The Shipper's House in Bremen, Germany is an internationally known monument, named after an owner who was in shipping. He opened a colonial goods store in the ground floor around 1920. The house was registered as an historical monument in 1973 and is located in the oldest district of the Free Hanseatic city of Bremen, named Schnoor. During the last 25 years of the 20th century the house was a private museum. It was an attraction for many, even prominent visitors to the city, such as former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher.
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This house was built in 1630 on the southern bank of the Klosterbalge, a medieval tributary of the river Weser, and expanded in 1750.
Until today the original truss is largely preserved. It is likely that some beams are about 400 years old. In contrast to some other buildings in the Schnoor, the interstices of the truss are filled with stones. The type of construction can be traced back to the economic position of homeowners: Half-timbered houses with clay and straw roof formed the majority for the homes over centuries. Only rich people who could afford used stones and roof shingles.
During the 19 Century the house was an inn with a restaurant on the ground floor and accommodations on the upper floors.
From 1919 until the middle of the 20th Century there was a business for boat supplies, groceries and food products. Then the owner Theodor Dahle turned the ground floor into a reproduction of a historic restaurant. This device was shown around 1975 as a private museum and stayed until the end of 2005 largely preserved.
From September 2007 to January 2009 a shop in the lower two floors offered art and antiques from Bremen and Worpswede space. In order to continue business as an Antiquarian bookseller and antique store during the renovation work, an Internet shop on eBay was created which recorded over a period of five years around 100 000 visitors.
At the end of August 2011 the artist Kyra Roggendorf who previously showed her pictures in the gallery Artemis, Schnoor 15, opened a shop in the ground floor.
In 1878 the innkeeper Heinrich Lohmann bought the house at a price of 7,950 marks.
From 1906 to 1919 the house was owned by a community legacy, which consisted of the following three people there:
From 1919 until 1968 Theodor Dahle was the owner and lived with his wife Johanne Dahle in the upper rooms. In December 2005 the environmental scientist Frank M. Rauch - now living in Lilienthal near Bremen - bought the house and developed a virtual museum.