Dům čp. 5 House

Welcome to Štramberk, where history is inserted into every stone and every wooden beam. Right now, you're standing in front of a house with number five, which is a solid and important part of the local monument reservation. If you look at it, you'll see a building that has layers of centuries in it. It's where the craft tradition meets the architectural taste of different times. Currently, there is a small domestic brewery in these walls, which gives the whole place a special, cozy atmosphere. It is a building that is not just an ordinary house, but is officially registered in the Central List of Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic, which shows its value to all of us.

Now let's go back in time together to understand how this object evolved. Imagine you're standing in this same place, but it's six hundred and fourteen. It is this year that the first written record of the owner of this house, which was a man named Pavel Honka, comes from. At the time, the house looked quite different than you see it today. There were no walls, but there was a typical grafted structure made of wood that was common at the time. The plastered houses spoke of simplicity and proximity to the nature from which the material was taken. Over time, however, the needs of the people have changed and the appearance of the house with them. The wood gradually retreated to stones and bricks, so the construction was converted into a masonry that gave it greater stability and resistance to time.

Now pay attention to the architecture itself and to what you see right in front of you. Look carefully at the front of the house. What you are seeing today is the result of the adjustments of nine hundred and twenty. During this period, the facade was adapted to the appearance of Czech novobarok. Note the details that are typical of this style. Novobaroko tried to revive the pomp and playfulness of an earlier baroque, but with a modern feeling. The facade has thus acquired its specific character, which dominates the entire appearance of the building and gives it some nobility that contrasts with its original grafted history. It is fascinating to think that beneath this elegant brick layer is the memory of an old grafted house from the beginning of the seventeenth century.

When we talk about the people who lived here, we can't miss a year of seven hundred seventy-one. At that time, Martin Baar became the owner of the house, which was known in the town as a beanbag town. Imagine what life was like in this house. The Shenkovnik was a person around whom people gathered to share news from the surroundings and where socialism was cultivated. It is very symbolic that the house that once belonged to the beaner again serves to produce and sell beer as a city brewery. The history of this is closed to the circle and the tradition of hospitality in this house persists for hundreds of years.

Allow me to interest you now in one interesting thing concerning the very layout of the building. If you look at the overall composition, you may not realize that the house has undergone a very interesting change in the mid-nineteenth century. At that time, this house was connected to the neighboring house using a floor. What is truly remarkable, however, is the style of this connecting element. The floor was brought out in empirical style, which was the direction that brought to the architecture a cleaner line and inspiration from the ancient. So imagine this fascinating blend of styles in one place: from the original grafted structure to the Empire connection to the neo-Baroque facade. It's like reading a book about the history of architecture where each chapter is represented by a different building element.

This building shows how the city of Štramberk evolved. It's not just a static object, it's a living organism that's adapted to new times. From Pavel Honka to Martin Baar to today's craft breeders who maintain tradition here. The fact that the house is registered as a cultural monument reminds us that it is important to protect these traces of the past so that they can tell their stories to future generations.

Now that you know the story of house number five, I suggest you take a moment in silence to perceive the atmosphere of this place. Notice how the neo-Baroque elements of the lams with the surrounding environment of the monument reservation. You may be tempted by the smell of the brewery, which reminds you that history is not only in stones, but also in tastes and crafts.

I wish you a pleasant continuation of your trip Štramberk. Explore other narrow streets and discover the secrets that these beautiful little towns hide within themselves. Thank you for your attention and I wish you a beautiful day of new discoveries. This concludes the stop at the city brewery and now you can follow other historical clues.