Brandenstein Palace

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Brandenstein Palace

The Brandensteinsche Palais in Schwerin , Schelfstadt , Puschkinstraße 13, is a monument in Schwerin and today the seat of the Volkshochschule Schwerin .

history

Puschkinstraße : on the left the Schelfkirche , behind the palace, in front of it No. 3 to 11

The Schelfstadt, originally the Schelfe , since 1349 also Neustadt, developed from the 11th century as an initially independent place and from 1705 as a city. Half-timbered houses and palaces were built on the shelf in the early 18th century. The Schelfe with over 4100 inhabitants became a district of Schwerin in 1832.

Around 1703 a first building is said to have already stood here at the transition from what was then Ritterstrasse to the Schelfmarkt. The oldest established owner of the house was - according to the Schwerin City Archives - around 1747 Councilor of Justice Heinrich von Dorne, whose ancestors were councilors and mayors in Lübeck.

The then free-standing two-storey 11-axis building, initially late baroque , then classical, with a high base and a central gable risalit as well as a large garden was monumental by Schwerin standards and corresponded to the manor houses in Mecklenburg.

Around 1797/98, the later Mecklenburg-Schwerin Privy Council President and Minister August Georg Freiherr von Brandenstein (1755–1836) acquired the building. He renovated the house and renewed the interior. The color scheme at that time was used again in 2004/05. Soon after, around the 1810s, the property was called Brandensteinsches Palais . In 1826 he had it expanded to include another courtyard building at the rear staircase.

In 1850 it was bought for the grand ducal estate under Friedrich Franz II and rebuilt according to plans by Hermann Willebrand . It was used to accommodate the Grand Ducal Cabinet and higher officials. A few years later it was again owned by the Brandenstein family. However, it was still partially used as a residence for grand ducal officials until 1899.

In 1899 the city of Schwerin acquired the house for administrative purposes. Several conversions followed for this purpose; a ticket hall was set up in the southern part, the balcony to the street disappeared, the main entrance was from the street and the farm buildings in the courtyard gave way in 1893/94 to a building for the neighboring school for girls as a shelf school . Most of the interior was lost. In 1919 an extension was built on the south gable.

The building was renovated in 2004/05. The back half-timbering was retained and the eaves there could be closed again. The monumental facade of the former aristocratic palace documents the type of city ​​palace , of which there is no other example in Schwerin.

Today, the seat of the adult education center with the culture information center (KIZ) and rooms for the Schwerin Conservatory opposite are located here . Currently (2020) the foundations are sagging and constructive measures have to be initiated.

Volkshochschule Schwerin

The Volkshochschule Ehm Welk is the municipal institution of the state capital Schwerin for further education . It offers courses on the subjects of society, culture, work, basic education, school leaving certificates, health, languages, travel and “active aging”. Around 25 lecturers are active for the VHS. The VHS observatory and planetarium are located in Ostorf , Weinbergstrasse 17. Courses also take place in the neighboring shelf school, on the campus at the tower in Großer Dreesch , Hamburger Allee 124 and in the Fridericianum Schwerin , Goethestrasse 74.

Ehm Welk (1884–1966) became the director of the adult education center he founded in Schwerin in 1946.

literature

Web links

Commons : Puschkinstraße (Schwerin)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maltzan: Some good Mecklenburg men. P. 109.

Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '54.8 "  N , 11 ° 25' 0.7"  E