Bürgererschützenhof
The Bürgererschützenhof was a shooting range in Lübeck .
location
The Bürgerschützenhof was located on Fackenburger Allee at the point where the street now runs over the tracks of the main train station. Since the introduction of the Lübeck house numbers from 1884, his address has been Fackenburger Allee 5 .
history
According to Lübeck's medieval military constitution, the male holders of civil rights were obliged to defend the city and accordingly had to regularly practice using weapons. With the advent of firearms , target practice also became mandatory. Responsible for the shooting training was protecting society , at the same time urban organization and private association was. Under her supervision, the citizens practiced target shooting every fortnight , strictly separated by office .
The shooting range of the shooting company was originally at the Marlesgrube . In 1558 the facility was relocated to an area outside the city in front of the Holsten Gate and thus the Bürgererschützenhof was established. From then on, the compulsory target practice of the authorities took place here as well as the annual bird shooting since 1567 , which had a folk festival- like character and which involved shooting a large wooden bird - the so-called papagoyen - from a high mast in order to win a prize.
The first building of the Bürgerschützenhof was a simple shed , which was replaced in 1591 by a massive house, which was extended in 1596 and 1650. A number of smaller outbuildings were also built. In 1793 a new two-story Bürgererschützenhof was built.
The fool of the Bürgerschützenhof had existed since at least the end of the 16th century .
Over the centuries, several offices set up their own shooting ranges in other places, so that the Bürgererschützenhof no longer fulfilled its original purpose of being a practice area for all citizens. The Bürgererschützenhof was no longer able to meet the requirements of the Lübeck Citizens Guard , which existed from 1814 and had not taken over the traditional organization of military exercises according to offices; she held her weapons training at the castle field . The target shooting on the premises took on the character of private shooting festivals of the individual guilds, which continued to hold their shooting competitions strictly separately.
In 1836 a new two-story main building was built in the simple style of Biedermeier classicism . With the first general target shooting , which took place at the Bürgererschützenhof in 1848 and which was expressly open to all participants regardless of their professional affiliation, the old style of shooting lost its importance.
With the introduction of the freedom of trade in Lübeck in 1867, the offices were dissolved; the riflemen from the 16th century ceased to exist and the Bürgererschützenhof lost its function. The building was rented by a private individual and from then on operated as an inn.
In 1903, when construction work began on the new Lübeck main station, the Bürgererschützenhof was demolished. The entire associated area fell victim to the extensive earthworks and can no longer be made out today, as it was completely covered with track systems.
literature
- Elke P. Brandenburg: St. Lorenz - Chronicle of the suburb in front of the Holstentor . Verlag Schmidt-Römhild , Lübeck 2001
- Johannes Klöcking : St. Lorenz - The Holstentor suburb of Lübeck and the western Landwehr district . Schmidt-Römhild publishing house, Lübeck 1953
- Gustav Lindtke: The city of Buddenbrooks . Verlag Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1981
Web links
- North German genealogies (PDF; 4.1 MB): Kohlhaas family in Lübeck