Architectural fragments of the Hamburg Museum

The list of architectural fragments of the Hamburg Museum shows the decorative elements of former civil and state buildings integrated into the architecture of the building of the Museum of Hamburg History . Spolia - historical coats of arms, figures and portals, doors and ceilings - are built into the facade, outside and inside the exhibition rooms . They give the museum building erected between 1914 and 1922 a meaningful character, as they take up the old, no longer existing Hamburg , and were created in close cooperation between the architect Fritz Schumacher and the then museum director Otto Lauffer . The components are part of the building's first collection and were saved, especially in the 19th century after major urban planning cuts - such as the Great Fire of 1842, the construction of the Speicherstadt from 1883 or the demolition of the Gängeviertel .

fragment	origin	Location	annotation
portal	Speersort house 14 53 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ N, 9 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ E	Outside area, south side, entrance to the terrace	The house was demolished in 1910 as part of the renovation of the old town .
Facade decoration four busts of Roman emperors, a palm frond and a family coat of arms	House Düsternstrasse 43–51 53 ° 33 ′ 3 ″ N, 9 ° 59 ′ 5 ″ E	Outside area, south-east wall	Semi-detached house of the Schrötteringk family from 1670, demolished in 1906
Facade decoration three crossed palm fronds	House new wall cream 10	Outside area, main entrance, above the windows of the 2nd floor	Hamburg town house from the 17th century, demolished in 1886 after the clearing of the Wandrahmviertel for the construction of the Speicherstadt
portal the extension of the old town hall	Town hall at the Trostbrücke	Outside area, east side, entrance forecourt	The old town hall was blown up in the Great Fire in 1842, besides this portal there are some other fragments in the museum's possession.
Portal of the Cranz house	House Grosse Reichenstrasse 49	Outside area, ramparts north of the museum	The house was built in 1617 and demolished in 1890
Cartridge with the initials RB	House Grosse Reichenstrasse 37	Outside area, ramparts north of the museum, at the back of the portal of Cranz'schen Haus	The cartridge was part of the portal of the Große Reichenstrasse building . The initials RB refer to Anna Catharina B ehrmann, born R othenburger who bought the house 1745th
Pilaster decorations	House new wall cream 10	Outside area, ramparts north of the museum, at the back of the portal of Cranz'schen Haus	the house vom Neuen Wandrahm was a Hamburg town house from the 17th century, demolished in 1886 after the clearing of the Wandrahmviertel for the construction of the Speicherstadt
portal	House Rödingsmarkt 60	Outside area, north side, jewelry garden	Portal from 1631, the house was demolished in 1896 for rebuilding
Spherical monument	St. Anne's cemetery, wall cream; later Gertrudenkirchhof	Outside area, north side, jewelry garden	Set up in the jewelry garden after destruction in World War II
portal	House Neuer Wall 72/74	Outside area, north side, eastern risalit	built between 1820 and 1830 by the architect Johannes Nicolaus Kuhn for Count Gerhard von Dernath from Holstein, demolished around 1907/1908; first in the Museum of Art and Industry , handed over to the Hamburg Museum in 1909.
Tympanum Mercury	House Cremon 28	Outside area, north side between the risalits	The tympanum comes from the granary of the house on Cremon from 1789, Mercury is believed to be the god of trade.
inscription Libertatem quam peperere	Deichtor , inside	Outside area, north side, gable of the eastern risalite , below the Hamburg coat of arms	Libertatem quam peperere maiores digne studeat servare posteritas , meaning: "The freedom that the ancients achieved, may posterity keep it worthy"; this motto can also be found on today's town hall
Imperial statues	Town hall at the Trostbrücke	Outside area, north side, facade	14 statues: originally, 21 emperor figures, created between 1602 and 1649, adorned an extension of the town hall, which could be secured when it was destroyed during the great fire in 1842. When the museum was rebuilt, 20 figures were placed on the facade, six of them had to be removed due to war damage.
portal	House Grosse Reichenstrasse 37	Outside area, north side, projection of the large lecture hall	The house was built in 1742 and demolished in 1908 as part of the renovation of the old town.
Coat of arms stone of the Moller family	House Neß 6	Outside area, west side, terrace wall
portal	House new wall cream 10	Outside area, west side, southern part of the terrace wall	Hamburg town house from the 17th century, demolished in 1886 after the clearing of the Wandrahmviertel for the construction of the Speicherstadt
portal	Spinning house	Outside area, west side, right side of the terrace wall	Penitentiary from 1669 to 1842 at the Alstertor, destroyed in the great fire.
portal	Main Church of St. Petri	Schumacherhof	The portal was created in 1604/1605, after the destruction of the church in the Great Fire in 1842, it was stored and installed in the museum in 1914, badly damaged by an explosive bomb in 1941, and restored to its present state in 1993
portal	House fish market 5	Schumacherhof	The house was demolished in 1886.
Window framing	House new wall cream 10	Interiors, first floor, hall	Hamburg town house from the 17th century, demolished in 1886 after the clearing of the Wandrahmviertel for the construction of the Speicherstadt
Pillar	House Deichstrasse 53	Interiors, first floor, shop floor	Old Hamburg town house, built 1590, demolished in 1909; the house's ballroom has also been preserved and is exhibited on the second floor.
Ceiling painting	House Grimm 31	Interiors, first floor, shop floor	The house was built in the first half of the 16th century and bombed in 1943.
archway	Jacobikirchhof / Steinstrasse 124	Interiors, first floor	Gate passage in the Jacobikirchhof, which has been converted with half-timbered houses, decorated with Christian carved figures by Christian Precht in 1678 , demolished in 1881
portal Small town hall door	Town hall at the Trostbrücke	Interiors, first floor	The old town hall was blown up in the Great Fire in 1842, next to this portal there are some other fragments in the museum's possession, especially in the outdoor area.
portal	Construction yard at the Deichtor	Interiors, first floor	The building yard existed from 1660 to 1847 on the site of today's Deichtorplatz; Three portals are integrated in the museum: main portal, fleet portal and north portal
Ceiling painting	House Katharinenstrasse 9	Interiors, second floor	The house was built between 1630 and 1640 and was built in 1941.
Ballroom	House Deichstrasse 53	Interiors, second floor	Old Hamburg town house, built 1590, demolished in 1909; the merchant's hall of the house has been preserved and is exhibited on the first floor.

literature

Friedrich Georg Buek : Hamburg antiquities: Contribution to the history of the city and its customs . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1859, p. 68–78, 239–240 ( online [accessed December 4, 2017]).
Theodor Schrader : Guide through the Museum of Hamburg History . 7th edition. Lütcke & Wulff, Hamburg 1908, p. 9 .
Anne-Kathrin Rehm: Secrets of a museum building - architectural decorations at the Museum of Hamburg History - a tour with 8 stations . Hamburg 1994.

Web links

Fritz Schumacher catalog of works. Museum of Hamburg History

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