Old Brauhaus Rietkötter

Old Brauhaus Rietkötter, Bochum

The Alte Brauhaus Rietkötter is the oldest preserved residential building in Bochum.

The half-timbered house was probably built after the Bochum town fire in 1581. It is documented that beer was already brewed at this place in 1645. In the 17th century, the pastor's family, Ostermann, was to have lived, from which Heinrich Johann Friedrich Ostermann (1686-1747), a Russian vice-chancellor, was responsible. For protection against fire, the old half-timbered house was plastered in 1777.

In the Second World War the house survived the 150 bomb attacks on Bochum. Only the cultivated brewery from the 19th century became a victim of the bombs in 1943.

In addition to the air raids, many Bochum half-timbered houses have also fallen victim to inner city restoration (1930s Grabenstraße, 1980s Gerberviertel). Thus, this house, in which the last Bochumer cowherd Fritz Kortebusch is often drunk, also belongs to the few buildings that recall the former farmhouse on Hellweg. The city of Bochum took it into the Denkmalliste in 1986. Edit the source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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