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The '''Broyhan House''' ({{lang-de|Broyhanhaus}}) is a residential and commercial building constructed in 1576 in [[Hanover]]'s historic old town ({{lang|de|Altstadt}}). It is the second-oldest preserved [[Timber framing|half-timbered building]] in Hanover, and stands on the cellar walls of an earlier building dating to the 14th century.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Hansische Geschichtsblätter |volume=104-105 |location=Lübeck |year=1986 |page=206}}</ref> The house is named after the [[brewery|brewer]] Cord Broyhan who lived in the earlier building from 1537 and who died in Hanover in 1570 before the current building was constructed.{{efn |Cord Broyhan, who had trained in [[Hamburg]], brewed the first Broyhan beer in Hanover at the end of May 1526 in the brewery ({{lang|de|Brauhaus}}) of Hans von Sode at {{lang|de|Leinstraße}}.<ref>{{cite book |first=Rudolf |last=Eckart |title=Aus alten niedersächsischen Chroniken |publisher=C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn |location=Braunschweig |year=1895 |page=224 }}</ref>}}
The '''Broyhan House''' ({{lang-de|Broyhanhaus}}) is a residential and commercial building constructed in 1576 in [[Hanover]]'s historic old town ({{lang|de|Altstadt}}). It is the second-oldest preserved [[Timber framing|half-timbered building]] in Hanover, and stands on the cellar walls of an earlier building dating to the 14th century.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Hansische Geschichtsblätter |volume=104-105 |location=Lübeck |year=1986 |page=206}}</ref> The house is named after the [[brewery|brewer]] Cord Broyhan who lived in the earlier building from 1537 and who died in Hanover in 1570 before the current building was constructed.{{efn |Cord Broyhan, who had trained in [[Hamburg]], brewed the first Broyhan beer in Hanover at the end of May 1526 in the brewery ({{lang|de|Brauhaus}}) of Hans von Sode at {{lang|de|Leinstraße}}.<ref>{{cite book |first=Rudolf |last=Eckart |title=Aus alten niedersächsischen Chroniken |publisher=C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn |location=Braunschweig |year=1895 |page=224 }}</ref>}}

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[[File:Hannover Kramerstraße and Broyhanhaus.jpg|thumb|{{lang|de|Kramerstraße}} and Broyhan House as seen from the market place near the [[Marktkirche, Hanover|Market Church]] in 2020. Left to right: corner house with {{lang|de|Am Markt}} (partially visible); Broyhan House at number 24 {{lang|de|Kramerstraße}}.]]


== Location and description ==
== Location and description ==
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[[File:Hannover Kramerstraße and Broyhanhaus.jpg|thumb|{{lang|de|Kramerstraße}} and Broyhan House as seen from the market place near the [[Marktkirche, Hanover|Market Church]] in 2020. Left to right: corner house with {{lang|de|Am Markt}} (partially visible); Broyhan House at number 24 {{lang|de|Kramerstraße}}.]]
Broyhan House is located at 24 Merchant Street ({{lang|de|Kramerstraße}}) in Hanover's [[Hanover-Mitte|old town]], amidst a row of historic half-timbered buildings just west of [[Marktkirche, Hanover|Market Church]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Ekkehard |last=Oehler-Austin |title=Hannover: Rundgänge durch die Geschichte |location=Erfurt |year=2010 |page=32 }}</ref> Ownership records for the residential and commercial building typical for early Hanover date back to 1428. The majority of owners were merchants ({{lang|de|Kramer}}{{efn |Archaic [[Northern Germany|northern German]] for {{lang|de|Krämer}}.}}) who conducted their trade within the building.
Broyhan House is located at 24 Merchant Street ({{lang|de|Kramerstraße}}) in Hanover's [[Hanover-Mitte|old town]], amidst a row of historic half-timbered buildings just west of [[Marktkirche, Hanover|Market Church]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Ekkehard |last=Oehler-Austin |title=Hannover: Rundgänge durch die Geschichte |location=Erfurt |year=2010 |page=32 }}</ref> Ownership records for the residential and commercial building typical for early Hanover date back to 1428. The majority of owners were merchants ({{lang|de|Kramer}}{{efn |Archaic [[Northern Germany|northern German]] for {{lang|de|Krämer}}.}}) who conducted their trade within the building.


Revision as of 07:18, 6 January 2024

Broyhan House
Native name
Broyhanhaus (German)
IndustryRestaurant
FounderCord Broyhan
Key people
Fritz Budde
Building details
Broyhanhaus (German)
Broyhan House in 2011
Map
Broyhan House and the approximate location of the former 13th-century defensive wall encircling the old town (●)
General information
Location50 m (160 ft) west of Market Church
AddressKramerstraße 24
Town or cityHanover
CountryGermany
Coordinates52°22′18″N 9°44′03″E / 52.371736°N 9.734158°E / 52.371736; 9.734158 Edit this at Wikidata
Construction started1576; 449 years ago (1576)
Websitewww.broyhanhaus.de Edit this at Wikidata

The Broyhan House (Template:Lang-de) is a residential and commercial building constructed in 1576 in Hanover's historic old town (Altstadt). It is the second-oldest preserved half-timbered building in Hanover, and stands on the cellar walls of an earlier building dating to the 14th century.[1] The house is named after the brewer Cord Broyhan who lived in the earlier building from 1537 and who died in Hanover in 1570 before the current building was constructed.[a]

Location and description

Kramerstraße and Broyhan House as seen from the market place near the Market Church in 2020. Left to right: corner house with Am Markt (partially visible); Broyhan House at number 24 Kramerstraße.

Broyhan House is located at 24 Merchant Street (Kramerstraße) in Hanover's old town, amidst a row of historic half-timbered buildings just west of Market Church.[3] Ownership records for the residential and commercial building typical for early Hanover date back to 1428. The majority of owners were merchants (Kramer[b]) who conducted their trade within the building.

Following examination in 1984, the building was restored until 1987. As of 2024, it houses a restaurant in the vaulted cellar and on its first two floors, and residents on the upper floors. Broyhan House is a listed architectural monument.

Literature

  • Wolfgang Frontzek, Günther Kokkelink: Zur Baugeschichte des „Broyhanhauses“, Kramerstraße 24 in Hannover. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter, Neue Folge 39 (1985), p. 135–168
  • Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Hannover Kunst- und Kultur-Lexikon, Handbuch und Stadtführer, 4th edition, zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2007; here: p. 159
  • Tim Hampson: The Beer Book. Cleveland, OH 2008, p. 100
  • Helmut Knocke: Broyhanhaus. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (ed.) and others: Stadtlexikon Hannover. Von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9, p. 86

Notes

  1. ^ Cord Broyhan, who had trained in Hamburg, brewed the first Broyhan beer in Hanover at the end of May 1526 in the brewery (Brauhaus) of Hans von Sode at Leinstraße.[2]
  2. ^ Archaic northern German for Krämer.

References

  1. ^ Hansische Geschichtsblätter. 104–105. Lübeck: 206. 1986. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Eckart, Rudolf (1895). Aus alten niedersächsischen Chroniken. Braunschweig: C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn. p. 224.
  3. ^ Oehler-Austin, Ekkehard (2010). Hannover: Rundgänge durch die Geschichte. Erfurt. p. 32.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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