Model making to Malsch

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Sketch of the model building for Malsch

A dome-shaped hall built between 1909 and 1910, which is considered a preliminary design for the Goetheanum and was designed by the Waldorf teacher Ernst August Karl Stockmeyer together with his father Karl Stockmeyer based on ideas from Rudolf Steiner in Malsch near Karlsruhe , is referred to as a model building in Malsch . The construction was only completed between 1958 and 1965 by the architect Albert von Baravalle and has been recognized as a cultural monument by the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office since 1976 . The Malsch model building association takes care of the maintenance of the building and offers guided tours on request.

history

Ernst August Karl Stockmeyer, then 21, was a participant in the German section of the Theosophical Society at the Munich Congress in 1907 and was impressed by the artistic furnishings of the rented event hall. This inspired him to build his own dome, which should be structured by supporting columns. Inspired by an inquiry to Steiner in the summer of 1908, the idea arose to design a crypt-like interior with an elliptical floor plan. In August 1908 Stockmeyer presented a draft for a hall building that provided for a column height of three meters. After Steiner paid a visit to Malsch on August 20, Stockmeyer reduced his design to a column height of only 87 centimeters with a total height of 174 centimeters. It is possible that Steiner did not agree to the erection of a monumental structure, as Stockmeyer had considered. On the one hand, the design did not offer a suitable stage or auditorium for performances. On the other hand, the place in the lonely Malsch forest area was difficult to reach in terms of traffic.

The foundation stone was laid on the shell with the open roof on a deliberately chosen full moon night from April 5 to 6, 1909 with the participation of Rudolf Steiner and his later wife Marie von Sivers . After completion in 1910, the building served Hilde Stockmeyer, the sister of Ernst August Karl Stockmeyer, as a meeting place for the Malscher Lodge Franz von Assisi of the Theosophical Society. Franz von Assisi has been a branch of the Anthroposophical Society since 1913 . After that, the building was orphaned for a long time and served as an overnight camp for soldiers during the Second World War . It was not until the years 1958 to 1965 that the building was restored and completed on a private initiative by the anthroposophist Klara Boerner and the Dornach architect Albert von Baravalle. Since then, an association has been looking after the building, which was classified as a cultural monument by the State Monuments Office in 1976.

description

The Malscher model shows some similarities to the artistic decoration and design of the hall in which the Munich Whitsun Conference of the German Section of the Theosophical Society took place in 1907. According to Steiner, the east-west orientation of the building is a special characteristic of a Rosicrucian temple.

The interior of the building with an elliptical floor plan is formed by 14 load-bearing columns, each 87 centimeters high, which are placed on a base so that the model can be walked on and used for small gatherings. This results in a top height of 261 centimeters. The ellipsoid of the main dome measures 174 centimeters and 281 centimeters in the vertical direction in the east-west direction - these dimensions are in relation to the golden ratio  - and 232.3 centimeters in the north-south direction, which corresponds to the geometric mean of the other two axis dimensions . The columns are surrounded by a gallery with a vaulted ceiling. In the central vault, a large ox-eye is attached in such a way that at the beginning of spring around 9 o'clock the sunlight falls on a certain point in the room. The inner walls of the building are colored madder red and decorated with the seven planet symbols. The twelve signs of the zodiac are depicted on the indigo blue dome .

reception

At the same time as the Goetheanum Arboretum in the Taunus, a smaller circle of trees was planted at the Fuschlsee in 2001, bearing the proportions of the Malsch model building .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Ernst August Karl Stockmeyer
  2. ↑ Biography of Albert von Baravalle
  3. ^ Ohlenschläger: Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925). The architectural work. P. 69.
  4. ↑ Biesantz, Klingborg: The Goetheanum. Rudolf Steiner's building impulse. P. 12.
  5. ↑ a b Ohlenschläger: Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925). The architectural work. P. 65.
  6. ^ Ohlenschläger: Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925). The architectural work. P. 212 (note 180).
  7. ^ Ohlenschläger: Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925). The architectural work. P. 66.
  8. ^ Bernhard Jarman: The Green Goetheanum Project . In: Star & Furrow , No. 114, Winter 2011, ISSN  1472-4634 (English) issuu.com
  9. ↑ The Goetheanum: July 2010 ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dasgoetheanum.ch

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 28.8 "  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 50"  E