Bad Schwartau District Court
As a District Court of Bad Schwartau are called:
- A building on the market square in Bad Schwartau in Schleswig-Holstein .
- The former district court (in the building of the same name) in Bad Schwartau (in the Lübeck district court ).
building
The historicist courthouse was built in the neo-renaissance style between 1909 and 1910 . It has over one with natural stone deluded basement two plastered full floors and a covered with red tiles hipped roof . On the north-facing rear of the building there is a west wing.
The main facade is emphasized by a risalit with a stepped gable decorated with cornices and volutes made of sandstone . In the upper part of the gable sits a clock in the middle and above it a sound opening for the striking mechanism behind it . The wider eastern side of the main facade contains a z. Corner window made of sandstone with the inscriptions "IUSTITIA" "FUNDAMENTUM" "REGNORUM" "OMNIUM" ( according to : "Justice (is) the basis of all rule"), decorated in color and designed as an arbor .
The portal is flanked by two allegorical figures, on the left a man in armor with a sword ( Roland ) and on the right a woman with scales ( Justitia ). In between there are the inscriptions "AMTSGERICHT SCHWARTAU" and "AEDIF" "ANNIS" ( according to : "Established in the years") and the years "MDCCCCIX" (1909) and "MDCCCCX" (1910).
The building has been a listed building since 1980 and is one of the landmarks of Bad Schwartau.
dish
The Bad Schwartau District Court was located in the building until September 30, 2009 .
The District Court of Schwartau was formed in 1879 on the basis of the Reich Justice Laws by taking over the judicial tasks of the dissolved office of Schwartau .
The Schleswig-Holstein state parliament decided in 2006 (among other things) to repeal the district court in Bad Schwartau. Since September 30, 2009 the building has not been used by the court. The further use of the building has not yet been determined. In March 2019, the finance committee of the city of Bad Schwartau decided to buy the building for € 600,000. In May 2019, the purchase agreement was signed with the state of Schleswig-Holstein. The final purchase price was € 630,000. A usage concept is being developed. Among other things, there are plans to reopen the city's museum, which was closed in spring 2018. In May 2020 it was announced that € 800,000 from federal funds will be invested in the redesign or renovation of the building.
Others
Office building Schwartau
The district court was built on the site where the office building of the Schwartau office - previously the office building of the Kaltenhof office - stood.
Sandstone reliefs
Inside there are two sandstone reliefs, which are the last evidence of the episcopal estate Kaltenhof . The sandstone reliefs (most likely from the manor house ) date from the time of Bishop Eberhard von Holle and were brought to Schwartau when the Kaltenhof estate was closed in 1847 and attached to the outside of the Schwartau office - after it was demolished in 1910, they were attached to the outside of the Bad Schwartau district court - from where they were brought inside the building in 1974.
- One sandstone relief shows the arms of the Bishop of Lübeck and lt. Inscription:
- "PROPRIIS / SVMPTIBVS / 1586"
- German: "From own / means (erected) / 1586"
- The other sandstone relief contains a five-line inscription in Latin :
- "D [EI] .G [RATIA]. EBERHARDVS EPISCOPVS / LVBECENSIS ADMINISTRATOR / VERDENSIS ABBAS LVNEBVRGENSIS / SVIS IMPENSIS FIERI FECIT / ANNO MDLXXXIII"
- German: "By God's grace Eberhard, Bishop / von Lübeck, Administrator / von Verden, Abbot of Lüneburg / had (it) built according to his plans / in 1583"
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The city received the title "Bad" only later.
- ↑ http://www.ln-online.de/Lokales/Bad-Schwartau/Finanzausschuss-stimmen-Kauf-des-Bad-Schwartauer-Amtsgerichts-zu
- ↑ https://www.ln-online.de/Lokales/Bad-Schwartau/Perfekt-Bad-Schwartau-kauf-das-Amtsgerichtsgebaeude
- ↑ https://www.shz.de/lokales/ostholsteiner-anzeiger/eutiner-schloss-pastorat-gnissau-und-amtsgericht-bad-schwartau-erhalten-mittel-aus-berlin-id28274882.html accessed on May 11, 2020
- Information page of the state government ( memento of September 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (with date of cancellation)
- State ordinance for the implementation of the repeal of the district courts of Kappeln, Geesthacht, Mölln, Bad Schwartau and Bad Oldesloe of November 13, 2006
- Max Steen : Alt Schwartau - history and stories. Lübeck 1976
- Uwe Bremse: Kaltenhof - A Documentation on the History of Bad Schwartau; Bad Schwartau, 1986 (to the sandstone reliefs)
Coordinates: 53 ° 55 ' N , 10 ° 42' E