Villa, Architectural heritage monument in Sommerach, Germany.
Villa Sommerach is a two-storey, two-winged hotel building on Nordheimer Strasse at the edge of Sommerach's old town. The main wing has a half-hipped roof, and all windows have eared frames. A 16th-century barn with stepped gables adjoins the building.
The building received official protection status as a heritage monument under Bavaria's classification system with registration number D-6-75-169-42. This designation recognizes its architectural value to the region.
The house was long known as Hehns-Haus after mayor Kaspar Hehn, whose family lived there until the 1970s. The Fegelein family shaped it for generations: Johannes Fegelein leased it in 1668 and bought it in 1679, and Michael Fegelein had it baroquised around 1750.
Villa Sommerach stands at the edge of Sommerach's old village core on Nordheimer Strasse, on the Weininsel. The two-storey building with its adjoining 16th-century barn is a listed monument (D-6-75-169-42) and now serves as a hotel, so the interior is generally seen as a guest rather than on a public tour.
The barn adjoining the villa dates from the 16th century and has stepped gables; over the following centuries it was repeatedly used as a stable rather than for storage. During the last renovation, stucco ceilings and medallions with leaf ornament or biblical scenes, including the prophet Elijah in the so-called Fürstenzimmer, were uncovered.
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