Bruckgut
The manor house Bruckgut stands on the right bank of the Birs , north of the higher village center in Münchenstein near Basel , in Switzerland .
The property is registered in the Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance .
location
The Bruckgut property is located in the Münchenstein Birs plane. The most important crossing over the Birs from Basel to Münchenstein was a wooden bridge with a customs house opposite today's Landhaus Bruckgut. For the construction of the railway bridge, the river was straightened and partially dammed in 1874/75. This section of the Jura Railway from Basel to Delémont was opened on September 23, 1875. This is where the Münchenstein railway accident happened on June 14, 1891.
history
At first there was a walled estate on the site of the Bruckgut, a house with a gable roof. The private residence Bruckgut was built in 1758 for the Basel manufacturer Markus Weiss-Leissler (1696–1768). There is a gardener's house next to the Bruckgut manor house. The observation pavilion built on the high corner stone is from 1764.
The Bruckgut farm was built in 1888, but not in the characteristic style of a Basel farmhouse, where the house and stables form a wing. The builder and owner of the farm, Carl Geigy , brought the basic idea of its construction with him from Norway. In Norwegian manors the courtyard and stables are grouped around an inner courtyard and the house takes up a separate space. Two big fires broke out in the yard. The first fire occurred in 1931 when the Bruckgut barn burned down, and in 1992 the barn burned a second time. The vaulted cellar of the Bruckgut was converted into a wine cellar in 2006. The cellar used to be used as a storage location for beets.
architecture
The manor house Bruckgut is the work of the architect Samuel Werenfels (1720–1800). Werenfels was given the task of reusing the old gabled house and building a broad front facing the street. In addition, there was a wing pointing north, at right angles. The northern flank is wider than the southern, because Werenfels took over the latter from the old building. Separated from and to the side of the utility buildings, a larger courtyard opens up in front of a double-gabled main building. On the back of the building, a polygonal tower with a stepped gable reveals the built-in wall sections of the old building from the 16th or 17th century.
The arrangement and division of the main facade corresponds to the French pattern. In the middle is a three-axis entrance section. The entrance area is flanked by two uneven wings, which are separated by vertical parallel bars . The scaled components are grouped together under a hipped roof with hatchings.
On the street facade is a neat portal with the rocaille in the apex of the flat door arch. Inside, to the side of the spacious entrance hall (furnished as a summer house), the rooms are arranged. The rooms on the first floor, accessible through the stair tower, are smaller than on the lower floor. In the hall, the ceiling with rococo stucco by Caspar Messler, as well as the wall niche fountain, the drum-like cupboards and the paintings above the doors ( supraports ) are very evident . To the right of the hall is the living room , also with a stucco ceiling and a fireplace in Louis XV style . The dining room is on the left and is similarly furnished.
The two Chinese rooms are on the upper floor of the southern part. The small Chinese room with the oilcloth wallpaper from the JJ Nothnagel manufactory (Frankfurt), probably from 1761. Various Chinese scenes are depicted on a richly framed panel. In the large Chinese room, the walls are covered with wallpaper in oil on canvas. These come from a Frankfurt manufactory and this is a continuous sequence of images with Chinese subjects.
In the north wing is the large corner room that is equipped with a tower-like tiled stove . The corner room has corner cabinets and a large mirror.
Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '4.3 " N , 7 ° 37' 11.1" E ; CH1903: 613642 / 263 028
Individual evidence
- ↑ A objects. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .