Pellerhaus, Renaissance merchant house in Nuremberg, Germany
The Pellerhaus is a Renaissance merchant house in Nuremberg featuring a reconstructed courtyard with two-story galleries positioned above ground-level arcades. The building preserves original 17th-century walls at street level while its upper sections were rebuilt in 1957.
Martin Peller commissioned the building around 1602 and lived there from 1625 to 1629 with his family. The Peller family maintained ownership until 1828, after which the property changed hands several times.
The name Pellerhaus comes from Martin Peller, who bought the Groland property in 1600 for 6,290 guilders and had it rebuilt from 1602. A relief of St Martin of Tours on the third floor of the front facade alludes to his first name. The Peller family lived in the house until 1828.
The building has housed the German Games Archive since 2013, a center dedicated to gaming history and culture. Check ahead of your visit as opening times and exhibitions may vary depending on the season.
The preserved ground-floor entrance hall is divided into nine bays with Gothic ribbed vaults, and the stair tower and cellar also survived the 1944-45 bombs. The courtyard arcades rest on octagonal pillars. The 1955-57 building by Fritz and Walter Mayer won the 1952 reconstruction competition for Egidienplatz.
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