PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 10
Introduction
House No. 10 was built around 1540 during the town’s peak prosperity. It represents a convincing example of Renaissance urban architecture later enriched by Baroque and modern interventions.
History
Originally conceived as a representative patrician residence, it was enhanced in the early eighteenth century by a prominent Baroque portal superstructure. Nineteenth-century alterations included the insertion of a staircase, while parts of the ground floor retained commercial functions.
Description
The building is a two-storey frontage house with a gabled roof. The façade is horizontally articulated by cornices and decorated with stucco rustication. Above the rectangular stone portal rises a Baroque superstructure with a deep shell niche dating from around 1710. The upper floor features six regularly spaced windows with profiled frames.
Interior
The longitudinal three-tract Renaissance layout is largely preserved. Groin vaults in the ground floor, a vaulted entrance hall and a historic staircase document the building’s development. Fragments of a painted Renaissance façade were uncovered during restoration works.
Heritage Value
House No. 10 represents a valuable monument combining Renaissance foundations with Baroque articulation and later modifications. It testifies to the architectural evolution of a burgher house in a royal mining town.
Photo gallery:
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