Zehntenscheune - Büsserach, SO, Switzerland
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
N 47° 23.385 E 007° 32.361
32T E 389764 N 5249511
The 14th century barn building in the center of Büsserach was used for the tithe and as prison.
Waymark Code: WMTV7J
Location: Solothurn, Switzerland
Date Posted: 01/09/2017
Views: 6

EN: The three-storey building next to the church of Büsserach was built around 1350. It served to store the tithes for the monastery Beinwil, which owned the jurisdinction of the bailiwick from 1295 until the early 16th century.

The peculiar entrance with the canopy on the upper floor was used for the grain.

Some of the rooms were also used as prison cells by the bailiffs.

DE: Das dreistöckige Gebäude neben der Kirche von Büsserach wurde um 1350 erbaut. Sie diente zum Lagern der Zehnten an das Kloster Beinwil, das seit 1295 bis im frühen 16. Jahrhundert die Vogteirechte über das Dorf hatte.

Der eigentümliche Eingang am Obergeschoss mit dem Vordach wurde für das Getreide verwendet.

Einige Räume wurden von den Vögten auch als Arrestzellen genutzt.

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Address:
Oberdorfstrasse 6
Büsserach, SO Switzerland
4227


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