Barberina (Ballhaus)
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Barberina is the name of a former ballroom at Erfenschlager Straße 36 in Chemnitz .
history
The building was built in the 19th century in the neo-renaissance style and initially served as a "relaxation area" for coachmen. Iron rings on the front of the building, to which the horse reins were once attached, still bear witness to this time. 32 horses could be accommodated in the cellar-like stables vaulted with round arches . The house had a well; on the second floor there were accommodations for coachmen. Bricks and local stones, especially Leukersdorf porphyry, were used as building materials. It gives the building its golden yellow color.
The Zwönitztalbahn , which opened in 1875, runs behind the building . In 1877 their Erfenschlag stop was opened in the immediate vicinity , which was expanded to two tracks in 1905/1907 and renamed Reichenhain in 1908 ; Since the incorporation in 1929 (and is called again today) the stop was called Chemnitz-Reichenhain . In the course of the expansion of the station around 1908, at the same time as important historical buildings in Saxony such as the Chemnitz Opera House and the King Albert Museum , the "Ausspanne" was expanded to become a station restaurant; a ballroom, which was decorated with arched windows, stucco ceilings and columns, completed the building. The establishment, leased by a Scherzer family, was a popular excursion destination until the eve of the Second World War , also due to the extensive surrounding area, which the guests used as a polo pitch.
After the tenant died in the war, the furnishings of the hall were almost completely stolen or destroyed during this time; only stucco work and columns survived this phase. The mechanical engineering company Pfauter acquired the former restaurant. The ballroom was used as accommodation for Eastern workers. In the post-war period, the bar ran under the name Barberina , named after the dancer Barbara Campanini , a Mr. Suchanek, who had previously owned a dance hall in the center of Chemnitz. In 1966 it was leased to Manfred Herbig and over the next few years it was mainly used as a restaurant by the residents and students of the nearby university; the rooms on the second floor of the former Ausspanne were rented out as apartments.
From 1950 the ballroom served as a workshop. The restaurant lasted until 1978 and has been empty since then. The building changed its owner and leaseholder several times and got into a desolate condition.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Location u. Heimatblatt for Altchemnitz, Harthau, Klaffenbach, Reichenhain, Markersdorf, Helbersdorf u. Surroundings: Every Sunday entertainment concert, followed by the popular hall dance. In: Altchemnitz-Harthauer Anzeiger , number 42–1935.
- ↑ For the company cf. Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoss: Pfauter, Robert Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 305 f. ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Cf. Jedlicka / Heyden: It only whispers softly through the ruins. Once magnificent ballrooms in the city have been leading a sad existence for years. Article in the Chemnitzer Morgenpost from April 11, 2010, pp. 4–5.
Web links
- Chemnitz film archive, former Barberina concert and ball house around 1965
- Ballhaus Barberina, pictures, state 2009
- Image documentation, 2010
Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 39.5 ″ N , 12 ° 56 ′ 7.7 ″ E