Dům čp. 14 House

Welcome to the beautiful Štramberk. Right now, you're standing in front of the house with the number 14, which stands in the southeast part of the local square. If you look at it, you'll see a brick ground structure with a classic saddle roof that naturally fits together. It's a place that, at first glance, seems calm and steady, but its history is much more dynamic than you could imagine. Stop for a moment and feel the atmosphere of this corner of the city, which is now a protected part of the city conservation.

Now let's look deeper into the past together to understand how this form of the building happened. Historical records introduce us until the year six hundred fourteen, when a certain Václav Kovář is listed as the owner of this place. Imagine what this place looked like in the seventeenth century. At that time, there was not a brick building that you see today, but there was a garbled house. Wooden buildings were common at the time, but they were at great risk. This is also demonstrated by the records of the year six hundred seventy-six, which carefully registered the owners in the grunt book.

If we move forward in time, to the year seven hundred seventy-one, we can imagine that Ignac Baar was based in these walls, who was at that time a member of the city. It is fascinating to think that this place served as a meeting place for people, where the fate of the locals intermingles with a cup of beer or wine. But a key break in the form of a house came in the middle of the nineteenth century. In the year eight hundred and fifty-five, a devastating fire broke through the city. It was at that time that the original blasphemous house burned down. That was the moment when it was decided that the new building would be marveled to be safer and more fire-resistant. Around the year, eight hundred and fifty-five so formed a building in the form you see before you. Later, in the year eight hundred and eighty-nine, the house was owned by Ferdinand Raška and his descendants who kept it for generations to come.

Now pay attention to the architecture itself and look carefully at the details that are right in front of you. Note the shield facade above all. It's the dominant element of a house that gives it character. Look at the lizen frames, which are the vertical protruding passports on the facade that optically divide the wall and give it a rhythm. This is accompanied by fine stucco ornaments, which are proof of the craftsmanship of the 19th century builders. Although we do not know exactly who was the architect of this building, it is clear that he wanted to create something elegant and representative.

When you go around the house or look at it from the side, notice one very practical detail. The building stands on low suspicion. Why is that? It's because Štramberk is a city of hills and slopes. This suspect serves to balance the slope terrain so that the house can stand straight even in naturally oblique landscape. It's a stealth but important technical element that shows how people have adapted to nature in the past.

The contrast between the wooden past and the stone presence is interesting. It's a story about rebirth from ashes. Imagine the noise and chaos of the year, eight hundred and fifty-five, when the flames swallowed up the wooden walls, and then the slow process of building the new walls that stand here today. This house is not just an ordinary building, it is a monument to survival and stability, which is today registered in the Central List of Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic.

Now that you know the story of house number fourteen, I suggest you observe it quietly for a while. Feel how the lizen frames and stucco details shine in daylight and how the building sits firmly on its suspect in this mountainous terrain. He is a silent witness to the centuries of Štramberk history, from Václav Kovář to Bosnian Baar to the family of Rašek.

This concludes the stop at this house. I hope you enjoyed this brief insight into history. Now I invite you to continue to explore other beautiful corners of Štramberk and discover other secrets of this picturesque city. I wish you a pleasant walk and a wonderful experience on your next discovery. Goodbye.