Široká No. 73
Description of the Building:
A one-storey house with a neo-Classical front, divided by three
window axis, from 1884. The entire complex is created by the main
building which faces the street and a building in the back. They
are linked by a courtyard. The house in the yard has also one
storey.
Architectural and Historical Development:
The house was newly built in an adjusted street line in 1884, on a
site of a former older building. The rear building was built one
year earlier.
Significant Architectural Features:
Preserved neo-Classical facade.
History of the House Residents:
The house, standing formerly on the site of today's house No. 73,
was originally a private malt house. In the 1550s it was changed
into an inhabitable house with the first known owners, the
Platzmiks. It was handed down among their descendants until 1595.
At the end of the 16th century the house belonged to a maltster Jan
Beham, who was succeeded in 1621 by another maltster, probably his
relative Ondřej, written Böhemb. In 1628 a tanner Řehoř lived there
and three years later a baker Hans Pigl. Another baker, Michal
Klinger, owned it from 1639 - 1655. Then it belonged to a hatter
Řehoř Havel, but even in 1658 a cooper Hans Wallisch lived in the
house, followed by Marie Wallisch. Then it was owned by a baker
Karel Barth for just one year. A shoemaker Baltazar Strimb moved
there in 1668. From 1698 a court marshal Tomáš Meltzer stayed in
the house. In the 18th and 19th centuries various Krumlov burgesses
of different profesions lived there.
Present Use:
On the ground floor is a shop with decorative plants and
haberdashery Galant, accommodation Kalkušová. On the upper floor is
the flat of the owner.