Reg.Nr. 92/G/008

"Großes Haus an der Rems", Waiblingen

Restoration and conservation of an important and listed half-timbered house in Waiblingen. Today the house serves as an architectural and urban history museum. The existing timber-framed house is one of the few surviving secular buildings inside the walled city of Waiblingen. In ...
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Project details

Title:"Großes Haus an der Rems", Waiblingen
Entr. year: 1992
Result:Diploma
Country: Germany
Town: Waiblingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Category type: architectural heritage
Building type/ Project type: residential building
Former use:Dwelling house, craftsman house, workshop
Actual use:Museum
Built: 16th century
Architect / Proj.leader: Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Wetzel und Josef Faiss , Building Authority of Waiblingen
The Jury's citation: "Für die unter bestmöglicher Schonung der alten Bausubstanz vorgenommene Restaurierung eines dem Verfall nahen, bedeutenden Fachwerkbaus"
GPS:48°50'3.3"N 9°18'59.4"E
Web, Links:

www.waiblingen.de/de/Die-Stadt/Kultur%2BTourismus/Haus-der-Stadtgeschichte

Description:
Restoration and conservation of an important and listed half-timbered house in Waiblingen. Today the house serves as an architectural and urban history museum. The existing timber-framed house is one of the few surviving secular buildings inside the walled city of Waiblingen. In the old town of Waiblingen lies the Weigärtner Vorstadt, formerly occupied by wine grower was originally the seat of tanner. The architecture was secured in the present condition and reconstructed. The substantive focus of each space refers to the part on their function and with the house and the city related story Craftsman.