“The basalt wall plaque with a double shield shows the coats of arms of Rohrbach and Wixhäuser (Wickenhausen). Johann Rohrbach marries Else Wixhauser (also Wixhäuser), the daughter of the councilman Heinrich Wixhäuser, in 1428. 1443 Johann is elected to the town council. From then on the Wixhauser Hof appears as Rohrbach’s family estate. It is later the Augsburger Hof, then the Wixhauser-, Rohrbacher- or also the old Rahmhof. It was castle-like closed until the big fire of 1719. The stone may have come from this former estate of the Rohrbach/Wixhäuser family.” [1]
The stone can be found on the north facade of the exhibition building of the Historisches Museum Frankfurt in niche 2. Additional information can be found on their website.
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