Haus Sauvigny, Brilon
Facts and practical information
The Sauvigny House is a listed house at Steinweg 3 in Brilon.
According to an inscription in the keystone of the garden-side cellar entrance, it was built in 1752. The master builder was Johann Matthias Kitz from Hesse. It was built for the tradesman Adam Eberhard Ulrich.
From Peter Ulrich, the great-grandson of the builder, the house passed to his sister Caroline, who had been married to Joseph Sauvigny, a tax councilor from Jülich, since 1833. In the middle of the 19th century, the Royal Prussian Post Office was located on the first floor of the house. The changing station for the stagecoach horses was located in the associated stables.
The house is a two-story plastered quarry stone building with sandstone elements and slated, hipped pitched roof with many roof houses. The interior layout and parts of the furnishings have been preserved to this day. A coach house and a stone farm building complete the property. In the garden at the back there is a pavilion with a baroque slate hood.
A well-known resident of the house was the mayor of Brilon, Josef Paul Sauvigny. He was the grandfather of Friedrich Merz. Another was Friedrich Kasimir Kitz, son of the master builder. On October 27, 1813, Jérôme Bonaparte, former King of Westphalia, stayed here overnight on his escape from Kassel.
A drawing of the floor plans is preserved in the possession of the Sauvigny family.
3 SteinwegBrilon
North Rhine-Westphalia