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Inscriptions of Ulm

Beautiful House

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There are many beautiful houses in the world and even in Ulm but there is only one - at least in Ulm - whose historical name is "Beautiful House". And as it is decorated with an inscription, it will be described here.

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Photo Ulm: beautiful house

General view

Photo Ulm: beautiful house Belgrad painting

Belgrad Painting

   

Photos: Hans-Rudolf Hower, 2012

Photo Ulm: inscription of the beautiful house

Inscription

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Inscription

Original Text (in German and Latin)

Das

Schöne Haus
unter den Fischern

zierte schon seit dem Jahre 1717 ein
Gemälde, das die Stadt Belgrad
darstellte. Der Zunftmeister Johann
Matthäus Scheiffele ließ das Bild
anbringen zur Erinnerung an die
Truppentransporte der Ulmer Schiff-
leute auf der Donau im Zeitalter
der Türkenkriege (1664 - 1718). Sein
Sohn und Nachf[ahre] Johann Jakob
Scheiffele ist im Okt. 1745 Meister
auf dem Leibschiff d[es] Kaisers Franz I.
und der Kaiserin Maria Theresia
während d[er] Reise von Ulm nach Wien.

Renovatum anno dom[ini] 1954

Hermann Ruckh d.Ä.

Translation

Already in 1717, the

Beautiful House
Among the Fishermen

was decorated with a painting
that represented the city of Belgrad.
The guild master Johann
Matthäus Scheiffele made install
the picture in commemoration of the
troop transportations made by the Ulm
boatmen on the Danube in the era of
the wars against the Turks (1664 - 1718).
His son and successor Johann Jakob
Scheiffele is master on the personal
ship of the emperor Francis I
and the empress Maria Theresa
in october 1745, during their
journey from Ulm to Vienna.

Renovated in the year of the Lord 1954

Hermann Ruckh sen.

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Comment

To facilitate the reading, I have extended the abbreviations of the inscription to the full text in my transcription, putting the added letters in brackets.

The name of this house comes from its beauty and from the fact that it is situated in the fishermen's quarter of Ulm. In earlier times, the house seems to have been particularly beautiful among the surrounding fishermen houses because otherwise there would have been no reason to call it "Beautiful House". Nowadays there are many other beautiful houses in the fishermen's quarter, which has become a famous touristic attraction.

Formerly, fluvial transportation was an important profession in Ulm but little by little it lost most of its importance as the barges were bigger and bigger and the water of the Danube became too shallow for them. Additionally, passenger transportation was more and more limited to occasional touristic trips.

During the 17th and 18th century, fluvial troop transportation to the theaters of war against the Ottoman empire was much quicker than any other method and it allowed for transportation of many soldiers at once. As the Turkish territories were situated downstream, they could be reached quickly but the return voyage was a long and heavy work.

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Bibliography

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Notes

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Munich, Bavaria and the Black Forest
(Lonely Planet Country & Regional Guides)

A guide to southern Germany.

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Bavaria
(Cadogan Guides)

A specialized guide to Bavaria.

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Internet

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Content / Subjects

Zwei Städte - ein Lebensraum (Two Cities - One Vital Space)

Shared site of the municipalities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm (German language).

Ulm

In the English Wikipedia.

Encyclopaedic article on the city of Ulm.

City map of Ulm

By Google Maps.

Zoomable city map of Ulm.

Ottoman wars in Europe

In the English Wikipedia.

Encyclopaedic article on all the wars the Ottoman empire waged in Europe.

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

In the English Wikipedia.

Encyclopaedic article on this emperor of the Holy Roman empire.

Maria Theresa

In the English Wikipedia.

Encyclopaedic article on Francis I's wife.

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Arrival by Public Transport

For the arrival in Ulm, see Inscriptions of Ulm.

Exiting the Ulm main station, take the pedestrian subway just in front of you and continue straight ahead in the pedestrian street but take the first street to the right. Go down to the Blau brook and follow it into the fishermen's quarter. Go thru it downstream. Just before arriving at the riverside city wall you should see the Beautiful House on your right.

Indications concerning the arrival correspond to our personal knowledge or even experience, but we cannot assume any responsibility for their rightness. When you are reading this page, things may have changed in reality.

Hans-Rudolf Hower, 2012

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