Eagle-Pharmacy (Stolberg)

The building of the Eagle Pharmacy in Stolberg was built in the 16th century mansion of a copper farm. Later it housed the first of seven country pharmacies of the former district Aachen. The two-storey building is the oldest, built of stone house of Stolberg. Because of its local historical significance of the building is a listed building.

Establishment as Kupferhof

A native of Aachen copper champion Leonhard Schleicher acquired in 1571 a plot of land at the current Castle Road 21, just a few meters from the castle rock and Stolberg Castle. There he built a Kupferhof 1575, which became known under the name " Schleicher's Court ". It was at the time next to the castle is the only stone-built building. The predating wall anchor of this building still exist.

Schleicher's Court was the first Kupferhof Stolberg. His success prompted the Stolberg Castle gentlemen, to allow further copper masters of the settlement. This formed the basis for the creation of a distinctive community Stolberg and for its development into a leading city of the brass industry.

The building remained after the death of Leonhard Schleicher († 1606 ) many years in family ownership. Its importance as Kupferhof went but lost over time.

Use as a land pharmacy

1750 the family sold the house Schleicher. There the first country Pharmacy of Stolberg was established in the same year.

Stefan Hausmann and Johanna Mechtildis

Family home purchased the building and operated a pharmacy, which they gave the name Eagle Pharmacy. While Stefan Hausmann and his mother Johanna Mechtildis had a license for the operation of this device, but they were unable to provide training in pharmacy.

Launched in 1815 Prussian Rhineland pharmacy law meant that the house 's widow was asked in writing on 24 April 1815 either within fourteen days to close their pharmacy or to produce a provisor who could take on that. On September 16, 1815 was finally asked by the governor general's commission to close their pharmacy. The then Mayor Michels mediated by pointing out that the physician Dr. Kortum oversee the sale of drugs. After an intensive search, a native of Maastricht pharmacists should take the eagle pharmacy. A corresponding contract was signed on 18 December 1815.

Whether it came to this change is not clearly documented. Possibly this was short- lived, as the April 16, 1816 Mayor Michels wrote that he supported the setting of the operation due to the bad condition of the home 's pharmacy. He suggested a successor who was not accepted. The decision to replace the previous owner was, but sealed.

Family Welter

On May 20, 1816 acquired pharmacist Gerhard Jacob Welter the concession to operate the pharmacy. For this, he paid twenty Cologne Reichstaler annually. Presumably, he had previously led the pharmacy Isaac Schombarts short time in Eschweiler, whose daughter he married in 1816.

After a short time flourished the business. In 1821 he received a commendation even after a visit by the royal government. 1827, the situation seemed to change, because it was a request from an historic Nideggen pharmacist intends to establish a pharmacy in Kornelimünster. This competition would have the belonging to Welters catchment area approximately 6200 residents offered an alternative. Offensive he put instead the request to be allowed to build itself a branch pharmacy in Kornelimünster.

Welter was able to prevent the establishment of a branch of the competitors from Nideggen, but in 1835 was allowed Joseph Paul open their own pharmacy in Kornelimünster. Welter now stuck in financial problems because of the loss of many sales areas Stolberg brass industry was effective. He was forced to lay off for financial reasons, his assistants, the lower-paid apprentice, he could continue to occupy.

Gerhard Jacob Welter sold on 11 February 1857, the Adler-Apotheke to his son Ludwig Adolf, who had already worked for several years in his father's pharmacy. He paid his father 14,000 Thaler release, later, after the death of his father he had 9500 dollars for interior decoration as well as provide his siblings pay room and board. After twenty years of active service pharmacies Ludwig Adolf Welter passed away unexpectedly on November 5, 1878 of a heart attack. His assistant Anton Jung Boldt took over temporarily the pharmacy, but resigned on April 1, 1880 from. The branch pharmacy in Kornelimünster took Mathias Hubert Sieberichs. Heir and successor in Stolberg should Johann Gerhard Edward Welter be.

Johann Gerhard Edward Welter was the nephew of the late Ludwig Adolf. The direct successor he could not compete at the time of the death of his uncle, as he was only an assistant pharmacist and still had not completed a pharmacy degree. At that time the law allowed it, however, that Johann Gerhard Edward acquired the pharmacy and this was done by Jung Boldt and Sieberichs. A purchase price of 106,500 marks were paid. After Edward had officially taken over the pharmacy, he made ​​some structural changes. There are documents from 1897 that has become too small pharmacy had been swapped out for some time, so she was not always remain in the existing building. On August 3, 1898, the renovations were completed and the pharmacy moved back into the original building of the Eagle Pharmacy.

Hollmeyer Josef and Karl Schwarz

Due to missing heirs sold Johann Gerhard Edward Welter the eagle pharmacy for 260,000 to Mark Joseph Hollmeyer who performed further structural changes in the living area of the building. The division remained unchanged. On 1 October 1928, pharmacist Charles Schwarz Adler-Apotheke. He had already worked 1919-1922 in her and in 1926 became her manager. Karl Schwarz started in 1961 to retire. It was not until September 1, 1971, before the Eagle Pharmacy has been fully closed.

Description

The listed building is now used as a residence. It is a two storey building with a floor area of about 10 x 17 m. The street facade has five windows, the front door is located on the central axis. The window jambs are made of cut stones. At the top of the lintel iron fencing is attached with an eagle emblem above the door on the facade of a gilt figure of an eagle with outstretched wings.

The gable roof is traufständig and also two storeys. In the line of window axes, the roof has two rows of dormer windows. On both sides it is completed with stepped gables.