St. Ingbert Museum
The St. Ingbert Museum was a German art museum in St. Ingbert .
History of origin
The museum was built from 1987–1989 according to the plans of the museum director Georg W. Költzsch (1938–2005) ( Folkwang-Museum Essen and Saarlandmuseum Saarbrücken ) in the rooms of the former district office, which had been converted from a museum perspective. The museum encompassed a total of over 1000 m² on four floors.
The centerpiece of the museum was the permanent Albert Weisgerber collection, which showed around 70 oil paintings, numerous graphics and practical art by the artist on over 400 m² of exhibition space . There were rooms on two other levels, e.g. Partly fully air-conditioned, available for temporary exhibitions in which internationally renowned artists were shown around four times a year.
In recent years, u. a. Max Ernst ( Lufthansa graphic collection ), Alfred Hrdlicka , Gottfried Helnwein , Jim Rakete , Linda McCartney and the Theodor Ahrenberg collection. For several years, special emphasis has been placed on the presentation of internationally renowned photographers. In a corner risalit that connects the two wings of the L-shaped building, a local museum was well worth seeing. It presented numerous rare exhibits (handicrafts, hand tools) on the industrial history of the city of St. Ingbert, whose prosperous economic development was based on the industrial pillars of coal, iron and glass. This collection also featured a number of works of art, including Weisgerber paintings, with motifs from the historic St. Ingbert heavy industry.
The museum was closed at the suggestion of the top administration with a resolution of the city council in July 2007 with the aim of establishing a state authority with around 100 employees. This measure should bring additional purchasing power to the city. The building ("former district office") fell back to the owner, the Saarpfalz district . By resolution of the district council, the building was dismantled in accordance with the authorities and rented to the Saarland.
Weisgerber's valuable works of art (approx. 100 exhibits) owned by the foundation were temporarily housed in the old building of a former printing works.
Museum relocation
The administration and the city council intend to build a new museum in the building of the former " cotton mill ", which is privately owned. According to the administration, one floor of the cotton mill is to be purchased with the help of a promised state grant of three million euros and expanded into a cultural center with a museum.
In 2007 the city administration published a plan that the new museum should be opened in 2009. At the end of 2008, the same place stated that the opening date was spring 2010. The city administration has now postponed the alleged opening date to the end of 2011. The start of construction has now been postponed again to autumn 2012. At the beginning of 2018 it was reported that the opening of the Albert Weisgerber Museum in the old cotton spinning mill in St. Ingbert was planned for the end of 2019.
Albert Weisgerber Foundation
The Albert Weisgerber Foundation is an incorporated municipal foundation under civil law in St. Ingbert. It was established by the city of St. Ingbert and the Saarpfalz district in 1992 and was the sponsor of the St. Ingbert Museum; in the meantime, the Saarpfalz district has left the foundation as the sponsor. The purpose and aim of the foundation is the promotion of art and culture, in particular the preservation, maintenance, implementation and communication of Albert Weisgerber's art in the national and supra-regional awareness. It also provided the basis for the ongoing financing of the St. Ingbert Museum.
At the moment (end of 2009) it is not known whether the foundation, possibly without the Saarpfalz district, will still exist after the museum has been dissolved. The city administration does not provide any information.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Saarbrücker Zeitung v. January 30, 2004
- ↑ Saarbrücker Zeitung v. November 20, 2008
- ↑ The time was ripe for something new. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (regional association edition) from May 5, 2010
- ^ Saarbrücker Zeitung (St. Ingbert edition) v. April 20, 2011, p. C1
- ^ Progress in the culture factory In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . March 25, 2018.
Coordinates: 49 ° 16 ′ 44 " N , 7 ° 6 ′ 44.6" E