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Brand/Publisher: Das Baumeisterhaus Café Conditorei Weinrestaurant, Marktplatz, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany; proprietor Richard Gerlinger, printed in Germany.
Item: Vintage multi-panel fold-out promotional brochure for the Baumeisterhaus café, pastry shop, and wine restaurant in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, describing the historic Renaissance house, its restaurant, café, wine cellar, and confectionery in German, English, and French.
Front cover on heavy paper features a black and off white ground with orange and pale green spot color illustrations of the richly decorated Baumeisterhaus facade and arched ground floor entrance, titled Baumeisterhaus Rothenburg o. d. Tbr and Café Conditorei Weinrestaurant Am Marktplatz in ornate lettering.
The reverse outer panel presents a white line drawing of the walled town skyline above a simplified orange street plan pointing to the Marktplatz location, with the text Am Marktplatz zu Rothenburg o. d. Tbr Das Baumeisterhaus Café Conditorei Weinrestaurant and a credit line for Richard Gerlinger with local telephone 404.
Opening panels introduce the Baumeisterhaus as one of the most beautiful private houses in Rothenburg, built by master builder and stone mason Leonhard Weidmann for Senator and later mayor Michael Hirsch, with columns of text headed Das Baumeisterhaus, La Baumeisterhaus, and The Baumeister-House explaining the history and architecture.
The text describes the ornate Renaissance facade with its portal, dolphins, gables, and richly carved caryatids symbolizing virtues and the seven works of mercy, accompanied by tinted illustrations of the street view and the house dated 1596, reinforcing the building\'s status as a major town landmark.
Central interior panels focus on the courtyard and galleries, highlighting the half timbered upper stories, arcaded ground floor, and cross vaults decorated with Renaissance style frescoes; drawings show guests dining beneath arcades and on a balcony, with multilingual text emphasizing the inviting atmosphere in both winter and summer.
Further sections describe the restaurant installed in the former patrician hall, with wide wooden beams, carved columns, tiled stoves, and Renaissance furnishings, illustrated by detailed interior views of the dining room, ceiling, and wall decorations.
Final panels promote the cuisine, wine cellar, café, and confectionery: copy notes that the kitchen serves everything from simple midday meals to elaborate dinners, the cellar stocks selected German and foreign wines, and the Konditorei offers fine pastries, original Rothenburger specialties such as almond pastries, chocolates, and pralines, plus a sweet shop selling packaged cakes, biscuits, and liqueurs; small vignette drawings show a chef, wine bottles, coffee and tea service, musicians, and dancing couples.
Format and appearance: tall slim folded brochure printed in black, white, orange, and pale green on lightweight paper, opening to a long multi-panel layout with extensive text, decorative illustrations, and a small town map, designed as an elegant piece of mid century German restaurant and travel advertising.
Notes: Attractive vintage Rothenburg ob der Tauber ephemera ideal for collectors of German travel brochures, café and restaurant advertising, and architectural memorabilia featuring the historic Baumeisterhaus.
