Zeller’s Pharmacy

Overview

The house was built during the early 17th Century. The pharmacist Johann Martin Orth opened Nagold’s first pharmacy here in 1695.

After completing his exams at the Faculty of Medicine in Tübingen, Johann Orth wrote to Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg on October 10th, 1694 and asked for permission to open a pharmacy in Nagold. The nearest pharmacy was in Herrenberg, which was a five to six hours journey. Shortly after opening his pharmacy, Johann Orth died on May 26th, 1695 at the age of 28 years.

The pharmacy was purchased by the Zeller Family and was later known as Zeller’s Pharmacy. Dr. Gottlieb Heinrich Zeller was born here in 1794 in the third generation of pharmacists. He lived and worked here until 1842 when he sold the pharmacy to Karl Oeffinger and moved into the so-called “Old Zeller House”, Badgasse 6, where he lived until his death in 1864.

Karl Oeffinger operated the pharmacy here until 1863. He then moved it to Market Street 13, which is now Schmid’s Pharmacy.