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Essential Architecture- Hanseatic city of Rostock Krahnstöver |
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architect |
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Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, north-eastern Germany |
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date |
second half of the 15th century |
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style |
Hanseatic Brick Gothic |
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construction |
Brick |
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type |
combined warehouse and dwelling |
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Opening hour: 11-22 h Entrance fees: free the building: First mentioned in the records in 1376, the combined warehouse and dwelling was given its present form in the second half of the 15th century. The mighty seven-axis corbie gable is surmounted by battlements, the central blind openings unite the upper storey windows of the residential apartments and the rows of hatches over four storeys. The low ground floor with its portal and bay windows was restored in about 1930. The adjoining narrow retirement house built of whitewashed brick is late Gothic. Inside there is a large hall with Baroque fittings and furnishings. Seat of the former liqueur manufacturer Kranstöver, now used as a restaurant. |
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links |
Special thanks to www.eurob.org |
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