Genealogie, oldest record

Our family was linked with the history of the springs at least three centuries. The maternal great-great-grandparents were Franz Funk and his wife Anna.

They founded the Hopfenstock.

Most Funks were goldsmiths. My great-grandfather, Franz Funk was also a goldsmith. I own a jewellery  ensemble from him, which was his tradesman’s masterpiece . It consists of two earrings, a medallion and a comb with elaborately rimmed garnets, turquoises and pearls. The socket is not gold, but metal, gold would have been too soft to handle, it was said.

But he must have thought, that, with a tavern and a few rooms for rent, he could get more money than with the manufacturing of jewellery. The couple looked for a suitable property. In the Theater Alley a small gabled inn was for sale. The house met their expectations: Across the street was the City Theater and the “Schildpark”. In the Schildpark stopped  all stagecoaches for  travelers to get off or to continue their journey to Prague or Nuremberg.

Franz and Anna did not think about it for a long time.They bought the little house.

Das kleine giebelige Haus