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Building Number 11 in the printed brochure
“Historic Buildings in Münchberg”.

The sign is on the right, next to the entrance.

The house was built in the 18th century. There was a granite stone with the year 1756 found in it. Probably, however the core is still older and it probably originated from a farmhouse or a mill. The gateway in the south inner courtyard is laid out with granite slabs. In 1810 W. Stoeckel was mentioned as the owner, as well as businessman Stoeckel and master weaver Stoeckel as tenants. In 1871 the textile merchants August and Carl Grimmler as well as Carl Stoeckel decided to combine the businesses of their fathers into the still active firm of Stoeckel & Grimmler, with which the history of the firm at Kulmbacher Straße 41 began. In the city, the address is known as "Grimmler's House".

In the first half of the 19th century the building was used as a handicrafts and weaving newsletter binderies; it also served as the city villa and office of the Stoeckel firm. In the second half of the century the other textile industries were housed there. After the move of the Stoeckel family into their new villa across from their factory on Gartenstraße the eastern section was leased to the ready-made clothing business of Erhard Frisch. Mrs. Stoeckel occupied the western section with her housekeeper. Afterwards the hospital’s chief doctor , Dr. Vorbrugg, moved in and opened his practice there. After his departure, the dental couple, the Drs. Miller followed in the premises until 1936. At the beginning of the 20th century other textile businesses were also active in the house.

In the Second World War the German Red Cross formed the Sister Help Center there and officers of the state police were placed there. Mrs. Weißwange and refugees from Breslau lived in the house from 1943. The American occupying power confiscated the house and Jewish families were intstructed (there). After the war the second floor was extended into five apartments. From 1958 to 1964 retail businesses and lending libraries of Gertrud Weißwange were registered.

In 1978 the city of Münchberg bought the estate. The city archive was also provisionally lodged there. From 1998 on there was a private exhibition of hand weavers in the region. In 2001 the MünchBürger brought in a banner to be used for the preservation of the house to be renovated and it was one of the first projects of the association. Later the roof was repaired and the façade of the historic building was painted by local painters. Currently the empty house is owned by the Municipal Housing of Münchberg, but plans for future use are not yet complete.