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Stephan N

March 17, 2024

In the early 1570s, Leonard Schleicher from Aachen was the first copper master to recognize the location advantages in the Stolberger Valley that were important for the brass trade (including hydropower and nearby ore and hard coal deposits) and moved his business from Aachen to Stolberg. Here he built the first copper farm on today's Burgstrasse and with it the first stone residential building in Stolberg.

Since this, as well as the later copper yards, had to be built "on greenfield sites", the only construction types that were initially considered were closed, defensible courtyards, the buildings of which were grouped around an inner courtyard and, from the outside, conveyed an uninviting but rather defensive impression.

The current appearance of the former copper farm was only achieved through later renovations and in particular through the associated structure of the facade with window and door openings that were framed with the light bluestone typical of the landscape.
In the area of this copper farm (probably in the neighboring building of the manor house) the so-called Adler Pharmacy was set up in 1790, which was closed in 1971, after almost 200 years of continuous work in the healthcare sector.
Source:
stolberg-erleben.de/gehenswert/schleichers-hof-spaetere-adler-apotheke

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