Visited:30. 9. 2021
History:This townhouse, although it does not look like it at first glance, was built in the Gothic style sometime during the second half of the 14th century. Over time, the house has undergone Renaissance alterations, and its last major remodelling was in the 19th century, when it essentially acquired its current classical appearance. It is a two-storey brick building covered with a half-hipped roof. The last major alterations were made during the 20th century and the house was renovated after 1995. The house is located in the immediate vicinity of the Hospitaller Church of St John the Baptist, in the core of a Romanesque building built in the late 12th century by the Knights of St John of the Cross. There used to be a hospital near the church and one of the cemeteries of Kadan around it. The church grounds are separated from the house U Ještěřice Orgy by a narrow St. John's Street, paved with cat heads, sloping down to the Ohře River and the Maxips Fík Embankment. During archaeological research in 2010, archaeologists found two ovens from the late 12th century near the house, where bread and probably also hosts for the aforementioned church were baked in the Johannite times. The house apparently burnt down in 1635, when half of Kožná Street was burnt down. The neighbouring house on the opposite side was the demolished U Českého lva inn, which was one of the centres of social life in the Špitálské suburb. At the end of the 19th century, the house U Ještěřice Orgy was owned by the glovemaker Anton Uhlig, whose craft was flourishing in Kadan at that time. The Glove Makers Guild was founded in Kadan in 1785 and their products were sold not only in the Czech, Austrian and Hungarian countries, but also exported to Germany, England and the USA. Kadan gloves also won many awards at the world exhibitions in London (1862) and Paris (1867). Anton Beitl, a farmer, lived in the house with his son Franz, a shoemaker's assistant. On 2 October 1904, during the last great fire in the Špitál suburb, which engulfed Říční and Žatecká streets, the house burnt down. By 1914 Pauline Stöcker was living there, and in 1925 the couple Franz and Marie Horner. In the 1930s, the owners of the house were Rudolf and Luise Klos, who ran a dyeworks and had it rebuilt in 1931 according to a project by the Kadan builder Paul Peter. They also owned the neighbouring house No. 288. In 1945, the house was confiscated by the Czechoslovak state, and in October 1945, the Local Administrative Commission decided that a ghetto would be created in Říčni and Na Příkopě streets for the remaining German population. In 1964, most of the dilapidated houses in Říčná and Žatecká Street, as well as almost the entire Špitálské suburb, were demolished, and house no. 287 was also slated for demolition. In 1965, it was occupied by Mrs Emilie Ulrychová, and the then Communist National Committee expected it to be demolished after her death. However, the house was eventually bought by Ing. Milan Pátek, who gradually reconstructed it.
Source:https://www.pamatkovykatalog.cz/dum-13290527
Impressions:A beautiful townhouse that has been preserved in the Špitálské suburb.
