Old Mint, Stolberg

The Old Mint is a Grade II listed half-timbered house in Stolberg ( Harz), Saxony- Anhalt. In the building of the Stolberg museum is housed Ancient coin. It is located at the address Niedergasse 19

History and Architecture

The magnificently decorated half-timbered house was built in 1534 or 1535 from Stolberg citizens and mint master Kilian Kessler. It then served over the years as a coin, Berglehnsamt, District Court, Princely Stolberg- Stolberg Consistory and local history museum. Larger restorations took place in 1843, 1990/91 and most recently in 2004. After the renovation of 2004, it was reopened as a museum Ancient coin.

About a solidly built ground floor three timber floors, whose facade is asymmetrical charge. The two top floor collar before each further. In the highest floor are arched curtain window. The building is characterized by a polygonal bay window. The well -built timber-framed bay window rests on ornate consoles and yet rises above the eaves of the house also. The building is covered by a steep gable roof. The gateway is designed as a round arch and shows a late Gothic truss profile. Overall, the house is 23.5 m high, 18 m wide and 14 m deep.

The stock thresholds are provided with double ship throats. Are located on the parapets subjects rosettes, the beam heads have clearly elaborated profiles. On building the inscriptions found on days with Kiliani gots help court and Laus Deo ( German: Praise the Lord ). At the front there is also a rarely occurring in Stolberg braid, which should ward off evil. There you will find more variety of decorations, including a heart pierced by an arrow. The windows are designed as typical of Stolberg eight- pane window.

Museum

On the ground floor there is a historical Münzwerkstatt that recalls the centuries-old tradition of coinage in Stolberg. The production of coins is shown with functional equipment in all production stages from precious metal ingots to finished coin. At certain times a balancing is still dominated during a demonstration workshop. In the upper floors of exhibitions for born in Stolberg peasant leader Thomas Munzer and a theologian and chronicler time Fox, the writer Johann Gottfried Schnabel, the history of Stolberg region as well as the house of the old coin itself