Old Town 6

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Facade 1909 ( Josef Kleesattel )
Facade 1922 ( Paul Sültenfuß ).
Facade 2011

The Altestadt 6 house in Düsseldorf was built in 1632 and was where the Counts of Hamilton stayed. Both Josef Kleesattel , Jörg Heimeshoff and Paul Sültenfuß dealt with the house.

history

The house Old Town 6 belonged to the Junker of Lohausen. From 1663 the house belonged to Piper's widow, who lived in the house with her sons Wilhelm and Heinrich and their daughter Agnes. Thereafter, the building was acquired by Count Jakob von Hamilton - "kk chamberlain, council from the Palatinate, colonel chamberlain, lieutenant general over the electoral body regiment on horseback and Neuburg landscape commissioner" . The count and his wife - a born Freiin von und zu Weichs - sold the house in 1693 to the "Electoral Palatinate Councilor and Doctor of Both Rights" Johann Hubert Palmer for 3,000 Rheintaler. The "House of the Privy Councilor of Palmer" was specially decorated in the city lighting in 1746 as part of the veneration of the state rulers. So one had “almost cause to doubt whether the god of verses Apollo through the many symbols and verses or the god of fire Vulcanus through the countless rays of fire and light had best expressed the most submissive zeal for worship of the most gracious rulers of the country. The house was beautifully lit up to the gable with more than 2000 lanterns, in a beautiful and multicolored arrangement almost to dazzle the eager eyes ” . In 1794 the house was owned by the Councilor of Wedding and in 1817 it was bought by the District Judge Franz Karl von Hagens (died 1847). His widow Amalia von Heister and her children sold it to the furniture dealer Heinrich Krusinger, from whom the landlord Sonnen bought it. After that it belonged to the businessman Engelbert Cremer.

architecture

Sültenfuß dates the year of construction to 1632 and describes the building as "the dormitory of the Counts Hamilton" . There was no display gable in 1922, while the main cornice was “stronger” for it. The roof receded behind it. The other horizontal bands were "more precisely profiled" according to Sültenfuß . The upper floors were baroque, the windows on the ground floor were Gothic: "In contrast to the top 5 window axes, those on the ground floor still show Gothic arches" . Dutch influence is also noticeable according to Sültenfuß: "The portal with its frame and the low relief again points to Dutch Bezigheung" .

Jörg Heimeshoff dates the year of construction to 1641. According to Heimeshoff, the facade is divided into five axes and has a central aisle with a skylight. All openings have natural stone surrounds. A high tail gable was built between 1983 and 1984 as part of a complete modernization by the architect Dr. Edmund Spohr reconstructed. The approach of a gable on the back of the house served as a template. Heimeshoff notes that the brick facade was once plastered: “The brick-facing facade was probably not made until the 1920s. Before that the house was plastered ” . A vaulted cellar still comes from the late Middle Ages: "In the house there is a vaulted cellar with stitch caps, which may still be classified as late Middle Ages" . According to Heimeshoff, it was a representative house: "The house is one of the few representative houses that have been preserved in the center of Düsseldorf from the 17th century" .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Sültenfuß: The Düsseldorf house until the middle of the 19th century . (Diss. TH Aachen), 1922, p. 58a, Fig. 71. Altestadt 6, Fig. 71a. Altestadt 6, Fig.71b. Old Town 6
  2. ↑ a b c d e H. Ferber; In: Historical walk through the old city of Düsseldorf. Published by the Düsseldorfer Geschichtsverein; Verlag C. Kraus, 1889, Part I, p. 22.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Paul Sültenfuß: The Düsseldorf house until the middle of the 19th century . (Diss. TH Aachen), 1922, pp. 59-60
  4. ↑ a b c Jörg Heimeshoff: Listed houses in Düsseldorf . Nobel, Essen 2001, ISBN 3-922785-68-9 , p. 12 [Altestadt No. 6]

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 43.9 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 20.2 ″  E