Gottschalcksches House (Sondershausen)
| Gottschalck's house | |
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 Palace front to Lange Strasse |
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| Data | |
| place | Sondershausen |
| builder | Johann Friedrich Rudolf Steiner |
| Construction year | 1773 |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 22 '11.7 " N , 10 ° 52' 22.5" E |
| particularities | |
| baroque city palace | |
The Gottschalcksche Haus , a former city palace, is a baroque palace from the 18th century with a history going back to the 14th century. It is one of the oldest houses in Sondershausen and has cultural and historical significance as the residence of famous composers and conductors of the Loh Orchestra .
history
As one of the oldest houses in Sondershausen, it was first named Utzbergischer Siedelhof. (Siede = Sedel: seat of a feudal man, knight's seat without attachment for nobles who were exempt from taxes.)
In 1377 Heise von Heienrode (clerk at the count) was awarded the court by the (brothers) counts of Schwarzenburg. The property was expanded through purchase and donation. In 1484 the farm was enfeoffed to Günther von Utensberg (= Utzberge, head office in Vieselbach near Erfurt). Mathes Utensberg is mentioned as the last of the family on this farm in 1564.
In 1621 and 1640 the building was destroyed by fires. The rebuilding was initiated in 1654 by a Philipp Zimmermann (a corn clerk). In 1683 Count Christian Wilhelm von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen inherited the farm in his will, which he sold to the chamberlain and huntsman Hans von Minnigerode in 1684.
After further changes of ownership, the government advocate Friedrich Hermann Gottschalck appeared as the owner in 1729. These Gottschalcks come from Holstein . (Although the name already existed in the vicinity of Sondershausen at the time, there were no family ties to them.) A descendant of the Holstein family (Johann Andreas Gottschalck) practiced as a doctor in Großenehrich in 1699 and also became mayor there. He is the founder of the family line in Sondershausen.
1773 Demolition of the Utzbergischer Siedelhof and new building (1773 to 1779). Plan and execution of the building by Johann Friedrich Rudolf Steiner from Braunschweig , who previously worked at Bendeleben Castle. The magnificent and therefore costly construction was on the north side of a portal with four stone pillars, a balcony ( upper chamber ) supporting, the railing with a wrought iron, gold was decorated. The roof corners ended in 4 copper spouts 2.10 m long with dragon heads. The interior was just as precious. No savings were made on gilding. G. LUTZE described the house as a rococo patrician apartment . The property reached south to the city wall, on which a garden shed was placed, which was removed again at the beginning of the 20th century.
Before construction of the main house began, an auxiliary building was built on the east side of the house. In the middle of the 19th century it served as a drawing room for the grammar school and as an advanced training school for craftsmen. In 1919 the house still belonged to a community of heirs of the Gottschalck family. In the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century, composers and conductors of the Loh Orchestra lived here ( Max Bruch from 1867 to 1870, the widow of Carl Corbach and others).
After 1945, bombed out people, refugees and displaced persons were quartered. It was still inhabited until 1972. The last tenant was Carl Corbach's widow. From then on the house fell into disrepair and was subject to vandalism. Due to the risk of collapse it had to be closed by the building authorities. After an emergency roof was erected in 1979, it served as a warehouse for the district construction company. Several attempts at redevelopment failed due to financial and material possibilities. A plan was to use it as the construction workers' clubhouse. After the fall of the Wall, people thought of a town house with cultural subtasks.
reconstruction
In 2002, the "Wippertal" WBG, Wohnungsbau- und Grundstücksgesellschaft mbH, acquired the building. She acted as the client and entrusted the planning and construction work to the Omnia architects from Sondershausen. The outer shell remained true to the original. The no longer existing mansard roof was reproduced in its original form. It received a number of tasteful dormers with titanium zinc sheet preservation. From the original building, the continuous pilaster structure , the baroque panel door, the columns and the vaulted cellar were also incorporated into the new building . On the south side, balconies were also attached for the upper and top floor apartments. There were problems in the interior design due to the over-high windows that now serve 2 levels of use. The partial 3-storey structure offers advantages of use and rental. Construction work was completed in December 2003.
use
The Gottschalcksche Haus in Lange Str. 34 received 7 apartments and 2 commercial rooms as a result of the renovation.
swell
- Günther Lutze: From Sondershausen's past . Volume 2, Fr. Aug. Eupel, Sondershausen, 1919. p. 1
- Entry in the monument book . Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation, Erfurt, 2004
- R. Pfefferlein and M. Petri: Reconstruction and renovation of the Gottschalck house ... , architecture office Omnia, Sondershausen, 2004
