History
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The Gothic figure of Mary with the Child from 1514 – on the corner of the house at Markt 20 – gave the historic building its name. Almost 400 years ago, the “House of Mary on the Corner” was already mentioned in local lists. The history of the corner ensemble dates back to the 14th century. At that time, the first inn in Pirna stood on this site, which later became a mint and brewery, then a bakery and, from 1942, a hot mangle.
Today, this gem on the north-eastern side of Pirna’s picturesque market square, which has been renovated in line with its listed status, shines in new splendor. During the elaborate reconstruction of the inn with its medieval cross vault and its wall and ceiling paintings, great importance was attached to preserving the many small details from the long history of this building.
Source: “Das Haus zur Maria in Pirna” by Dr. Flachs on 30.10.1927
1233
First mention of Pirna in a document of Bishop Henry of Meissen
Around 1300
one of the most important philosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages, Johannes Duns Scotus, stays at the first inn in Pirna – today’s “Restaurant Babicka”.
1569
Johann Schumann is the first known owner of the inn. In the 1569/70 inventory, it is listed at 32 groschen.
1581
According to purchase book H 187 b, on August 25, 1581, the honorable and well-respected Mattes Otto buys the house and farm from the virtuous Mrs. Dorothea Schumannin, his current wife, for 2800 guilders.
1591
Hans Nacke acquires the Gasthof am Markte for 2550 guilders.
1603
Petermann’s chronicle reports: “In 1603, a possessed man came to take from Styria to Pirna to Hans Nacken’s inn and from there to Andreas Bartzschen, the black dyer, where through diligent prayer of the clergy at 10 o’clock at night the Evil Spirit with God’s help have been exorcized.” The priest describes this exorcism Nikolaus Blume from Dohna in his print from 1605.
until 1609
the Erbgasthof, as it is called in the purchase register M 404, is owned by the renowned Pirna sculptor Michael Schwenke.
The owner Gottfired Wildgruber gets into financial difficulties. His creditors sell the inn, including the rear building on the market square, to Elector Johann Georg I, who establishes a mint in it – it is the great tipper and wipper period (until the end of 1622).
The Elector sells the “Münzhaus zu Pirna” to the mint master Hans Heinrich Jacob in Dresden for 1800 Reichstaler. This gives the buyer the right to brew 6 beers instead of the 5 beers previously held.
The mayor of Pirna, Johann Heinze, the new owner of the “Münzhaus”, leaves the already 100-year-old Maria at the height of the 1st floor to the corner of the building.
1631
The electoral Brandenburg stone factor Heinrich Promnitz buys the house. Until 1795 – over 150 years – the house remained in the possession of the a respected Pirna family. Heckel’s chronicle (1739) notes at the report on the 1639 (during the Swedish siege) in Mayor Promnitzen’s house on the Flachsmarkt: “Back then, his pear tree was still standing…”
1750
It says: “In front of this house stood a pear tree by the front door, which was called the Pirna landmark, but which Mr. Commissioner Promnitz (Philip Heinrich Promnitz, who died in 1743) had cut down.” This pear tree can still be found in Pirna’s coat of arms today. The Haus zur Maria is the most valuable house in Pirna at this time: “…is indisputably the most valuable in the town, to the extent that 6000 thalers have already been offered for it.”
1785
The General-Accis-Obereinnehmer Christian Friedrich Scheibner acquires the property for 2000 Taler.
1810
it says in the Pirnaische Wochenblatt: “…the corner house of the merchant Friedrich Gotthelf Meißner junior” – called the Marien-Meißner.
1813
From 11/12.9. and 18-21.9. Emperor Napoleon lives in the house: “On September 11, several officers, soldiers and train returned from Bohemia in the afternoon, and towards evening the news arrived that Napoleon would be moving his headquarters here. The house of the younger merchant Meißner at Markt no. 286 was furnished for him, and everything was not yet ready when he came down the market in the bustle of his guards and numerous companions.”
1850
The master white baker Karl Gottlob Braune from Hoyerswerda buys the property and also runs a bakery.
from 1942
Until the 1990s, there was a hot ironer on the first floor of the building at Markt 20.
May 2012
Ceremonial opening of the “Marieneck” after extensive refurbishment in keeping with its listed status
