Brodhaus

The Brodhaus (Bread house) is a half-timbered house at the market in Einbeck.

• 1333: Augustine monk Henricus donates the prior building at this site in his testament to the bakers' guild.
• 1540, 26 July: Destruction of the prior building in great city conflagration.
• 1552: Reconstruction of the current building as guild hall of the bakers' guild.
  • Low Saxon (plattdüütsch) inscription on the front rafters:
    • "This is the will of God and the eternal life: You believe in Jesus Christ who was send by the father."
    • "Don't damnate, so that neither you shall be damnated, because in the same manner you damnate, you shall be damnated, and with the same measurement you measure, you shall again be measured."
  • At the jetty toward Muensterstrasse is a "Neidkopf" (jealousy head), probably intended to fend off and deflect jealousy and ill feelings.

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  Brodhaus
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  Low Saxon inscription
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  Low Saxon inscription
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  Neidkopf (jealousy head)
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  side of building (Muensterstr)