F. Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 1997/1-2. szám Az Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség tájékoztatója (Budapest, 1997)

TANULMÁNY - Farbaky Péter: A pesti Rottenbiller ház

In zweiten Weltkrieg wurde das Gebäude beschädigt, 1948 verstaatlicht. Einen Teil gebrauchten die Kalvinisten weiterhin und auch das Archiv der Synode wurde hier untergebracht. 1957 erfolgte die Rekonstruktion der Hauptfassade an dem Kálvin-Platz nach Entwürfen vom Archiztekten Ferenc Kacziba (Planungsbureau für öffentliche Gebäude). 1992 erhielt die Kalvinistische Gemeinde das Gebäude zurück und die für lange Jahre vorgesehenen Restaurierungsarbeiten nahmen ihren Anfang. Péter FARBAKY THE ROTTENBILLER HOUSE IN PEST On the southern part of Kálvin square (the former Haymarket, Heumarkt) on the building site a house was standing already in the mid 18th century, the map of Antal Bella from 1785 showed a building of U-plan.The house was bought in 1808 by Philipp Rottenbiller (Rottenbiller Fülöp) citizen of Pest. He was a citizen elected, master of the fishers' guild. As a result of the 1805 town-planning program made by János Hild, the territory of the building sites surrounding the square from the south (like this one) was enlarged because of the displacement of the planning line towards the north. With pulling down the northern part towards the square of the old building Rottenbiller had built a new one storeyed Classicist front and two court wings in 1815-16 with the architect Fidél Kasselik (arround 1760, Waidhofen- 1830, Pest). The former house has remained in the court wings. The new seven-axial Classicist main facade is of high quality: on the striped ground floor there is a three-centered arched portal in the centre, with square-ended door and window axes decorated with semicircular false lunettes. The eight windows of the first floor are also square ended, with labels decorated with consols and banister fields. While the neighbouring buildings of Kálvin square no 9. (Two Lions Inn) built in 1816-18 and the Calvinist church (1816-30) had remained in their original Classicist state, this building was rebuilt in several periods Following the death of Fülöp Rottenbiller his son, Lipót (1806, Pest1870, Pest) inherited the building in 1852. He was a well-known personality of the age, from 1843 a deputy-mayor of Pest, and in 1848 he became the mayor of the city. Because of his role in the revolution he was released, and then in 1861 and between 1865-67 he was again elected a mayor. In 1852 Lipót Rottenbiller had rebuilt the house with the architect József Diescher (1811, Pest-1874, Budapest). In the course of this in the Kálvin square wing only slight changes were made, but towards the back street a newer building part was made surrounding the backyard in U-shape. Ten years later works were contiuned by József Diescher's brother, Antal (1817, Pest1863, Pest ): he rebuilt the Kálvin square wing as a two storeyed one with a total rebuilding from the basement. The present two storeyed Romantic building of outstanding quality was built at that time, preserving the facade system of Kasselik, although the height of the storeys