Wismar old armory

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The armory

The old armory is a listed building on Ulmenstrasse in Wismar in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It is considered to be an important baroque testimony to Swedish military architecture in Germany.

History and architecture

In a storm in 1699, a powder tower exploded and devastated parts of the city and the old armory. A new building was necessary. The plastered building under a hipped roof was erected around 1700 as a nine-axis, two-story building. Charles XII. from Sweden had it built as an arsenal for the Swedish garrison , the plans are attributed to the Swedish fortress builder Erik Dahlberg . The self-supporting ceiling construction without supporting pillars created a very large room with 900 square meters, which is used to store weapons and equipment. The upper floor was accessed via a sloping ramp that horses could use to transport heavy equipment. On each side there is a portal with a rectangular frame. In 1869 the portal risalit on the street side was provided with pilaster strips and a triangular gable , as well as a coat of arms cartouche of the Mecklenburg Gate. From 1993 the former armory was extensively renovated. The building is currently used as Wismar's city library.

  • Monogram Karl XII. at the armory

  • The building

  • The building

  • entrance

  • information sign

literature

  • Georg Dehio , edited by Hans-Christian Feldmann, Gerd Baier, Dietlinde Brugmann, Antje Heling, Barbara Rimpel: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-422-03081-6 .

Web links

Commons : Altes Zeughaus Wismar  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 35.8 "  N , 11 ° 27 ′ 28.4"  E