Citadellstrasse 7

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The building (1900)
The building (2011)

The house Citadellstraße 7 in Dusseldorf is a listed building.

history

In 1684 the house was built by the elector chamberfourier Johann Georg Geinier. In 1779 the building was bought by the Councilor Daniels. He had the house decorated in the Baroque style. The building was modernized at the end of the 18th century. As part of an extensive renovation from 1979 to 1980, the cellar vaults were expanded. In 1993 the house was restored again and since then it has housed the Polish Institute in Düsseldorf .

description

The two-story plastered house with a courtyard wing is part of the western block perimeter development on Citadellstrasse. The facade is five axes wide. The lintels of the ground floor area show fruit and flower clusters. In the middle axis is the entrance, which is flanked by pillars with volute capitals. A round arch rests on the pillars and accommodates the skylight of the lintel. Above this is a gabled risalit . The risalit itself is divided horizontally by a cornice. In the pediment of the risalit there is a decorative laurel wreath.

Art historical significance

While Paul Sültenfuß notices the valuable interior design, Josef Kleesattel pays tribute to the facade.

Jörg Heimeshoff notices the original interior architecture of the house; but does not mention any artistic origin of the same:

“ The architecture-related equipment of the 18th century is almost completely preserved inside. These include the richly decorated stucco ceilings, oven niches with medallion decorations, wall structures and the baroque staircase. "

The stucco decoration is given concrete form by Paul Sültenfuß . Sültenfuss attributes it to a baroque style, which was influenced by the stucco decoration of Benrath Palace and the Düsseldorf Residenzschloss:

“ This stucco work like the one in the house at Ritterstraße 16 no longer has the broad-lobed baroque shape like the chimneys and ceilings in Altestadt 14 and Citadellstraße 7, which were influenced by the stucco decoration of Benrath Palace , female figures and moldings, which are also used in the stucco ceilings Citadellstr. 2 return to the Franciscan monastery, one may think of the numerous stucco artists who decorated Johann Wilhelm's hunting lodge in Bensberg and his city palace on Burgplatz. But it is not yet possible to list the individual artists . "

Paul Sültenfuß describes the stair decoration in Düsseldorf in detail. As an example, he cites the stairs in Citadellstrasse 7.

" On the layout of the staircases and their artistic end [...] I would just like to point out the previously unknown comfort of the staircase of the spacious staircases, how beautiful and precise the drawing of the profiles of the balusters, railings and posts everything, as the new artistic wealth that Johann Wilhelm's court gathered around him is reflected in the decoration of dolphins or volutes on the starting posts of the stairs of the houses. Compare the stairs at Citadellstrasse 7, in the town hall and the courtyard stairs at Citadellstrasse. 5. [...] . "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jörg Heimeshoff: Listed houses in Düsseldorf. Nobel, Essen 2001, ISBN 3-922785-68-9 , pp. 73-74.
  2. ^ Paul Sültenfuß: The Düsseldorf house until the middle of the 19th century . (Diss. TH Aachen), 1922, p. 91
  3. ^ Josef Kleesattel (Ed.): Alt-Düsseldorf in the picture. A collection of local art from the Lower Rhine region. Schmitz and Olbertz, Düsseldorf 1909, panel 67 facade.
  4. ^ Paul Sültenfuß: The Düsseldorf house until the middle of the 19th century . (Diss. TH Aachen), 1922, Fig. 81 Stucco ceiling Altestadt No. 14
  5. ^ Paul Sültenfuß: The Düsseldorf house until the middle of the 19th century . (Diss. TH Aachen), 1922, p. 69f
  6. ^ Paul Sültenfuß: The Düsseldorf house until the middle of the 19th century . (Diss. TH Aachen), 1922, p. 71
  7. ^ Paul Sültenfuß: The Düsseldorf house until the middle of the 19th century . (Diss. TH Aachen), 1922, pp. 70-71

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 24.4 "  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 14"  E