Photo: architectural monuments, other places, Bütkamp, North Rhine-Westphalia

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Houses on Bütkamp Street in the Old Town of Steinfurt

Architectural Monuments • Other places

There are several interesting buildings on Bütkamp street in Steinfurt. For example, Ackerbürgerhaus is the house of a wealthy farmer who lived in the city and owned land outside the city walls. One of the oldest half-timbered houses in Westphalia - Stadtweinhaus (Wine House) is nearby. Built by Count of Steinfurt in about 1450, the house served as his city residence, and was also used for the reception of guests. Now the building houses Steinfurt’s Public Library.

Bütkamp street in Steinfurt is a sort of mini-reserve for those who like to look at old houses. Special attention should be paid at house №14 - Kornschreiberhaus (the house of grain record-keeper). It was built in the early XVII century, and is presumed to be one of the first three-storey half-timbered buildings in the city! By itself, the house is quite narrow, but its first and second floors are slightly hanging over the ground floor, allowing expansion of the interior space, without departing from the small plot of land. The house was designed by its first owner - a certain Michael Oeglein of Swabia. He was responsible for the collection of taxes and duties from the peasants due to the count. The peasants brought him grain and Oeglein kept a record, hence the name of this unusual building.

Generally, there are many unusual historic buildings in Steinfurt. You should pay attention, for example, to the Huck-Beifang-Haus on Hanenstrasse street. The treasurer of Count Eberhard Huck of Steinfurt, who profitably married, built it as an extension to the house of his wife. The building is decorated with an inscription in Latin, which translates as: "This building was built at the expense of Eberhard Huck. He hopes to go to heaven one day from here ". The family coat of arms - a fishing hook (that is what the name Huck means) and the number 1607- the year of house construction are depicted on the pediment. For a long time the public library in that building. Now it hosts exhibitions.

Houses on Bütkamp Street in the Old Town of Steinfurt

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