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Großer Speicher

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The Großer Speicher was a historic patrician courtyard complex in the northwestern old town of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, its houses grouped around a square inner courtyard between the former streets of Rosengasse and Rotkreuzgasse. Dutch immigrant Franz de le Boe bought the property in 1585 and rebuilt it between 1587 and 1590 in the High Renaissance style, making it the earliest documented civic building in Frankfurt to adopt that style. The complex was altered in the 1860s, and its surviving remains were carefully demolished during redevelopment of the old town in the 1930s under plans to rebuild it elsewhere that never went ahead because of the Second World War. The former Federal Audit Office now occupies the site, and some architectural fragments survive in municipal depots. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Timber-framed house 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Frankfurt, Germany 3
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1301 2
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
House 2
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Has Building Type

House, Concepts

In Style

Renaissance Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Großer Speicher (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Großer Speicher (Wikipedia)
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Located In

Germany

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Source Großer Speicher (Wikipedia)
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1. Großer Speicher (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Großer Speicher was a historic patrician courtyard in the north-western old town of Frankfurt am Main. The houses, grouped around a roughly square inner courtyard, were located to the west on Rosengasse (from 1918 Schüppengasse) and to the east on Rotkreuzgasse, both of which are no longer existing parallel streets from and between Großer Hirschgraben and Kornmarkt.
  • Uses Element: Timber, Article text
    The timber-framed upper floor, overhanging at a sharp angle from west to north similar to the street side, had five neoclassical rectangular windows.
  • In Style: Renaissance Architecture, Lead
    At the end of the 16th century, a Dutch immigrant rebuilt the courtyard complex, which can only vaguely be dated to the Gothic period, in High Renaissance style.
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2. Großer Speicher (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1301)
    Wikidata item Q1549007, inception (P571): year 1301
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Timber-framed house)
    Wikidata item Q1549007, instance of (P31): timber-framed house
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3. Großer Speicher (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 415853): Frankfurt, Germany
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 415853): Frankfurt, Germany
Wikidata item Q1549007, property P131/P17 (location): Frankfurt, Germany
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