Reconstruction, 1966

Stadtarchiv Nürnberg, A39_III_Fi_H_2810
The Tucherschloss on Hirschelgasse under reconstruction, seen from the southwest

The rescue of the war-damaged Tucherschloss on Hirschelgasse was ultimately successful thanks to the passionate efforts of one family member: in 1953, the then owner Heinrich von Tucher (1875-1962) had the intention to rebuild the Renaissance castle recorded in writing at the Nuremberg clearance office. Heinrich’s son, Dr Hans Christoph von Tucher (1904-1968), was the main driving force behind this development. Through negotiating skills, proceeds from family property sales, subsidies from the city and Bavaria, a loan from the Bayerische Vereinsbank and, last but not least, the use of his private assets, he succeeded in turning his pet project into reality.

In 1963, Hans Christoph von Tucher commissioned the architects Fritz and Walter Mayer, who had already been responsible for the reconstruction of the nearby Pellerhaus, to design and supervise the building. The on-site construction management was carried out by the stonemason Hans Eschenbacher from Ammerndorf near Fürth. The roof trusses of the castle’s main building were covered, the three turrets of the stair tower had new crests and the ground floor of the south-western side wing was almost finished in the summer of 1966.

Ulrike Berninger