Golden Deer House, Cultural monument in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.
The Golden Deer House is a residential building in the spa town of Karlovy Vary featuring late 19th-century architectural design. The structure displays typical stylistic elements of that period and sits among other preserved buildings in the city's historic center.
The original house was built around 1737; its present form dates from 1883, when the exterior was remodeled. It is one of the last surviving timber-framed buildings in central Karlovy Vary. Two neighbouring late-Baroque houses, Gleichenberg and Bienenkorb, were demolished in 2000, leaving only the Golden Deer House, restored between 2015 and 2020 and declared a cultural monument on 2 February 2022.
The house's original name, Goldener Hirsch, survives in German and Czech as Dům Zlatý jelen; no golden deer figure is documented on the facade. Its timber-framed gable, rebuilt in 2015–2020 with traditional clay infill on wooden framing, faces the Teplá valley above Stará louka. It was listed as a cultural monument on 2 February 2022 under register number 106858.
The building sits in the city center and is easy to reach on foot while walking through the historic streets. Since it is a private residence, you can admire and photograph it from the outside but cannot enter.
The house's original German name, Goldener Hirsch, survives in the Czech form Zlatý jelen; no gilded deer figure is documented on the facade. Two neighbouring timber-framed houses, Gleichenberg and Bienenkorb, were demolished in 2000, leaving this the last of the group.
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