Killingerhaus, Timber-framed cultural monument in Idstein, Germany.

Killingerhaus is a three-storey burgher's house at König-Adolf-Platz 7 with a carved timber gable front. An octagonal oriel on a bundle of struts projects over the massive ground floor across both timber-framed upper storeys, topped by a curved gable echoing the main gable. Franconian oriels frame the upper windows, and the carved corner posts and panels carry Renaissance motifs: columns, vine scrolls, candelabra and mask consoles.

Johann Conrad Killing, a clerk, and his wife Anna Margarethe Loeber built the house in 1615, as recorded in a Latin inscription on the facade. The couple remained childless, and the building changed owners repeatedly over the centuries. In 1911 the three-winged Franconian bay window was removed and re-erected on the Höerhof. The city acquired the house in 1916; after World War II it housed the town library and, until 1969, the police station. A thorough restoration took place between 1981 and 1984.

The building shows how residents in this region traditionally constructed and lived in timber-framed homes. You can see the characteristic half-timbered structure that continues to shape the town's character.

The building is located in central Idstein and is part of a walking route through the old town with many other timber-framed structures. Visitors can view it from the outside and examine the crafted details of the facade closely.

The carved mask consoles on the facade reappear with similar features on the Höerhof. The three-winged "Fränkische Erker" was removed from the house in 1911 and has since stood on the bay projection of the Höerhof's first upper floor. A local rumour claims the house was once dismantled in Strasbourg and rebuilt in Idstein, but this is not true.