Old Town 14

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House Altestadt 14
House Altestadt 14, stair detail
House Altestadt 14, stair detail
Ceiling, detail
Drawing of the gate coat of arms of Altestadt 14
Current coat of arms relief on the house

The house Old City 14 in Dusseldorf is a listed building. The location, the Altestadt street , is one of the oldest in Düsseldorf. The statements made by the various authors in the following description are sometimes somewhat different in terms of their details. However, the most important statements are confirmed or specified more precisely by H. Ferber from Düsseldorf in his book from 1889. This applies in particular to the construction date, some names of the various owners and the magnificent ceiling in one room.

history

The older cellar vaults listed in the following section “Description / Heimeshoff ” point to a building that already existed here at the time of the town elevation . The explanations also show that in 1626 an older building was bought by Freiherr von Scheidt, which, according to H. Ferber's suggestion, was either rebuilt or renovated in 1627. Heimeshoff's imprecise times, "after 1612" and "before 1690", for the construction of the house are not in direct contrast to the dates of H. Ferber. A very well preserved double coat of arms of the von Scheidt-Weschpfennig / von Tengnagel families is also currently displayed above the left of the three doors of the house . These are as stated " above the gateway ... (by) its builder ... ". The double coat of arms confirms a year of completion '1627', as this date is given in the right coat of arms. In the current list of monuments of the city of Düsseldorf, 14 is indicated for Altestadt: style = baroque, year of construction = 1627

In contrast to the construction date of the house, no more precise date can be taken from the explanations of the four authors for the creation of the 'ceiling ceiling', but a time period. Regarding the style of the ornaments, both Sültenfuß / Kleesattel and Heimeshoff indicate that these are to be assigned to the baroque and not the rococo . At least, by pointing out that “ the stucco work is to (be assigned) a baroque style that was influenced by the stucco decoration of Benrath Palace and the Düsseldorf Residenzschloss ”, a date 'before 1700' can be assumed for the production. The beginning of the Rococo style is usually dated around 1700. The baroque 'moated castle Benrath' was built from 1660 to 1669. Schloss Benrath can only refer to the “castle” given in the description. In contrast, Jagdschloss Bensberg 1703–1711 and the current Benrath Palace were built between 1755–1773, both in the Rococo period.

After the death of Freiherr von Scheidt in 1662, both Schloss Heltorf and Haus Altestadt 14 came into the possession of Friederich Christian Freiherrn von Spee , the son-in-law, through his daughter Maria . Whether Baron von Scheidt, Baron von Spee or his daughter Marie Magdalene had the stucco ceiling made cannot be clearly assigned based on the descriptions available. There is a lot to be said for a date after 1662 but before 1700, but then 'von Scheidt' could not have been the client.

The house became the property of von Pürck through Freiherr von Spee's daughter Maria Magdalene, who was married to Freiherr von Pürck for the second time . They sold the building to Freiin von Zweiffel in 1700. Further owners through purchase became the widow of Palmer in 1796, JW Pelzer in 1819, Carl Foquet in 1823 and Gerhard von der Beek in 1829.

In the following descriptions by various authors, further details are given, particularly on the "Plavondecke":

