Hartliebhaus

The Hartliebhaus stands in the old town of Memmingen, on the northern stretch of Kramerstraße in the historic Welfenstadt. It went up in the second quarter of the eighteenth century. Three storeys rise to a mansard roof. Five to three axes shape the façade, built for affluent citizens with a taste for the modern architecture of their day.

A segmental arch portal opens the ground floor, though modern shop fittings have altered its setting. Two grooved pilasters mark the corners of the ground floor, and pilasters at the edges tie the upper storeys together. The central axis carries a shallow risalit, and beneath the windows the panels stay plain. Only the centre breaks that restraint, dressed in stucco with an alliance coat of arms and palm fronds. The whole house stands protected as a cultural monument.

Step inside and the staircase greets you with simple frame stucco on the walls and slender wooden balusters carrying the railings. The ceiling of the second floor holds a curved stucco frame. A second staircase at the rear repeats those slender balusters.