Beginenturm (Hanover)

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Begin tower with remains of the city wall, left front, right back open as a shell tower

The Beginenturm (formerly also Beguinenturm ) is a listed defense tower on the Hohen Ufer in Hanover . The tower was first mentioned in 1357 as "De nye Torn" and was part of the city ​​fortifications of Hanover . It was originally built in the Beguine's garden .

history

The Begin Tower was built "as the last and strongest tower of the city wall", remains of which can still be found inside the Historical Museum . The deliberately chosen location within sight of Lauenrode Castle on the opposite bank of the Leine was an expression of the city's self-confidence towards the sovereign at the time.

The outer wall of the to 1649 built the arsenal was attached to the tower
The tower with the old arsenal, in front of it a path leads down to the left to the former horse pond
The tower and the market church , seen in 2014 from Leibnizufer during the old town flea market

According to information from the monument preservationist Arnold Nöldeke , the tower was built on a foundation whose thickness had not yet been reached during excavation work at a depth of more than 4.20 m. On this foundation, the Hanoverians erected three separate storeys made of blocks of very different sizes. The building material for the shell tower, which was up to 3 m thick and around 23 m high, was Linden limestone . According to the attached city board, material from the Romanesque predecessor building of the market church was also used. The interior of the first floor was vaulted later , while the upper floors, open to the old town, were closed with half-timbered walls between 1660 and 1944 .

At the beginning of the 16th century the tower served as a prison several times, including in 1526 in the run-up to the Reformation .

Beginning in the Thirty Years War , the former armory was added to the tower from 1642 to 1649 . The remains of this building became part of the History Museum in 1966.

In the 18th century, the tower was temporarily used as a storage facility for peat, which was "the most important heating material" at the time.

In 1896, in connection with the establishment of the river water art, a building competition was announced, through which the Begin Tower was to be transformed into a historicizing water tower .

After the Second World War , the tower served as an artist's studio from 1948 . From 1972 to 2007 the Turm restaurant used the building.

Renovation 2011–2014

In 2011 the tower was scaffolded and initially renovated from the outside. The Begin Tower has been open to the public as part of the History Museum since June 28, 2014. The plans for separate exhibition rooms on the history of the tower and the expansion of the two floors above it as glazed experience rooms that allow a view of the city could not be realized for cost reasons.

See also

literature

  • Arnold Nöldeke: Fortification. In: The art monuments of the province of Hanover. 1: Hanover district, issue 2: City of Hanover , Hanover 1932, p. 42ff., Here v. a. P. 51f.
    • Reprint: Wenner Osnabrück, 1979. Part 1: Monuments of the “old” city area of ​​Hanover (incorporated until January 1, 1870), ISBN 3-87898-151-1
  • Gerd Weiß, Marianne Zehnpfennig: The fortification of the old town. In: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover, part 1 , vol. 10.1, ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller , Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1983, ISBN 3-528-06203-7 ;
    • Annex to vol. 10.2: Am Hohen Ufer 1 / corner of Pferdestrasse (Begin Tower, part of the city wall, rest of the armory wall). In: middle. In: Hans-Herbert Möller (Hrsg.): Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony. Volume 10. Wolfgang Neß among others: City of Hanover. Part 2, ISBN 3-528-06208-8 , pp. 3ff.
  • Helmut Knocke : Begin Tower. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 54.

Web links

Commons : Begin Tower  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerd Weiß, Marianne Zehnpfennig: The fortification of the old town ...
  2. ^ A b Arnold Nöldeke: Attachment
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Helmut Knocke: Beginenturm (see literature)
  4. ↑ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen : Pferdestraße 6. In: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 178
  5. ↑ Ralph Anthes: City boards of Hanover / Beginenturm (board 19)
  6. ^ Siegfried Müller: Begin Tower. In: Geschichte der Stadt Hannover , Vol. 1, From the beginnings to the beginning of the 19th century / with contribution from Helmut Plath , ed. v. Klaus Mlynek and Waldemar R. Röhrbein , Schlütersche , Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-87706-351-9 , pp. 122, 128; online: via Google Books
  7. ↑ Carl-Hans Hauptmeyer: 1740 , in: Hannover Chronik , p. 87
  8. ^ Vivien-Marie Drews: Begin tower on the high bank in Hanover crumbles . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine , April 22, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2011. 
  9. ↑ Refurbished: Begin tower open to visitors. [[Neue Presse (Hannover) |]] from June 27, 2014, accessed on June 29, 2014
  10. ↑ Andreas Schinkel: Begin Tower opens in September . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine , February 21, 2012. Accessed February 3, 2014. 
  11. ↑ ibid., Quotation from Andreas Urban

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 18.1 ″  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 52.8 ″  E