Villa Ichon
The Villa Ichon is a building in the Ostertorviertel on Goetheplatz in Bremen , which is known nationwide as a forum for cultural and peace work. It was built in 1849 on the edge of the Bremen ramparts , opposite the art gallery that was built at the same time . On the other side of the building is the theater on Goetheplatz today . The villa, which is part of the so-called culture mile , has been a listed building since 1973.
history
The Villa Ichon was built in simple classicism in 1849 by Heinrich Depken, who acquired the property on Altenwallcontrescarpe (now Goetheplatz ) in 1843. The first resident was the insurance salesman W. Bröckelmann; however, the residents changed frequently. Among the owners was the democrat Daniel Schultz , who, however , had to sell the house in 1854 for 150,000 Reichstaler . The architect Johann Georg Poppe rebuilt the building for R. Feuerstein in the neo-renaissance style in 1871. The three visible sides were rebuilt and have been preserved to this day, the building was given a tower in the south-west and a two-storey bay window in the north-west corner, which have also been preserved. Poppe acquired the house in 1893, rebuilt it with a decorative interior design and moved in in 1895. After Poppe's death (1912) the house remained with the heirs, but was soon uninhabited. The theater company bought the building in 1925. From 1925 to 1940, Johannes Wiegand (1874–1940), the director of the city theater, which was the forerunner of the theater on Goetheplatz, lived here . Wiegand's widow († 1960) lived here until her death. Since around 1950, the eponymous law firm of Dr. Theodor Ichon - a son of theater director Eduard Ichon , who had also lived in the house - her office in the villa.
The theater company was the owner until 1965, followed by the Ariadne property utilization company , which planned the demolition of the villa and a new apartment building with a flat roof and 19 apartments. In 1968 the city used its right of first refusal and acquired the building in exchange for another piece of land in order to keep the option of a theater extension on the property open. After the theater initially used the rooms for offices and workshops for a few years, the villa was to be demolished in 1973. An entry in the list of monuments prevented the demolition. The Bremen building contractor and patron Klaus Hübotter , who had personally intervened with the mayor, took on the building and had it restored. Due to financial bottlenecks, the repair lasted until 1981; It could only be completed with financial support from the federal government. The initiative group for the preservation of Villa Ichon received the German Prize for Monument Protection in 1984.
In the absence of other possible uses, the city of Bremen approved an alternative use concept in 1982. The association of friends and patrons of Villa Ichon in Bremen, newly founded by Hübotter and others . V. has been maintaining the building since then. In addition to Amnesty International , DFG-VK , the Bremer Literaturhaus association (virt.) And several other pacifist groups, a restaurant is a permanent tenant in the villa. Today Luise Scherf is the chairman of the Association of Friends and Patrons of Villa Ichon .
Since 1983 the association has awarded the Villa Ichon Culture and Peace Prize, endowed with 5,000 euros, once a year .
architecture
The 1871 in the style of the then prevailing historicism of the early days resulting external facade has remained largely intact to this day. The gold-framed stucco ceilings, the wooden beam ceilings and the mosaic floor also date from the 19th century. The house has a white and blue Meissen faience stove and a marble fireplace on the ground floor . Wall paintings are by Arthur Fitger .
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
- A house for peace. The salvation of Villa Ichon and its history. In: Ambiente. Character. History. Zentrum & Viertel , Weserkurier, Bremen undated, p. 18 f.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 19.8 " N , 8 ° 48 ′ 53.4" E