Am Schwedderberg 19 (Gernrode)

The house at Am Schwedderberg 19 was a listed building in the town of Gernrode, part of the town of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

It was located west of the center of Gernrode, on the south side of the street Am Schwedderberg. The Schwedderberg rises to the south . The building was registered as a sanatorium in the local register of monuments.

Architecture and history

DRK nursing home built in 2003

The spacious complex was built between the middle of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, making it one of the early buildings of this type in the region.

The main house was reminiscent of a palace and was designed in the style of late classicism . In keeping with the regional building tradition, the facade was boarded up . On the gables of the pages risalits was located truss . In addition, there were sawn balustrades .

There was also a hall building on the site, which was designed in the form of a park. It was designed in the arched style and had loggias and a two-storey extension.

A two-storey half-timbered house covered by a mansard hipped roof was designed in the historicism style.

In the time of the GDR it was used as an FDGB vacation home. In 2003 it was partially demolished. At the same time, the DRK senior citizens' and nursing home on Am Schwedderberg 19 was built. Construction began on February 1, 2003. The house has 46 beds, should cost € 2.3 million and was opened on December 8, 2003. On April 22, 2012, the still existing house burned down after an arson attack and was later demolished.

literature

• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7.2: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Winfried Korf and Theo Gosselke: Quedlinburg district. Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-072-3 , p. 113.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerd Alpermann: Instead of large castles, small houses where you can feel good. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . published online 7 January 2003.
2. ^ Rosemarie and Gerhard Kellermann: Chronicle of the City of Gernrode. Gernroder Kulturverein Andreas Popperodt eV, 2013, p. 84.
3. ^ Rosemarie and Gerhard Kellermann: Chronicle of the City of Gernrode. Gernroder Kulturverein Andreas Popperodt eV 2013, p. 108.

Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 28.2 "  N , 11 ° 7 ′ 30.8"  E