Mortzenhaus

The Mortzenhaus was one of the best known and largest hamburger town houses of the early modern period. The 1621 built on the Wandrahm in palatial style building was demolished in 1886 during the construction of the warehouse district. The double house that stretched with its outbuildings on the land Wandrahm age 19-23, differed in its design differs significantly from the usual building in Hamburg. The Mortzenhaus is explicitly mapped to some contemporary cityscapes.

Builder of the building

The brothers Jacob and Hans the Younger Moers Moers were among the most hamburgers their time. Jacob Moers, who was like his father of the same name known goldsmith, had created among other parts of the Ausstattaung of Frederiksborg Castle. Hans Moers was a successful businessman, along with his brother, he also worked as an arms dealer. Christian IV was given in 1621 by the city of Hamburg, a diamond ring as a gift, which was given this at Jacob Moers in order. In the combing accounts 1621/22 23 625 marks were noted, the Jacob Moers should get it. Probably a part of the debt of the city was settled with the payment amount for a land in what was then Neuausbaugebiet the city, which was purchased on August 29, 1621 by the brothers Moers. In the same year also began the construction of the building.

Description of the building

The Mortzenhaus was the ground plan an extent of about 30 meters in approximately square building whose outer edges. The three-story building was from the street escape a ten meter wide forecourt, which was originally provided with a wall separated by approximately. The building spanned a rectangular courtyard, lay at the corners in the south every two stair towers, towered over the house. The "front had [ ] of two inputs, which were each flanked by two pairs of windows. To the ground floor ten axes were formed through the portals in the rhythm 2-1-2 - 2-1-2 accentuated. The two located between the portal and home center window stood by closer together than the outer. "

Known owners

Age Wandrahm 20

• Ernst Merck

Age Wandrahm 21

• Johann Hinrich Gossler
• Johann Heinrich Gossler
• Wilhelm Gossler