Auermühle (Bonn)
The Auermühle is a former industrial site in Bonn district Graurheindorf , located at Bonn Harbor . The buildings of the complex consisting of grain silos and mills were built from 1923. Today they are used as office buildings. The Auermühlen site is on the northern edge of the port on Karl-Legien- Strasse; it is separated from the Rhine by parts of the port's loading facilities. The Auermühle stands as a monument under monument protection .
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history
In 1923, adjacent to the new shipyard, which was under construction from 1922 to 1924, the construction of warehouses and the first silo began by the Cremer brothers. In 1926 the facility was taken over by Carl Auer , and the buildings including the actual mill were completed by 1927. The company was called "Bonner Weizenmühle Carl Auer". A second silo followed in 1939, both with a capacity of 80,000 cubic meters .
In 1948 an oat and rice mill was added, but it was shut down again in 1951/52 and converted for office use. The last warehouse was built in 1963/64.
The flour mill ceased operations in the late 1980s. In 1994 the facility was placed under monument protection. Frank Asbeck , later CEO of SolarWorld , and his brother Marc bought the Auermühle from Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB) at the beginning of the same year and had it converted into an office building. The first construction phase, which concerned an extension, was completed in June 1994, the second included the actual mill building and was completed in January 1995. Initially, the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe was based there. 1996–1998 the silos were also converted into office buildings according to plans by the architect Heribert Wiesemann .
The main user of the Auermühle was the DB Direkt service department of Deutsche Bank with a call center . On October 30, 2008 it was announced that the site with 550 employees would be closed. There are also several smaller tenants, including DHL. As a result, Frank Asbeck and his company Solar World moved into the step tower, mill silo and the main building. A fitness studio was set up for employees on one floor of the mill. Siemens has leased around 3,650 m 2 of office space in the Kornkirche since spring 2011 .
architecture
Silo 1 was made of reinforced concrete and consists of 16 silo tubes, the stepped roof structure is assigned to late expressionism . A flat-bottom storage tank is directly attached. During the renovation in 1996/97, an external stair tower with a glass facade was added; after the walls were removed, a support grid remained from the silo tubes. The facade is covered with red-brown cement plaster.
Silo 2 is also made of reinforced concrete. Due to its shape reminiscent of a church building , it is also known as the "Kornkirche". During the renovation, all but two of the silo tubes were completely removed, the stairwells are internal. The facade consists of clinker bricks .
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the city of Bonn (as of March 15, 2019), p. 29, number A 1928
- ^ Rolf Kleinfeld: Auermühle becomes the Johanniterhaus . In: General-Anzeiger , city edition Bonn . June 30, 1994, p. 8 .
- ↑ Rolf Kleinfeld: Investor wants to exercise the option to buy the silos . In: General-Anzeiger , city edition Bonn . January 5, 1995, p. 8 .
- ↑ General-Anzeiger Bonn of October 30, 2008: 550 employees in Graurheindorf tremble for jobs ( memento of the original from November 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rolf Kleinfeld: The sun rises at the Auermühle , General-Anzeiger Bonn, July 11, 2011, accessed on May 9, 2012
Web links
- The Auermühle in Bonn-Graurheindorf (project guide Rhenish industrial culture)
Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '35.4 " N , 7 ° 5' 8.7" E