Jakobstrasse 4-8

In place of the demolished three-storey old buildings, three buildings were erected here in 1973/1974, each with four storeys and a fundamentally modern structure. The new buildings were clad with historic-looking facades made of reused bricks and bluestone elements. In the case of the houses at Jakobstrasse 4 and 6, the façade elements came from the demolished houses at Schildstrasse 8 and 10, while parts of the demolished house at Promenadenstrasse 7 were used in the new construction of Jakobstrasse 8.

After being dismantled, the façade parts were initially stored in the municipal building yard before finding a new home in the façades on Jakobstrasse. Lattice windows and doors in the historical style complete the impression. However, the arrangement of the façade sections was adapted to the modern storey heights and floor plans, e.g. the originally low top storeys (so-called mezzanine storey) were raised. House no. 8 is adorned with a decorative frieze below the eaves.

As Jakobstrasse was to be widened as part of the renovation work and traffic planning of the 1970s, the new buildings were moved further back. The original location of the previous building was in line with the neighboring house no. 2, whose wall, originally shared with house no. 4, was therefore removed, redesigned and fitted with windows and façade decoration.

Elements of various demolished houses from Schildstrasse and Promenadenstrasse were used to historicize the façades.

While the houses at Schildstraße 8 and 10 were demolished and parts of the façades were relocated to the new buildings on Jakobstraße, two very similar buildings from the mid-19th century have been preserved in the form of the houses at Schildstraße 12 and 14.