Old Packhof (Münden)
The Alte Packhof is a Packhof built in 1837 in Hann. Münden in southern Lower Saxony . The building, together with the nearby Mündener Packhof from 1840, was used during the 19th century to store goods from long-distance trade via the Fulda , Weser and Werra rivers . The Alte Packhof is located on the banks of the Fulda, on the Bremer Schlagd , and is now used as a hotel .
description
The Alten Packhof is an elongated building with three floors in the north-western tip of the historic old town center of Hann. Münden. While the basement is made of ashlar , the floors above are made of plastered brickwork . The northern gable end of the Alte Packhof borders the Alte Sydekum , which was part of the Münden city fortifications as a bulwark . A short remnant of the city wall joins the southern gable side with the thin tower as a former wall tower .
history
The location of the old Packhof on the Bremer Schlagd was suitable for the goods and trade traffic that was carried out via the Fulda. There were two previous buildings at this point. This was a warehouse and solder house built in 1389, which was replaced by a new building in 1607. In 1835 the city of Münden decided to replace the first Packhof building with a new building, which was completed in 1837. The construction of the warehouse was related to the abolition of the Münden stacking right by the Weserschifffahrtsakt von 1823. As early as 1814, the city belonging to the Kingdom of Hanover was declared a foreign country and enjoyed duty-free until 1838 . After that, duty-free goods had to be stored in a packing yard building as a duty-free area. In 1840 the city built a second, much larger Packhof, the Packhof on the Wanfrieder Schlagd .
With the advent of the railway, which connected the cities of Kassel and Hanover as the Hannöversche Südbahn in 1856 , inland waterway traffic in Münden declined. The importance of the two packing stations fell, especially when shipping on the Werra came to a standstill in 1873. In 1905 the Schlagden were given up as a ship landing stage. After that, the freight traffic ran through the newly built Weser transshipment point in 1906 . The loans of 50,000 thalers taken out by the city of Münden for the construction of the Packhof buildings were not dismantled until 1918. This made building the city's biggest financial mistake.
During the National Socialist era , the Alte Packhof served as a labor service main camp, Hitler Youth home and refugee camp. In 1947 it was converted into office and storage rooms with a cafeteria and weaving mill. From 1962 the building housed a chemistry school. Since a renovation for around 3.5 million DM in 1999, which also took place with a view to the Expo 2000 , the building has been used as a hotel. In the course of the renovation work in 1999, the foundation was reinforced with steel to prevent the building from floating up during floods in the neighboring Fulda.
During the renovation in 1999, remnants of the Münden city fortifications were found in the ground under the Old Packhof . These were stone remains of the city wall and foundation stones of a previously unknown tower of the city wall. The foundations of the horseshoe-shaped tower were 1.6 meters wide. When the old Packhof was built in the 19th century, the medieval building remains were built over.
Web links
- Description of the old packing yard at HNA-Regiowiki
- Description of the history of the old Packhof (pdf)
- Property data sheet of the old Packhof
Individual evidence
- ↑ Largest bad investment in the city in HNA Regiowiki
- ↑ Foundations for another tower discovered in HNA of March 5, 1999
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 7 ″ N , 9 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E