through a pointed portal with a shaped edge into the main room in the front of the ground floor (“Maßhaus”), vaulted by a cross vault to the central pillar. The deep plot of land reaching all the way to the town wall revealed its Middle-Ages origin. The house was largely demolished in 1867 and then rebuilt by the plans of Adam Haberzettl. The builder utilized his favourite style drawing on the Gothic style enriched by a number of Renaissance elements (especially the main cornice). The sizeable face was separated rhythmically by avant-corps with semi-columns joining two floors and crowned by stepped attic gables. The building was divided into two individual house number units during the reconstruction, with No. 8 on the corner of Šlikova and Svobody streets built by Adam and Theresia Kreuzinger. A number of small shops with haberdashery and fabrics, clothing and shoes were located on the ground floor, as well as a laundry and a toy shop with mostly Nuremberg toys (Karl Weichesmüller). Anton Böhringer operated his famous bookstore and Hans Böhringer his antique books store here in the 1920s. The building which formed a whole block was demolished partially in 1939 (No. 8), to allow the modern house of Rudolf Stanka to grow there. A clock and jewellery shop, as well as a bookstore were located on the ground floor after World War II.
Authors of the text:
Zbyněk Černý – Karel Halla – Hana Knetlová
Literatura:
Zbyněk Černý – Karel Halla – Hana Knetlová, Que procedit. Historie pěší zóny v Chebu / Geschichte der Fussgängerzone in Eger, Město Cheb 2010, s. 45-49
Owners:
1531–1545 Johann Walburger
1546–1560 Johann Walburger’s widow
1561–1565 Franz Brunner
1566–1577 Clemens Ludwig
1578–1590 Peter Stobitzer
1591–1595 Peter Stobitzer’s widow
1596 Peter Wilhelm
1597–1610 Peter Wilhelm’s widow
1611–1631 Paul Trager
1632–1637 Paul Trager’s widow
1638–1657 Paul Trager’s guardian
1658–1679 Georg Adam Eberhard
1680–1695 Helene Eberhard
1696–1739 Helene Eberhard’s heirs
1740–1758 Maria Rosina Haintzmann
1868–1893 Oswald and Maria Hafenrichter
1893–1934 Eduard and Maria Lederer and their heirs
1934–1946 Hermine Fischer and Emma Hermine Kaessmann
1946–1949 National administration
1949 Town of Cheb
Design:
Adam Haberzettl
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