The Adam and Eve House is one of the few remaining half-timbered houses and also the most beautiful in the town. It was built around 1560. The rich wood carvings on the façade, which are colorfully painted in three friezes across the gable front, are striking. The most impressive is the lower frieze, which shows the fall of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from paradise in narrative, figurative reliefs. This is where the Adam and Eve House gets its name from. The middle frieze shows the symbols of the four evangelists Matthew, John, Luke and Mark. The heads of men making faces can be seen in the upper frieze. Today, the house is home to an open library and the administration of the city library;
Good to know
Openings
Permanently closed
The Adam and Eve House can only be viewed from the outside.
Price info
Visits to the Adam and Eve House are free of charge.
Directions & Parking facilities
By car:
Take the A 33 freeway to the Pad.-Zentrum or Pad.-Schloß Neuhaus exit; then head towards Paderborn city center. Stay on the inner ring road (Innenstadtring) in the direction of PaderHalle or Maspernplatz (if necessary, follow the parking guidance system). Turn into Maspernplatz via Hathumarstraße.
Parking:
Parking for cars is available at Maspernplatz on the edge of Paderborn city center (destination address for the navigation system: Heiersmauer 45, 33098 Paderborn). There are usually plenty of parking spaces there. Tip: Buy a reasonably priced day ticket!
An alternative is the Neuhäuser Tor parking garage, which you will pass on the way to Maspernplatz as described above.
Information on other parking options in the city center and rates: www.asp-paderborn.de.
Public transportation:
Take the city bus lines 5, 6, 11, 12 (PaderSprinter) to the "Maspernplatz" stop.
Further information on how to get there by city bus is available at www.padersprinter.de or by telephone on 05251 6997222.
Take the A 33 freeway to the Pad.-Zentrum or Pad.-Schloß Neuhaus exit; then head towards Paderborn city center. Stay on the inner ring road (Innenstadtring) in the direction of PaderHalle or Maspernplatz (if necessary, follow the parking guidance system). Turn into Maspernplatz via Hathumarstraße.
Parking:
Parking for cars is available at Maspernplatz on the edge of Paderborn city center (destination address for the navigation system: Heiersmauer 45, 33098 Paderborn). There are usually plenty of parking spaces there. Tip: Buy a reasonably priced day ticket!
An alternative is the Neuhäuser Tor parking garage, which you will pass on the way to Maspernplatz as described above.
Information on other parking options in the city center and rates: www.asp-paderborn.de.
Public transportation:
Take the city bus lines 5, 6, 11, 12 (PaderSprinter) to the "Maspernplatz" stop.
Further information on how to get there by city bus is available at www.padersprinter.de or by telephone on 05251 6997222.
