39 Grodzka Street in Kraków, Medieval tenement house in Grodzka Street, Kraków, Poland.
Dom Wita Stwosza, also called Kamienica Miączyńska, is a corner tenement at Grodzka 39 and Poselska 11. It has an eclectic facade from 1875, when Izaak Gleitzmann added a third floor. The core is a Gothic house built around 1375 by Johannes Habirgeist.
The house was built around 1375 by Johannes Habirgeist. In 1481 the sculptor Wit Stwosz bought it for 300 Hungarian złoty and set up his home and workshop there, where smaller figures of the Mariacki Altar were carved. From 1537 to 1642 it belonged to the Miączyński family, which gave it its second name.
The house takes its second name, Kamienica Miączyńska, from the Miączyński family, who owned it from 1537 to 1642. In 1481 the sculptor Wit Stwosz bought it for 300 Hungarian złoty and kept his flat and workshop there, where smaller carvings for the Mariacki Altar were made.
The building stands at the corner of Grodzka and Poselska streets, on the pedestrian route linking the Main Market Square with Wawel Castle. The eclectic facade and added third floor date from 1875, when Izaak Gleitzmann bought and raised the house, so look up to see that later layer above the older structure.
Wit Stwosz bought the house in 1481 for 300 Hungarian złoty and ran his workshop there, where the smaller figures of the Mariacki Altar were carved. The building is also called Kamienica Miączyńska after the family that owned it from 1537 to 1642.
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