Brömserhof (Lübeck)

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Brömserhof (2013)

The Brömserhof is a small palace of the late Baroque in Aegidienviertel the Luebeck old town.

History of the property

The plot of land at Schildstrasse 12-14, which is extraordinarily wide for Lübeck's gable end, originally consisted of two plots. These were mentioned in a document as early as the Middle Ages in 1291. Due to its location in the south of the old town island not far from Mühlenstraße and the Mühlentor , it was initially used as an agricultural yard by two farms, from which the land in front of the Mühlentor of the Lübeck city fortifications was cultivated. The property was acquired in 1300 by the councilor and later mayor of Lübeck, Marquard Vorrade, and initially remained the ancestral home of this Lübeck patrician family. Marquard's son Bertram Vorrade also became mayor in 1363.

In the 15th century, the property went to the knight Engelbert von Tiesenhausen, who was related by marriage to the von Warendorp family from Lübeck, and then to the von Calven , Brömse / von Brömbsen , Gloxin and Lüneburg council families from Lübeck .

Since the middle of the 17th century it has been called "Brömserhof" after the Brömse family.

building

The late baroque eaves-standing house of seven axes is not directly on Schildstraße, but behind a high iron fence a little back, so that due to the forecourt, which is atypical for Lübeck in connection with the neighboring buildings reaching up to the street, the impression of a corps de logis with a courtyard is given. The slate-covered mansard roof is surmounted by the three-axis, simple central projection with a classicist gable, which also contains the simple entrance portal. The wood of the roof was felled according to dendrochronological findings in the winter of 1744/45. The building in its present form was probably built in the summer of 1745; the barrel-vaulted cellar and part of the west gable are from the 13th / 14th centuries. Century. The house was rebuilt in 1769 and around 1800, as well as in the course of the conversions in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Inside, a rococo hall and a baroque staircase over all three floors have been preserved on the ground floor . The house has numerous original decorative elements (stucco ceilings, wood paneling).

On the rear property there is also a row of 15th century stalls that have been preserved .

Building uses

Brömserhof, upper floors on the garden side

The building was acquired in 1819 by the well-known Lübeck orthopedic surgeon Matthias Ludwig Leithoff and used for his orthopedic institute founded the year before. This facility was so successful at the time that Leithoff also acquired the property at St.-Annen-Straße 4 (later the Jenische Freischule ) in 1821 , the back garden of which adjoins Schildstraße 12-14. In 1852 the judge Karl Georg von Wächter owned the building, and in 1879 it was acquired by Georg Wilhelm Daniel Rey, the owner of Lübeckische Advertisements and the Gebr. Borchers publishing house .

In 1914 the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck acquired the complex. The maternity and baby home on Schildstrasse became a so-called “favorite child ” of the poor authority and its director under Senator Paul Hoff . So the office always had something to do with its institutions and workshops , even in the worst of times of inflation . The house underwent a fundamental renovation and the care of the residents was entrusted to a pre-trained, excellent sisterhood . Structural changes have now been made. A large loggia was built, a hot water supply was created and a milk kitchen was installed. The yard was a garden redesigned and was adjusted house ammen one. The number of those referred to the General Hospital because of illness was 179 in 1921, which corresponded to a nursing care level of 54%, and fell to 13 (9%) by 1927.

Later it was used as a health department and housing department.

Since 1999 the Brömserhof has been the seat of the cultural administration of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck and the seat of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck Cultural Foundation .

owner

Seal of the widow Tidemann Vorrades

literature

  • Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line. Lübeck 1925.
  • Klaus J. Groth : World Cultural Heritage Lübeck - listed houses ; Lübeck 1999
  • Schildstrasse 12. A house tells its story. Published by the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Department of Culture and Education 2012

Web links

Commons : Brömserhof  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Die Vorraden (Sage)  - Sources and full texts

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Fehling No. 291; Mayor 1302-07.

Coordinates: 53 ° 51 '50.8 "  N , 10 ° 41' 18.2"  E