Antikenhalle (Speyer)
The Antikenhalle is a classical secular building in Speyer , it was subsequently rededicated to the memorial of the 2nd Royal Bavarian Pioneer Battalion.
history
The historically very interested district president of the Bavarian Rhine District , Joseph von Stichaner , initiated the construction of a representative building at the beginning of the 19th century, in which the ancient finds from the area could be kept and exhibited. Mainly it was supposed to be a lapidarium and at first it was also called the Antiquarium of the Rhine District .
Johann Philipp Mattlener , state building manager and student of Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826), designed the Antikenhalle and built it in 1826, north of the Speyer Cathedral , in the classicism style. The scholar Friedrich Thiersch visited the site and wrote about it in 1838:
“ The Antiquarium, through the insightful activity of the earlier k. The district president founded by Stichaner and erected in a specially constructed building surprised me by the abundance and importance of all the antiquities found in the Rhine area, in clay, stone, marble and bronze ... "
After about 30 years there was no longer enough space to recover the many finds and to display them in a dignified manner, which is why they set up a museum and finally moved the collection there. It later formed the basis of the early history department of the Palatinate Historical Museum .
When the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71 was over, captured artillery was exhibited in the building as trophies for victory and the popular name Kanonenhalle became established .
After the First World War , the antique hall was empty and no longer served any practical purpose. In 1930, the artistically significant building was rededicated as a memorial to the 2nd Royal Bavarian Pioneer Battalion, which was formerly based in Speyer . A memorial stone to this effect was set up in the hall and an inscription of the same kind was placed on the outside. The outer inscription reads: “THE DEAD OF K. BAY. 2. PIONEER BATL. TO THE MEMORY ” , the inner one, on the memorial stone: “ 48 OFFZ FALLED FOR THE FATHERLAND. 1742 UNTEROFFZ. U. PIONEERS , 1914-1918 ” . The metal sculptures of a pioneer emblem (anchor, spade and pick) and a German steel helmet model 1916 were also attached to the memorial stone . Inside, in the side rooms, stone tablets were placed with the names of the fallen. The official inauguration of the monument took place on the occasion of the XXI. Bavarian Pioneer Bundestag in 1934, for which a commemorative badge with a picture of the Antikenhalle was issued. After the Second World War , the memorial stone received the additional inscription "OUR FALLEN AND THE VICTIMS OF WORLD WAR 2, 1939 - 1945" .
Building stock
It is a rectangular hall that is largely open to the south. It stands in the cathedral garden, north of the Speyer Cathedral, on the site of the St. Nicholas Church , which went down in 1689 and whose ruins were demolished in 1825. The main facade is on the southern long side. Towards the cathedral it has a three-part loggia divided by arcades of columns . This central section is framed to the east and west by two risalit-like projecting pylons with semi-arched windows. The ensemble is crowned by a low ornamental parapet made of yellow sandstone, which is higher on the two corner parts, is slightly arched and has two stylized lion heads. The front part of the roof parapet shows a threefold subdivision, whereby in 1930 the bronze inscription for the 2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion was placed in the middle field. The hall stands on a sandstone plinth with a wide flight of 3 steps leading to the open arches. The building is plastered white or painted, all trim and base are made of untreated, yellow Haardt - sandstone made.
Inside, in the center, on the back wall, is the rectangular pioneer memorial stone. To the right and left of it hang two metal shields with the Bavarian state coat of arms or the old Reich coat of arms, in both side rooms there are inscription panels of the fallen. The arcades are now barred so that one can only look into the hall but not enter it.
gallery
Dedication inscription for the 2nd Engineer Battalion
Pioneer memorial stone
Glance into the right side room
Favor panel, close-up
Coat of arms of Bavaria, inside left
Coat of arms of the German Empire, inside, right
West building, close-up
Roof parapet, west building
Lion head on the roof parapet
Rear view of the antiquities hall
literature
- Clemens Jöckle: The Antikenhalle in Speyer , in: Mitteilungen des Historisches Verein der Pfalz , Speyer, year 75, 1977, pp. 227–236
- Herbert Dellwing: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , Volume 1 of: Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz , 1985, Page 78, ISBN 3590310316 ; (Detail scan)
- Fritz Klotz: Speyer: Small town history , historical association of the Palatinate , district group Speyer, pilgrim printing, Speyer 1971, p. 151; (Detail scan)
- Hans Erich Kubach u. Lala Aufsberg: German land, German art: Die Pfalz , Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1966, page 64; (Detail scan)
Web links
- Website for the Antikenhalle in the portal of the Speyer Cathedral
- Website of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate for the Antikenhalle
- 2nd Bay website. Engineer Battalion and its memorial
Individual evidence
- ^ Jens Hoppe: Jewish history and culture in museums: On the non-Jewish museology of the Jewish in Germany , Waxmann Verlag, 2001, page 122, ISBN 3830961782 ; (Digital scan)
- ↑ Historischer Verein der Pfalz : Festgabe for the participants in the general assembly of the historical associations of Germany on September 21-25, 1874 in Speier , Speyer, 1874, page V; (Detail scan)
- ^ Georg Friedrich Creuzer : On the history of ancient Roman culture on the Upper Rhine and Neckar , Leipzig, 1833, p. 79; (Digital scan)
- ↑ Digital scan from the source
- ↑ data page for the 2nd bay. Engineer Battalion
- ↑ Illustrated website for the Speyer Antikenhalle as a memorial to the 2nd Bay. Pioneer Battalion
- ↑ Article on St. Nicholas Church from the Speyer Daily Mail , 2001
Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 4.7 ″ N , 8 ° 26 ′ 35 ″ E