Charlottenstrasse 2 (Heilbronn)

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Charlottenstrasse 2 in Heilbronn (2015)
The partially refurbished former Metro Bar (2008)
Detail of the entrance area

The house at Charlottenstrasse 2 in Heilbronn was designed by the architects Hermann Maute and Theodor Moosbrugger as a hotel and restaurant between 1898 and 1899. The building on Charlottenstrasse is an example of the late historicism style around 1900. From the early 1960s, the building housed the Metro Bar , which was part of the Heilbronn red-light district on Rathenauplatz .

description

It is a three-storey building "with a sandstone base, rich figural applications and upper storeys clad with brick". Decorations in the style of the German Renaissance can be seen at the main entrance, on the windows on the ground floor and on the side projections with blind gables . Inside the building, a stairwell has been preserved, which has turned balusters and ornamented windows. The structure of the floor plan was largely retained. The ground floor housed the restaurant, kitchen, etc., and the hotel rooms upstairs.

history

The building was built for the hotelier Heinrich Hoffman in 1898/99 as a hotel and restaurant. In the late 1930s it housed the Zur Fleinerhöhe restaurant . In 1950 the innkeeper Julius Reiner took over the Fleinerhöhe . There was also a branch of Franz Schönbein's grocery store in the building. The upper floors were rented. In 1961 the Metro Bar was located in the building, which was particularly frequented by US soldiers. In front of the building there was also the Bratwurstglöcklein kiosk and Schönbein's grocery store continued for some time. The building was then part of the Heilbronn red light district on Rathenauplatz , which existed from the 1970s until around 2000. In the 1990s, the city of Heilbronn gradually bought the building. Since then, most of the buildings on Rathenauplatz, including the house at Charlottenstrasse 2, have been renovated. After a change of ownership in 2008, six apartments were to be housed in the former hotel;

Web links

Commons : Charlottenstraße 2  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Julius Fekete, Simon Haag, Adelheid Hanke, Daniela Naumann with contributions by Gerhard Bauer, Martina Berner-vom Feld, Jörg Biel, Ulrich Frey, Wolfgang Hansch, Joachim Hennze, Markus Numberger, Ulrike Plate, Christhard Schrenk: Monument topography Baden- Württemberg Volume I.5 Heilbronn district. Edition Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1988-3 , p. 84 and p. 85
  2. ↑ Joachim Hennze: Theodor Moosbrugger (1851-1923). A master of representative building . In: Heilbronner heads V . Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 2009, ISBN 978-3-940646-05-7 , pp. 131–148 ( Small series of publications by the Heilbronn City Archives. Volume 56), p. 142.
  3. ↑ Christhard Schrenk (ed.): Heilbronn in early color photographs. A tour of the city in the late 1930s. Heilbronn 2008. (Small series of publications from the Heilbronn City Archives 55)
  4. ^ City of Heilbronn (ed.): Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1950 , Heilbronn 1950.
  5. ^ City of Heilbronn (ed.): Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1961 , Heilbronn 1961.
  6. ↑ Item name: 1963 Chronicle II: At night , by Uwe Jacobi with the assistance of Elke Tritschler-Ueltzhöfer That was the 20th century in Heilbronn The book for the series of the Heilbronner Voice, Wartberg-Verlag, 1st edition 2001, ISBN 3-86134- 703-2 , p. 67.
  7. ^ City of Heilbronn (ed.): Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1961 , Heilbronn 1961.
  8. ↑ a b Rathenauplatz soon no longer an eyesore , press release of December 10, 2009 at www.heilbronn.de
  9. ^ Kilian Krauth, Hope for Geisterhaus , in: Heilbronner Voice , November 19, 2008

Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '53.5 "  N , 9 ° 13' 4.9"  E