The road now called Bürgerei. Photograph taken in the 1950s
This group of houses in the Bürgerei is virtually just as it was, except that the buildings now have different uses. To the left of the picture, we see the shoemaker’s shop (Graf), that still existed in the 1950s, with a shoe shop and a tobacconist’s. Later the building was bought by Albert Kays, who carried on the business as a stationer’s.
Following that, the building became the Café Kännchen, and today both locals and tourists can enjoy coffee and cake, tapas and other delicacies at Kathrins Genusswelt.
The house and shop next to it was bought by the barber Heinrich Hubert at the end of the 19th century, and he kept a hairdressing salon there until 1950.
In 1935, his son, Paul, opened the Altländer Drogerie, the drugstore or chemist’s shop, in the same building. Then, in 1959, the two-storeyed building was renovated in the local half-timbered style and an additional storey added. In 1979 Paul Hubert’s son, Gerd, took over the business, and modernized it again, increasing the sales space. Gerd’s son, Tim, has been running the shop in its fourth generation since 2011.
On the right of the photograph we can see what was the Seat of Justice (the Portau‘sches Haus). Up until the 1980s the street in front of the house was the main east-west road that ran through Jork. It was eventually re-located to the north of this architectural ensemble. Please visit Location 25 for more information on the Seat of Justice. Information board 25.
