Kájovská No. 54
Location:
Kájovská No. 54
Description of the Building:
Two story corner house with painted Renaissance frontage belongs
among the most interesting monuments of the historic centre of
Český Krumlov. It is basically a late Gothic building which
underwent a general reconstruction in Renaissance style in the
third quarter of the 16th century. There are noteworthy richly
painted facades with decorated and figurative motives. Both
frontages are expressive in the town interior.
Architectural and Historical Development:
The house core has its origin in the 14th century. It seems that
there were two smaller buildings at the place where the current
house stands. Around 1580 there was a profound Renaissance
reconstruction. A brief description has been preserved from 1600.
It describes four rooms, four chambers, four vaulted rooms
(probably in the groundfloor), two cellars, two stables for nine
horses and a malt house with a brewery. The malt house and brewery
were probably situated in what is today house No. 53, which
belonged to the house No. 54. The house part by Široká street was
was raised with an upper floor probably in the 17th century. A
relatively important reconstruction dates back to 1800-1802, when
the floors and interior were adapted. Documentation describing
these adaptations has been preserved up to now. Renaissance
wallpaintings were discovered in 1952 and then restored by Vladimír
Terš.
Significant
Architectural Features:
The whole house is valuabledue to the fact that it illustrates the
complicated development of an eastern part of Široká street and the
area Na louži (on the puddle). It is extremely remarkable also for
its details. Very valuable Renaissance wallpaintings are the
products of craftsmen working for Wilhelm von
Rosenberg in the Český
Krumlov State Castle and Chateau. There is a remarkable western
frontage with painted figures looking out of the windows. Also
significant are Gothic vertical constructions and Gothic fragments
on the level of cellars and ground floor. One of the most
significant monuments of Gothic architecture in town is the
entrance space to the cellar on the left from the entrance leading
to the yeard, with a stone vaults and small Gothic window called
"with the nun". On the first floor, there is a remarkable
Renaissance square space with crossed vaults and strong ctenoids on
its sides The room is situated above the place in the groundfloor
which belongs to adjacent building No. 53. There are also
interesting shop windows in the groundfloor part of frontage with
oval stucco window decorations.
History of the House
Residents:
Although the original building which used
to stand here before a grand-scale reconstruction was considerably
older, the first mention of its residents dates from the beginning
of the 16th century. In that time the house was a property of
maltster Mikuláš. He was replaced by his son Tomáš, also a
maltster, who stayed here from the 1540\'s ti 1560\'s. Tomáš,
called Tomandl Na louži was a town councillor in the 1530\'s and
40\'s. After Tomandl´s death his son Filip Nuss, a Rosenberg
officer, lived in the house and after his death widowed Voršila
married Florián Ronner who overtook the house. The house was
already considered to be something extraordinary at that time, and
the price proves it. For example in 1640 Hans Taupergar sold
"Ronner ´s house" with all the stables and brewery to Stefan
Reichart for very expensive price of 1000 threescores of groschen.
Also at the beginning of the 19th century the house was valuable.
Between 1801 and 1802 its price increased from 2,263 to 4,000
golden coins. The house was a property of town manager and
tradesman Simon Stifter in that time. In the 18th century the house
was probably a seat of soap boiler craft, but in the 19th century a
brewery was mentioned here. Another significant year 1756 reminds
us of the house separation as a detached building with current houe
No. 53. From the 1540\'s a Rosenberg regent Jakub Krčín z
Jelčan is supposed to be the owner of the building. This theory
is mentioned in all the historic and tourist books, but in fact the
the house has nothing common with Jakub Krčín.
Present Use:
There is a restaurant "Fisherman\'s bastion" in the groundfloor and
its saloon.