Bruehl (Hildesheim)
Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 53 ″ N , 9 ° 57 ′ 2 ″ E
The Brühl is a historic street in the southern part of the city center of Hildesheim , in which, in addition to well-preserved half-timbered houses, there are several other important sights.
Position and length
373 m long, the Brühl runs from Kreuzstrasse in the north to Godehardsplatz in the south. The house numbers range from 1 to 47.
Name and story
The name Brühl refers to a swampy quarry at Eselsgraben, a tributary of the Innerste , which extends not far south of the old town of Hildesheim to the Godehardikloster. In this area, from around 1200, an unfortified peasantry of the same name emerged outside the medieval city walls, which slowly expanded. In the north it reached as far as the Brühltor of the old town, which was located in the area of today's Marienschule am Brühl, and in the east to the Brühltor of the new town . The village was divided into three areas, the Vorderer Brühl , Mittlerer Brühl and Hinterer Brühl . In the 16th century the area was included in the city of Hildesheim and its system of ramparts and walls. The Powder Tower, which was only removed in the 19th century, rose in the area of today's building at Brühl No. 6. Therefore, the stretch of road between Kreuzstrasse and Powder Tower was initially named "Before the Powder Tower". One of the first pharmacies in Germany stood on it - across from the Kreuzkirche
The Vordere and Mittlere Brühl were merged on August 29, 1871 under the street name Brühlstrasse , which was later shortened to Brühl . During the Second World War , the northern part of the Brühl, located north of Neue Strasse, was destroyed on March 22, 1945 by explosive and incendiary bombs. The houses were rebuilt in the 1950s style. The part of the Brühl, which extends south of the Neue Straße, escaped destruction and still gives an impression of the cityscape of Hildesheim before the war.
Buildings and special features
In Brühl buildings today can be found from different periods. The oldest surviving building is the Choralei ( Brühl 1a), by far the oldest secular building in Hildesheim. Part of the enclosing walls of the three-storey building made of quarry stone, burned out in 1945, built in the Romanesque style, dates from the 12th century and has Romanesque arched windows.
Next to the chorale, on the corner of Kreuzstrasse, stands the Kreuzkirche , which was built at the beginning of the 11th century as a gate hall for the city fortifications and later converted into a Romanesque church. Several renovations changed the church building considerably. The baroque west facade was added in 1712.
Opposite the house at Brühl No. 47, a memorial plaque was put up in memory of one of the first pharmacies in Germany, which was located here until 1415 and was later moved to Hohen Weg.
A little further south, next to Haus Brühl No. 38, a piece of the medieval city wall has been preserved directly on the road.
Houses No. 8a and No. 38, which were rebuilt in the 1950s after being destroyed in the Second World War, stand out with their oriels made of exposed aggregate concrete. Historicizing architecture tried to tie in with the history of the city and the street.
The seminary church , built in the late baroque style between 1766 and 1772 , rises up on the corner of Neue Straße , a hall church that was built 9 m back from the street. A statue of Maria Immaculate stands in a niche above her portal , next to the portal there are two other niches with statues of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Anthony of Padua .
At the Seminar Church, the long building of 1773-76, built on a high sandstone base shoots south seminary on. Here, too, there is a depiction of Mary (1737) in a niche in the otherwise relatively unadorned facade.
On the corner of the street Gelber Stern is the former Hospital von Alten, built in the classicism style in 1833-40 , which is now used by a technical college. In its inner courtyard there is a two-story half-timbered house from the 15th century, which was built in the Gothic style and is now used as a library. It has the triangular decorations typical of the Gothic period, as well as a clearly protruding upper floor and a diaper hatch.
The row of houses in the south-west of the Brühl , which mostly consists of two or three-story half-timbered houses on the eaves, is particularly significant in terms of urban planning and is one of Hildesheim's most popular photo motifs , not least because of the proximity of the Godehardikirche . The large half-timbered house Brühl 31 with its distinctive hall was built according to the inscription in 1556, but dendrochronological studies allowed the conclusion that the house is considerably older - the trees whose wood was used to build the house were felled before 1468 Not only are the fan rosettes typical of the Renaissance on the facade , but also the triangular decorations that were widespread in the Gothic period .
The neighboring house, Brühl No. 30, was built in 1563 according to the inscription above the entrance, but the two coats of arms in the northern part of the facade contain the year 1503. The house, whose second floor clearly towers above the first and the ground floor, originally had two entrances. whose Gothic pointed arches can still be seen in the facade.
House no.29, on which an inscription indicates the year 1694, stands out - like house no.28 - because of a large dwelling , while house no.25 could still come from the second half of the 16th century.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Häger, Hartmut: Hildesheimer streets. Hildesheim 2005.
- ↑ Dr. Zoder, Rudolf: Die Hildesheimer Straßen, p. 24. Hildesheim 1957.
- ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, p. 130. Hameln 2007
- ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, p. 127 ff. Hameln 2007.
- ^ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, p. 131. Hameln 2007.
- ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, p. 134 ff. Hameln 2007.
- ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, p. 136. Hameln 2007.
- ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, S. 137. Hameln 2007.
- ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, p. 138. Hameln 2007.
- ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, p. 139. Hameln 2007.
- ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, p. 139. Hameln 2007.
