Built in 1612, the Eicke House in Market Street is the timber-framed house with the most important ornamental wood carvings in Einbeck and has an exceptional position. Today, the Tourist-Information and the KulturRing heave their seat in this building.
The building owner had a pictorial programme added on 42 panels to two façades. On the entire house façade, you may admire numerous late Renaissance wood carvings of the planet gods, the seven liberal arts, the virtues, the Muses, the five senses as well as Jesus Christ and the four evangelists. For instance, symbolic images of the five senses (face, hearing, smell, taste and sense) are displayed as female figures. Furthermore, you may discover the planet gods (Moon, Venus, Sun, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Mars) and the liberal arts (Grammar, Music, Arithmetic, Rhetoric, Geometry and Dialectic) as well as the Muses (Happiness, Lyric Poetry, Singing, Mime, History and Dance). Also, if you take a closer look, you will also find the four Apostles (St. Matthew, St. Paulus, St. Matthias, St. Andrew) as well as Christ and the four Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John).
Further to the Old Latin School in Alfeld, this town house is one of the buildings with the largest preserved pictorial programme in norther Germany and it counts as a monument of special national and cultural historic importance since 2001.
But, who was the owner of this magnificent building? Probably a wealthy and educated merchant – that is the only thing that is known. After its completion, the building often changed owners. Its name “House of Eicke” reminds of the haberdasher and wool merchant Herrmann Eicke. He bought the splendid timber-framed building in 1877 and, for more than 60 years, the building housed his laces, embellishments & Co. business.
Since 2002, this timber-framed jewels belongs to Foundation The House of Eicke. The foundation was created to gather funds for the necessary renovation to put the house back into use. The house was restored until 2006 and repaired from a static point of view. Structural engineers, archaeologists, architects, monument preservationists, conservationists and more than 40 trades worked for four years to restore the house’s stability and have it shine in new splendour. The numerous, previously coloured ornamental wood carvings were returned to its wood-coloured status and refined with linseed oil and waxes. With a great festival for its citizens, Einbeck inaugurated the Eicke House on 3rd September 2006. The foundation received the German Award for Timber-Framing for the restoration work around the project “The Eicke House” in 2009.
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The building owner had a pictorial programme added on 42 panels to two façades. On the entire house façade, you may admire numerous late Renaissance wood carvings of the planet gods, the seven liberal arts, the virtues, the Muses, the five senses as well as Jesus Christ and the four evangelists. For instance, symbolic images of the five senses (face, hearing, smell, taste and sense) are displayed as female figures. Furthermore, you may discover the planet gods (Moon, Venus, Sun, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Mars) and the liberal arts (Grammar, Music, Arithmetic, Rhetoric, Geometry and Dialectic) as well as the Muses (Happiness, Lyric Poetry, Singing, Mime, History and Dance). Also, if you take a closer look, you will also find the four Apostles (St. Matthew, St. Paulus, St. Matthias, St. Andrew) as well as Christ and the four Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John).
Further to the Old Latin School in Alfeld, this town house is one of the buildings with the largest preserved pictorial programme in norther Germany and it counts as a monument of special national and cultural historic importance since 2001.
But, who was the owner of this magnificent building? Probably a wealthy and educated merchant – that is the only thing that is known. After its completion, the building often changed owners. Its name “House of Eicke” reminds of the haberdasher and wool merchant Herrmann Eicke. He bought the splendid timber-framed building in 1877 and, for more than 60 years, the building housed his laces, embellishments & Co. business.
Since 2002, this timber-framed jewels belongs to Foundation The House of Eicke. The foundation was created to gather funds for the necessary renovation to put the house back into use. The house was restored until 2006 and repaired from a static point of view. Structural engineers, archaeologists, architects, monument preservationists, conservationists and more than 40 trades worked for four years to restore the house’s stability and have it shine in new splendour. The numerous, previously coloured ornamental wood carvings were returned to its wood-coloured status and refined with linseed oil and waxes. With a great festival for its citizens, Einbeck inaugurated the Eicke House on 3rd September 2006. The foundation received the German Award for Timber-Framing for the restoration work around the project “The Eicke House” in 2009.
Find more information on Timber-framed City.
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Openings
The House of Eicke may be viewed from the outside at any time. During opening hours of the Tourist Information (refer to POI) it is possible to have a look inside and see the ground floor.
Price info
You may admire the Eicke House from the inside during Tourist-Information opening hours (ground floor).
Eligibility
Bad Weather Offer
Suitable for any weather
for Groups
for familys
for individual guests
Suitable for the Elderly
for Children of all Ages
Suitable for Pushchair
Other Furnishing/Equipment
Children Entertainment Corner (indoors)
Barrier-free access
Payment methods
free of charge
Accessibility
Travel for Everyone
Travelling for everyone
Tourist Information Einbeck was evaluated by a certified auditor in July 2020 and awarded the certificate "Barrier-accessibility audited" by the inspection body for being partially barrier-free for people with impaired mobility.
It is possible to access the Tourist Information without stairs via a ramp (may. 6% inclination, total length 6 m). All doors for guests are at least 90 cms wide. Assistance dogs are permitted. The room is bright and glare-free. Name and logotype of the Tourist Information are clearly visible from the outside. The next barrier-free toilet facilities are at approx. 80 m from the Tourist-Information at the Sparkasse.
Tourist Information Einbeck was evaluated by a certified auditor in July 2020 and awarded the certificate "Barrier-accessibility audited" by the inspection body for being partially barrier-free for people with impaired mobility.
It is possible to access the Tourist Information without stairs via a ramp (may. 6% inclination, total length 6 m). All doors for guests are at least 90 cms wide. Assistance dogs are permitted. The room is bright and glare-free. Name and logotype of the Tourist Information are clearly visible from the outside. The next barrier-free toilet facilities are at approx. 80 m from the Tourist-Information at the Sparkasse.
Hygiene and infection safety measures
Distance control
Notice signs
Adequate ventilation
Heed the hygiene instructions
Limited access
Regular cleaning and disinfection of surfaces, door handles and handrails
Protected checkout area
Provision of skin-friendly soap
Providing mouth-nose coverage
Mouth-nose covering compulsory
Directions & Parking facilities
By public transport:
You may walk to the historic Market Square from Einbeck central train station in approximately 10 minutes (800 metres). Cross at the traffic lights in direction to the ZOB (Einbeck central bus station) and continue on the street Dr.-Friedrich-Uhde-Straße to the parking lot Möncheplatz. Follow the street Lange Brücke directly into the pedestrian precinct. Cross Market Square, pass Market Church on the left side and, behind the shop HC Parfümerie, turn left into the street Marktstraße. After approximately 100 metres you will reach the Eicke House.
You may walk to the historic Market Square from Einbeck central train station in approximately 10 minutes (800 metres). Cross at the traffic lights in direction to the ZOB (Einbeck central bus station) and continue on the street Dr.-Friedrich-Uhde-Straße to the parking lot Möncheplatz. Follow the street Lange Brücke directly into the pedestrian precinct. Cross Market Square, pass Market Church on the left side and, behind the shop HC Parfümerie, turn left into the street Marktstraße. After approximately 100 metres you will reach the Eicke House.
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