1021 - Dietrich Genau, Historic Forge in Hoym, Half-Timbered Houses in the Town Centre, 2009

Dietrich Genau, Historic Forge in Hoym, Half-Timbered Houses in the Town Centre, 2009 (1936 Osnabrueck to 2026), oil on canvas, signed and dated (20)09 lower right, titled, inscribed with the place name and dated Hoym 2009 on the reverse. The old forge in Hoym, seen across a paved square in the town centre; on the left an elongated half-timbered house with dark timbers, on the right a two-storey half-timbered house with an orange tiled roof and shutters, adjoining it a farm building with green gates, in the background the slender tower of the church of St John with a clock face and a crowned spire, the sky brightly clouded. Good condition. Image 30x40 cm (HxW). Framed, frame width 7 cm The forge stands on Fortunaplatz in the centre of Hoym, in the immediate neighbourhood of the town hall, the brewery, the pharmacy and the Fortuna inn. The former Gasthaus Fortuna on Fortunaplatz was built around 1700 and later served as a cultural centre and cinema; next to it lies the pharmacy founded in 1709 by Michael Kaulitz of Quedlinburg, which has borne the name of Wilhelm von Kuegelgen since 1986. The town hall dates from 1864/65. Dietrich Genau, a carpenter until 1992, made his name as the local chronicler of Hoym and was honoured with the cultural prize of the Salzlandkreis in 2020.