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Hirscher House, House of Merchants

Hirscher House, House of Merchants
Merchants House Brasov 2009
Elena Chochkova, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
commercial building
Current function:
house
Settlement:
Brassó, Brașov
Address:
Piața Sfatului nr 14
Historical Hungarian county:
Brassó
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.6416856997, 25.5893268301
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History

The house, built in 1545, was the largest building in the town at the time and reflected the commercial power of Brassó. Apollonia Hirscher, the widow of Lucas Hirscher, the former town judge of Brassó, offered 8,000 gulden to build a commercial centre, or bazaar, where local guilds could display their wares. The building suffered extensive damage from repeated fires, but was restored to its original appearance in 1960. Tradition has it that the daughter of the widowed Hirscher Apollonia died unexpectedly, buried by her mother with a conspicuous amount of jewellery. She had been robbed at night and when the robbers wanted to cut off her finger for her fancy ring, she woke up. Her mother had the house built to commemorate the happy event.

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