House à Vendenheim dans le Bas-Rhin

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Origin and history

The house at 5, rue du Lavoir in Vendenheim (Bas-Rhin) is an emblematic building of Alsatian architecture from the 4th quarter of the 16th century. Built in oak wood, it has three sides of corbels and keeps a door lintel engraved with the date "1570", making it the oldest farm dated in the commune. Its status as a historic monument, registered in 1981, was repealed in 2015, without the sources specifying the reasons for this decommissioning.

The house, typical of the Alsatian rural houses of the Renaissance, illustrates the local construction techniques of the period. The mention of a dated lintel suggests a desire to perpetuate the memory of its construction, perhaps linked to an easy owner or to a significant event for the community. The rue du Lavoir, where it is located, evokes by its name a historical domestic or artisanal activity, common in the Alsatian villages before industrialization.

The repeal of its classification in 2015 questions the evolution of the criteria for heritage protection or any work that has altered its authenticity. The available sources (Wikipedia, Monumentum) do not detail the modifications suffered by the building, but its exact address (5 rue du Lavoir) and its Insee code (67506) confirm its anchoring in the urban fabric of Vendenheim, near Strasbourg. No information is provided on its current accessibility or possible reallocation.

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