Initial construction 1671 (≈ 1671)
House built for Willeman and Bollenbach.
1672
Date engraved
Date engraved 1672 (≈ 1672)
Dated cart door on street.
1913
Major restoration
Major restoration 1913 (≈ 1913)
Louis Keller changes allegories and windows.
13 juin 1929
MH classification
MH classification 13 juin 1929 (≈ 1929)
Registration façades and roofs.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Key figures
M. A. Willeman - Sponsor
Original owner, lion coat of arms.
Erasme Bollenbach - Sponsor
Owner, symbol of the wild man.
Louis Keller - Restaurant restaurant (1913)
Modifia alleged and added carved elements.
Origin and history
The house located at 65 rue du Quatre-Régiment-des-Spahis-Moroccoans in Rouffach is a building from the 3rd quarter of the 17th century, built in 1671 for M. A. Willeman and Erasme Bollenbach. This square house is distinguished by an angular housing and ground chambranles windows decorated with carved roses and lintels. The stylistic similarities with other houses in Rouffach (such as those on the streets of the Schools and the Provost Marshal) suggest the intervention of the same architect or workshop.
The facade features a richly decorated entrance door, with ionic pilasters and grotesque masks, topped by a window at the top of the door. The allegories of the lodge, restored in 1913 by Louis Keller, once bore coats of arms and initials of the original owners: a lion with an axe (symbol of Willeman) and a wild man with a tree (Bollenbach). Two sighs of the cellar were replaced by windows during this restoration.
Ranked a historic monument since 1929, the house illustrates 17th century Alsatian civil architecture, marked by Baroque influences and symbolic carved motifs. Its inscription concerns facades and roofs, thus preserving a rare testimony of the local handicrafts of the period. The original order was repealed in 2025, although this date seems anachronistic (probably a source error).
