Cafe Schucan

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The houses (far left (only half)) left and middle belonged to the old Schucan: Lettering on the houses: Otto Schucan's / Konditorei / Cafe
The Cafe Schucan in Münster was an institution and a legend, drawing by Hans Griepentrog
Münster, episode in Cafè Schucan, an ex-libris by Andreas Raub

The Cafe Schucan was a café on the Prinzipalmarkt in Münster . It was closed in 1989.

history

In 1836 the Swiss Johann Gaudenz Steiner settled in Münster and founded a pastry shop. In 1894 Otto Schucan, who also came from Switzerland, leased the house on Prinzipalmarkt "to run a pastry shop". This is how the house got its name. The Swiss were famous for their confectionery products in the 18th century. Relocation took place several times and the premises always had to be expanded: in 1909 he bought buildings 25 and 26 on the Principalmarkt, tore both down and rebuilt them with neo-Renaissance facades. House 24 was added in 1937. In 1938 Jacob Otto Schucan took over Café Schucan from his father. The café was a “hip” meeting point for social life in the city and the surrounding area. The cafe was also very popular with the students. On the second floor, the café housed a billiards room. The Schucan, in the style of Viennese coffee house culture, and the Gasthaus Stuhlmacher were a gastronomic couple on the Prinzipalmarkt in Münster. In 1982 his daughter Claire Schucan took over the business after her father passed away. In 1989 they sold the building including the café to Hussel Holding (now Douglas) because there was no inheritance. The old Schucan closed on March 31, 1989. After protests, the café was continued on a greatly reduced area until 1997 in the same place under the name Feller Mokka (small Schucan). Then the Thalia bookstore was housed there; today there is a fashion boutique there. According to a recent survey, many Münster residents would like Cafe Schucan back. According to an interview, Jörn Kreke , then Chairman of the Douglas Holding Supervisory Board, regretted the closure of the cafe. He is said to have offered the city of Munster to continue as a cafe if they would take over the rental costs, which the city declined. The damage to the company's image after the closure would have been very great. What has remained, however, is the lettering above the door of Prinzipalmarkt 25: Otto Schucan Konditorei.

The Schucan in art

In 1977 the Münster graphic artist Hans Griepentrog made a drawing of the interior of the “legendary” café. The proverbial calm, the actual atmosphere is well expressed. At the same time, you always had a good view of the business and traffic going on on the principal market. In 2013 Andreas Raub made an ex-libris with the name Münster, Episode in the Cafè Schucan . It shows the Cafe Schucan with the label "Otto Schucan Conditorei" and an air raid siren installed on the roof. An Allied bomber formation flies over the roof. In a parallel graphic one sees two swaying revelers in front of a dissolving principal market that is blurred in the forms. In the foreground is an empty chair with opened bottles and empty glasses. On the ground you can see the year 1943, which reminds of the great air raid on October 10, 1943 at 12 noon in Münster.

Web links

Commons : Cafe Schucan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FAZ from May 31, 2015 Where Münster comes to
  2. ^ WN February 6, 2015
  3. ↑ WN September 4, 2010
  4. ↑ Berlin State Library, Exlib.n 2484

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