Old registry office Schwerin

The old registry office in Schwerin was built in 1893/94 based on designs by Gustav Hamann

The entrance portal of the Kuetemeyer Foundation, decorated with terracottas

Detail: The Kuetemeyer-Schencke-Steinicke Foundation had its administrative headquarters at Pfaffenteich in the Schwerin Schelfstadt

The foyer in the old registry office in Schwerin

The old registry office in Schwerin is located on Pfaffenteich in August-Bebel-Straße 29 in the Schelfstadt district . The building according to the designs of the Schwerin architect Gustav Hamann was completed in 1894. At first the building was the seat of the Kuetemeyer Foundation .

The Foundation

Johann Hermann Kuetemeyer (* June 24, 1769; † July 31, 1854), Schwerin mayor, councilor and lawyer, founded his foundation in 1849. It was first after him and later supplemented by the maiden names of his two wives - Schencke and Steinicke - named. The foundation only came into effect after Kuetemeyer's death. People in need in the city could borrow small amounts of money without interest. But also craftsmen and traders who wanted to start their own business could get interest-free loans.

At the time of its establishment, the foundation had 226 members and total assets of 314,580 marks. The construction costs were put at 95,000 marks. 15 personalities from the city of Schwerin belonged to the foundation council.

Building history

The building, which was erected for the 50th anniversary of the foundation, initially stood alone on Pfaffenteich and was surrounded by several gardens. It is considered a masterpiece by the architect Gustav Hamann from Hagenow . In Johann-Albrecht-style designed decorate forms of Mecklenburg Renaissance facade. The clinker building is lavishly covered with characteristic terracotta tiles . They came from the grand ducal art brickworks on Kläterberg near Schwerin. Models for his designs were the lakeside of the Schwerin Castle , the Prince's Court in Wismar and the Castle in Gadebusch . The windows are decorated with triangular gables and lunettes. The attic is crowned by vases and obelisks. The first floor is characterized by five large three-lane windows. These were originally surrounded by a rich design of the wall in sgraffito technique, which was destroyed in an earlier renovation and could not be restored during the most recent renovation of the house.

Usage history

From 1894 to 1941, the Kuetemeyersche Foundation had its administrative headquarters at number 29 in 1906 was the participation of the Society for dissemination of public education that the Lehnrat Kütemeyer-Schencke-Steinicke Foundation Public Library founded and housed in the Foundation House. It was the first public library in Schwerin and existed until the foundation was dissolved.

In 1941 the National Socialists dissolved the foundation. Your fortune went to the city of Schwerin. On June 8, 1942, the registry office moved into the house of the Kuetemeyer-Schencke-Steinicke Foundation by a resolution of the city council - from 1939 to 1950 August-Bebel-Strasse was still called Krügerstrasse. Until 2008, numerous people from Schwerin celebrated their marriages here.

In 2010 the city of Schwerin sold the building to Martin Henning Bischoff after it had been vacant for a long time. The new owner had the building extensively renovated from 2010 to summer 2015. The terracottas in particular presented him with a challenge. They had to be restored by hand.

Today the former registry office houses an Ayurveda academy, also known as Ayurveda Campus, an Ayurveda practice and a yoga institute called Yoga Campus.

literature

• Udo Brinker: Chronicle of the city of Schwerin from the beginning to the present. production office TINUS, Schwerin 2011, pp. 99, 160, 618.
• Reinhard Thon: Lexicon Schwerin. Reinhard Thon Verlag, Schwerin 2004, p. 118.
• The Schwerin Pfaffenteich history Schwerin - Information Verlag Thomas Helms Authors: Niels Rühberg / Peter Kunze SVZ D 38/85 page 16 The Kuetermeyer-Schencke-Steinecke Foundation.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Udo Brinker: Chronicle of the city of Schwerin from the beginnings to the present . production office TINUS, Schwerin 2011, p. 160 .
2. ^ Reinhard Thon: Lexicon Schwerin . Verlag Reinhard Thon, Schwerin 2004, p. 118 .
3. ^ Johann Albrecht and his style - 19th century terracotta architecture in Schwerin , accessed on February 7, 2018
4. ↑ Udo Brinker: Chronicle of the city of Schwerin from the beginnings to the present . production office TINUS, Schwerin 2011, p. 160 .

Web links

Commons : Altes Standesamt Schwerin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature about old registry office Schwerin in the state bibliography MV
• Newspaper article "Stasi spied in Schwerin's registry office" on the history of the old registry office in Schwerin on svz.de.
• Newspaper article on the renovation of the old registry office on dieschweriner.de
• Newspaper articles on architecture and Open Monument Day on svz.de.
• Newspaper article Johann Hermann Kuetemeyer on dieschweriner.de
• Article " About the gem at Pfaffenteich " on schwerin.live
• Website of the Ayurveda Campus in the old registry office in Schwerin
• Website of the Yoga Campus in the old registry office Schwerin
• Website of the Ayurveda practice Schwerin in the old registry office Schwerin

Coordinates: 53 ° 38 ′ 7.1 ″  N , 11 ° 24 ′ 52.3 ″  E