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Buildings at 11 Rue Mercière in Strasbourg dans le Bas-Rhin

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine urbain
Immeuble
Maison à pan de bois
Bas-Rhin

Buildings at 11 Rue Mercière in Strasbourg

    11 Rue Mercière
    67000 Strasbourg

Timeline

Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1268
First mention of an apothecary
1298-1300
Reconstruction after fire
1466
Destroyer fire
1497
Unification of buildings
1598
Purchase by Albrecht Wessner
1635
Name *Zu guldinen Hirsch*
1713
Expansion by Spielmann
1936-1937
Historical monument classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

Heinrich Philippi - Apothecary and Founder First member of the dynasty managing the schoppe.
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini - Resident in 1432 Personality living in the house.
Albrecht Wessner - Owner in 1598 Unify the three existing buildings.
Jacques Reinbold Spielmann - Professor of Medicine Give classes on the first floor.
Famille Spielmann - Dynasty of apothecaries Permanent owners from the 17th century.

Origin and history

The pharmacy of the Cerf, located at 11 rue Mercière and 10 place de la Cathédrale in Strasbourg, finds its origins in a first mention in 1268, where an apothecary settles facing the cathedral. A fire ravages the neighborhood in the same year, resulting in the reconstruction of the stall between 1298 and 1300. The Philippi family, powerful and influential, ran apothecary until 1398, with members in political positions such as Stettmeister or senators. The house, rebuilt after a new fire in 1466, became a home for personalities like Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini in 1432.

Over the centuries, the house underwent several major transformations. Between 1467 and 1469, a reconstruction enlarged the building, while in 1497 two adjoining houses were assembled to form a decorated commercial space. In the 16th century, works strengthened the corbellation and unified facades, notably under the impetus of Albrecht Wessner in 1598. The pharmacy, named Zu Guldinen Hirsch ("In Golden Deer") in 1635, became permanent under the Spielmanns, an apothecary dynasty that further expanded in 1713.

In the 18th century, the pharmacy also hosts the courses of Jacques Reinbold Spielmann, a professor of medicine of which Goethe was a pupil. Despite a decline in the late 18th century and threats of destruction in the 19th century for unsanitary reasons, the building was preserved. It was listed as a historic monument in 1936-1937, and was registered in 2000 as a symbol of its heritage importance and its history related to the medicine and trade of Strasbourg.

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