description

  • Paul Clemen describes the stucco ceiling in the house with a central medallion and shell motifs:
    “In Altestadt 14, which bears the Alliance coat of arms of Scheidt-Weschpfennig and von Tengnagel above the door , there is a well-preserved stucco ceiling in Peter Leven's specialty shop on the ground floor, with a large, ornamented medallion and shell motifs, without figurative ones Jewelry (replicated in 1880 at the art and trade exhibition) ”.
  • Ferber describes the history of the house, according to which Johann Bertram von Scheidt, called Weschpfennig, zu Heltorf acquired the house on February 1, 1626. Weschpfennig had the building rebuilt for his family; In 1627 the renovation was completed. A stucco ceiling, which was reproduced for the art and trade exhibition in 1880, was remarkable. An alliance coat of arms from Scheidt-Weschpfennig and von Tengnagel pointed to the building history:
    “We now come to corner house No. 14, which still shows the coats of arms of its builders above the Thorweg; they are the alliance coats of arms of Scheidt-Weschpfennig and von Tengnagel. Johann Bertram von Scheidt, called Weschpfennig, zu Heltorf had the house on February 1, 1626 from the widow of the licentiate Adolph Steinhaus, Johanna Staut, for 1700 Rthlr. bought in order to build shelters for his family there. In 1627 the richly furnished new house was already completed. There is still a magnificent ceiling from this period in a room on the ground floor, which was successfully reproduced as a model at the local art and trade exhibition in 1880 and caused a sensation ”.
  • Paul Sültenfuß and Josef Kleesattel ascribes the stucco work to a baroque style that was influenced by the stucco decoration of Benrath Palace and the Düsseldorf Residenzschloss:
    “This stucco work like the one in the house at Ritterstraße 16 no longer has the broad-lobed baroque shape like the chimneys and ceilings of the houses Altestadt 14 and Citadellstraße 7 , which are influenced by the stucco decoration of Benrath Palace . With the delightful interplay of tendrils, putti, vases, medallions, female figures and moldings, which are also used in the stucco ceilings Citadellstr. 2 return to the Franciscan monastery, one may think of the numerous stucco artists who decorated Johann Wilhelm's hunting lodge in Bensberg and his city palace on Burgplatz. But it is not yet possible to list the individual artists.
  • Jörg Heimeshoff dates the year of construction to the time before 1690. He justifies this with the layout of Ursulinengasse; the cellar vaults also date from the late Middle Ages. The second floor was not built until 1878. Heimeshoff explains that the stucco ceiling was created under the family of Baron von Spee. Heimeshoff does not mention Weschpfennig, however:
    “The three-story residential and commercial building on the corner of Ursulinnengasse was probably built before 1690, as Ursulinnengasse was brought to its current width at that time. The 2nd floor was raised after 1878. Up to this point it only existed as a mezzanine. The most striking feature of the facade is the coat of arms stone above the entrance. The cellar vaults, which probably originate from previous late medieval buildings, are remarkable. In the basement of the south-eastern corner of the building, short, flat pilasters can be seen that serve as supports for a vault. The baroque stucco ceiling in the western room on the ground floor is one of the finest examples of its kind on the Lower Rhine. It was probably made by the court chamber director and general commissioner Friedrich Christian Freiherr von Spee or his daughter Maria Margaretha, who owned the house after 1612 ”.

Current

Two restaurants and a pizzeria are currently operated on the ground floor: the "Kreuzherrenecke" (on the corner of Ursulinengasse), was founded in 1954 by Trude and Otto Schuster, who also ran Zum Csikós at the time, and was named after the innkeeper in the 1950s and 1960s. Bobby's liquor stand called ''. A pub legend that there is even a book about. The baroque ceiling is two entrances down, in the current “Parlin” restaurant, previously “Cafe Bagel” - in front of the funeral parlor. In between, the “Pinocchio” pizzeria has been located since the late 1960s. In the inner courtyard of the building there is a listed section of the wall that describes the former access to Ritterstrasse.

literature

  • Theo Lücker: The old town of Düsseldorf. As nobody knows . From the Ratinger Tor to short street. I. Volume. Verlag der Goethe-Buchhandlung, Düsseldorf 1984, No. 37. b) The Altestadt house No. 14. Bears the coat of arms of the von Scheidt-Weschpfennig (p. 160–161)

Web links

Commons : Altestadt 14, Düsseldorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c H. Ferber; In: Historical walk through the old city of Düsseldorf. Published by the Düsseldorfer Geschichtsverein, Verlag C. Kraus, 1889, Part I, p. 24.
  2. ^ A b Jörg Heimeshoff: Listed houses in Düsseldorf. Nobel, Essen 2001, ISBN 3-922785-68-9 , p. 12f.
  3. ↑ H. Ferber; In: Historical walk through the old city of Düsseldorf. Published by the Düsseldorfer Geschichtsverein, Verlag C. Kraus, 1889, Part I, p. 25.
  4. ^ Paul Clemen: The art monuments of the city and district of Düsseldorf . Düsseldorf 1894, p. 66f.
  5. ^ Paul Sültenfuß: The Düsseldorf house until the middle of the 19th century . (Diss. TH Aachen), 1922, Fig. 81 Stucco ceiling Altestadt No. 14
  6. ^ Josef Kleesattel: Old Düsseldorf in the picture. Düsseldorf 1909, No. 13 [detail of a ceiling in Altestadt No. 14]
  7. ↑ Paul Sültenfuß: The Düsseldorf house until the middle of the 19th century ". (Diss. TH Aachen), 1922, p. 69f.
  8. ↑ Karl Böcker, Heidi Richter (ed.): Bobby. Pictures and stories from the schnapps bar Kreuzherrenecke: Düsseldorf, Alte Stadt 14 , Emons Verlag, Cologne 2003 ISBN 3-89705-274-1

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 44.1 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 22.5 ″  E