Baukelter Weinsberg
The building press in Weinsberg in the district of Heilbronn in northern Baden-Württemberg is a historical wine press that was documented as early as the 16th century . The building at Seufferheldstraße 14 in the old town of Weinsberg burned down in 1525, 1707 and 1945, but has been restored over and over again because of its strong walls. The building has been owned by the city since the 19th century. Because of its character that defines the location and its cultural-historical significance for the wine-growing town of Weinsberg, the building was registered as a cultural monument in the national register of architectural monuments as early as 1928 .
history
A wine press in the town of Weinsberg was first mentioned in a document in 1312. It was the stately wine press of the Lords of Weinsberg . In 1342 there is evidence of an urban wine press. It is not known whether the building press had its origin in one of these presses. It is first mentioned in 1528 as a fire ruin of the Upper Wine Press owned by the Württemberg rulership and fell victim to the troops of the Swabian Federation in 1525 when the town was burned down as a punishment for supporting the farmers in the Weinsberg bloody act . Due to its massive stone walls, the building was not completely destroyed in the fire, but could be restored by 1531. In the late 16th century there was a wine press room on the ground floor with two wine press trees, above a three-storey fruit box . The building seems to have been extensively rebuilt by 1610, as it was called the New Building at the time and already had a third winepress tree.
In 1707 a big fire broke out in Weinsberg, killing 195 buildings, including the building press, which was quickly rebuilt again. In 1708 the building was restored, in 1709 the wine press. Initially only two of the three winepress trees had been replaced, but in 1711 a third winepress tree from the former Schöntal cloister courtyard, which had been in the possession of the Württemberg-Neuenstadt family since 1692, was added.
In 1804 the building was first officially named Baukelter . The term either comes from the previous designation as a new building or is related to a manorial property called a building .
In the course of the replacement of the manorial feudal burdens, the city of Weinsberg acquired the lower part of the building press including the press equipment in 1826, while the basement and upper floors remained in the possession of the royal Württemberg finance chamber, which used them as reserve space for the district court of the Weinsberg district court, which was adjacent until 1855 . In 1856 the Royal Ministry of Justice planned to set up an administrative prison in these rooms, but in 1858 it was rejected by the penal institution, whereupon the city of Weinsberg was given the rest of the building in 1859 for 1200 guilders. The city initially planned to convert the building into a school, but rejected these plans because the building was unsuitable and made it available to the local winegrowers' cooperative after it was founded in 1868.
From 1933 to 1945 the building press served as a party home for the local NSDAP . On April 12, 1945, the building press burnt out again due to the effects of the war, and the stable walls again resisted complete destruction. During the restoration, the building was expanded into an administrative office and was the seat of the city administration until the inauguration of the new town hall in 1953. A children's clothing factory later used the building. It was last restored in the mid-1990s and has since housed the city music school and the Michael Beheim Hall on the ground floor, which is intended for events . The vaulted cellar, named Helfensteinkeller , houses the Weinsberg vinotheque.
The building was registered as a cultural monument in the state register of architectural monuments as early as 1928 because of its character that defines the location and its cultural and historical significance for the wine-growing town of Weinsberg . Despite the war damage in 1945 with the complete destruction of the roof structure and all historical interior fittings as well as the multiple renovations in the period that followed, the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office established an important place for the building in the list of cultural monuments in 1992. One focus of the renovation in 1994/95 was on extensive stone restorations in order to restore the brickwork, which was repaired in the post-war period with various materials and partly covered with cement plaster, to its 16th century character.
literature
- Simon M. Haag: History of the building press . In: Baukelter Weinsberg , publication for the inauguration and the open day after renovation, Stadt Weinsberg 1995
- Simon M. Haag: On the building history of the upper administrative town of Weinsberg . Verlag Nachrichtenblatt der Stadt Weinsberg, Weinsberg 1995, ISBN 3-9802689-8-5 . Pp. 179-182
Coordinates: 49 ° 9 ′ 6.5 ″ N , 9 ° 17 ′ 15.3 ″ E