One of the most beautiful half-timbered houses of Stolberg, built in 1535 as a mint workshop, is now the home of the city's Old Mint Museum. Unique in the German-speaking countries of Europe is the almost fully preserved workshop, complete with equipment from the 18th century. The core exhibition is rounded out with recreated functional models as well a look into the history of coins and coinage in Stolberg and Central Germany. The third floor is dedicated to the town history, particularly of the 18th century, as well as to the theologian and peasant leader Thomas Müntzer, who was born in Stolberg in 1489.
The building has a facade asymmetrically designed, with a braid, rare even in Stolberg, which was supposed to ward off evil, and the top storey has inflexed arches. One feature of the building are its polygonal oriel windows, also built in a timber-framed style, being supported on decorated corbels and project out over the eaves of the house. The building is covered with a steeply-pitched gable roof. The main entranceway is designed as a semi-circular arch and has Late Gothic mullions.
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References
Old Mint, Stolberg - Wikipedia
Museum Alte Münze - The Saxony-Anhalt Museum Association official website
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Sent from Hanover (Lower Saxony / Germany), on 19.02.2020
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