
The Swedish House in Brno
Text by @bam.brno:
In 1910–1911, the German builder Friedrich Wilhelm (‘Fritz’) Schmeer teamed up with the Czech architect Vladimír Fischer to build up the entire odd-numbered side of Smetanova Street between Botanická and Cihlářská Streets. Schmeer and Fischer jointly built more than three dozen apartment buildings throughout Brno, but this group is the most splendid of them all.
Of these five buildings, the Swedish House (Smetanova 41 / Botanická 4) is the most compact because of its corner location. It nevertheless boasts visually interesting elements such as a three-storey oriel and, on the side facing Botanická Street and Tyrš Park, a four-storey four-bay arcade loggia with half-timbered ceilings reminiscent of the courtyards of Renaissance chateaus or the architecture of the great spa towns (the ceiling of the top-most loggia is made of glass). On the building’s corner, a large area spanning two storeys was set aside for sgraffito by the painter Jano Köhler. Done in the style of a print from the Thirty Years’ War, it depicts the last Swedish attempt to storm Brno on 15 August 1645. The city’s successful defence was considered a miracle and is seen as the most important event in its history.

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