Listed half-timbered house
It is one of the most beautiful half-timbered houses in the town of Stollberg and the surrounding area. This 18th century town house stands sturdily on a not overly high, terraced level to the left of the Schlossberg, where its steepest slope begins.
The first owner and builder is unknown. However, it must have been an earlier farmstead that belonged to the Hoheneck district. It had a good location, as the cattle market was held on the site of today's Rossmarkt.
The keystone above the entrance is worthy of note. It shows a so-called house mark, along with the initials F. K. and G. of the names of the first owner and builder and the year 1784. This inscription has not yet been interpreted. But one thing is worth knowing: the use of so-called house marks on keystones or beams is quite unusual for our region. So the Königsche Haus is also given a special value by such a small detail as a keystone.
The house has had many owners over the years. Because a later owner named Ernst König was a painter by profession, it was called the Königsmalerhaus.
A hosiery manufacturer moved inin 1893.
It was modernized for the first time in the mid-19th century.
The house has two storeys and a so-called mansard roof. This is slated and hipped and has five staggered dormers. It has 60-centimeter-thick quarry stone masonry on the first floor. The front door and windows on the ground floor have porphyry tuff frames. The half-timbering on the upper floor not only gives the house a friendly and cheerful touch, but also its entire surroundings. One would not want to miss this half-timbering in the streetscape. That is why this house is a listed building
Although the manor house was very elaborately built for the time, the eight families with a total of 28 people living in it in 1947 only had two toilets at their disposal. A 20 to 30-metre-deep rock cellar made of natural stone was probably used for storage and as an air raid shelter during the Second World War. The rock cellar is well tempered at all times of the year and well equipped so that people can stand comfortably in it.
In 1953, according to the building file, an application was made to build a hall above the former stable building for the 30 members of the Stollberg Christian Community "Christians without special confession". The application was rejected and it was not until 1957 that the building was built, with the building authority stating: "It is important that this sect has a room available that is appropriate to its size and ensures that it can be monitored at all times."
The building has been privately owned since 1997 - it was renovated in line with its listed status and largely by the owners themselves.
