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Closius House, Museum of the Urban Civinization of Brassó

Muzeul Civilizației Urbane
Closius House, Museum of the Urban Civinization of Brassó
Muzeul Civilizației Urbane
Muzeul Civilizatiei Urbane Brasov 2009
BogdyBBA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
house
Current function:
museum
Address:
Piața Sfatului 15
Historical Hungarian county:
Brassó
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.6415451921, 25.5891452522
Google map:

History

Until the end of the 19th century, the house at number 15 belonged to the Closius (Closseiler until the 17th century) family of Brassó, of which the most prominent members were: -Martin Closius (1686-1752) town judge, town councillor, magistrate -Martin Gottfried Closius (1715-1770) town councillor, notary -Stephan Closius (1717-1781) town councillor and physician; supporter of the rebuilding of the Black Church -Martin Traugott Closius (1744-1789) pastor, head deacon of the Black Church, headmaster of the grammar school -Georg Stefan Friedrich Closius (1758-1818) land leaser, caretaker; left a fortune of 124 369 forints to his descendants -Stefan Friedrich von Closius (1795-1873) town councillor, archivist In 1873 the Closius family died out, the house was inherited by the previous tenant, the Vlach merchant Dimitrie Eremias (1817-1887), and was owned by his descendants until nationalisation in 1948. In 2009 it was returned to the original owners, who sold it to the county council. In 2009 the museum of urban civilisation was opened here.

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