Eicke's House, Renaissance timber-framed house in Einbeck, Germany.
Eicke's House is a Renaissance timber-framed building in Einbeck with pronounced projecting upper stories on multiple sides. The wooden structure features intricate hand-carved decorations across its facades, showing religious and educational subjects.
Built around 1612 by an unknown merchant, the house was named after Hermann Eicke, who funded its restoration from 1888 to 1894. The facade had been plastered for 62 years before being uncovered in August 1888. Eicke covered part of the cost of the 1902 polychrome paint scheme, which totaled 1316 marks.
The carvings on the facade show the Seven Liberal Arts, planetary deities, the five senses, and biblical figures through female representations. Walking past the building, you read a visual story about what educated people of that era valued and believed.
The building now houses the town's tourist information and the Kulturring, so it is easy to find in the pedestrian zone. The restoration was completed in 2006, and the timber facade was given a linseed-oil finish in 2007/08. The carvings are best seen from the street.
The corner post carries three warrior figures stacked as atlantes, each appearing to support the storey above. The 51 carved corbels and 110 carved heads and masks are easy to miss at street level. The Middle Low German inscriptions between the corbels on the first floor quote Proverbs and Psalm 37.
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