Bastion Hessen detached

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Access to the bastion's casemates
Area above the casemates

The Hessen bastion detached is a former bastion of the Magdeburg Fortress in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt, preserved in small remains . The remaining parts of the bastion are under monument protection .

location

It is located on the east side of Hohepfortestrasse in the southern part of Magdeburg's Alte Neustadt district . The site of the bastion is now part of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg . The remaining remains are located underground, below a green area and the street, immediately west of the university sports hall 3. This is also where the access to the preserved facility is located.

Architecture and history

The Hessen bastion detached was built between 1717 and 1740 and belonged to the outer part of the northern front of the fortress belt. On the city side, it was upstream of the Mark Kontergarde . To the west it was flanked by the Ravelin Sweden , to the east by the fountain . On the field side in front of her, until the demolition of the old new town, lay the buildings of this town, with its wide path, town hall and the then Sankt-Nicolai-Kirche.

The bastion should not be confused with the former Hessen bastion further west . The addition detached refers to the function as an advanced work. The name Hessen referred to friendly relations between the Mark Brandenburg at the beginning of the 18th century.

The vaults on the left face of the bastion have been preserved. The casemates were probably built in the 1860s.

In the local register of monuments , the bastion is listed as a monument under registration number 094 18233 .

Based on the distance to the Mark barracks, the depth of the original graduation of the fortress can still be seen today.

literature

  • Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , page 310 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Mertens, Die fortress Magdeburg , 1750 in Bernhard Mai, Christiane Mai, Fortress Magdeburg , Verlag Janos Stekovics Dößel 2006, ISBN 978-3-89923-098-7 , page 77
  2. ^ Bernhard Mai, Christiane Mai, Fortress Magdeburg , Verlag Janos Stekovics Dößel 2006, ISBN 978-3-89923-098-7 , page 70
  3. ↑ Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , page 311
  4. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , Magdeburg.pdf, page 2575 f.

Coordinates: 52 ° 8 '24.2 "  N , 11 ° 38' 54.3"  E