Altes Steinhaus, Medieval stone building in central Stuttgart, Germany
The Altes Steinhaus was a residential building with extremely thick stone walls and early Gothic windows featuring characteristic pointed arches. During restoration work, a distinctive gable emerged that emphasized the building's Gothic character.
The house was first documented in 1393 and was already an established residential building by then. Around 1440, its owners expanded the property by incorporating the city wall after paying a fee.
The building represented an early form of urban residential construction in Stuttgart, where private homes began to develop independently from religious structures. Its existence shows how the cityscape shifted from purely church architecture to private dwellings.
The original location of the building was Grabenstraße 11 in the city center, but it was demolished in 1953. Visitors can see the salvaged parts, the Gothic portal and windows, in the lapidarium on Mörikestraße today.
What many don't know: the demolition was not a simple decision, but followed the desire to create parking spaces in the center. The cultural losses revealed how modernization and heritage protection were in tension at that time.
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