German House (Bergisch Gladbach)

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German house

Deutsches Haus or Villa Feiber are historical names for the residential building at Hauptstrasse 17 in the city ​​center of Bergisch Gladbach in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis .

history

At the time when the houses of the Gronauerwald garden settlement were being built, houses were also built in their surroundings that had a strong resemblance to them. This included the German House in a special way . The architect was Oskar Lindemann , a student of Ludwig Bopp , who designed the town hall in the city center . The builder was Friedrich Westphal . It was built in the years 1907–1908. The first to move into the house in 1909 was Major Richard Feiber with his wife Margarethe, a daughter of Friedrich Westphal. Feiber was a teacher at the cadet institute in Bensberg Castle .

Lindemann had already had pipes laid in the walls as a precaution for the future use of electricity. When electricity could later be supplied, the German House was one of the first buildings in Bergisch Gladbach to have electric lamps glowing in the dark. The Feiber family used the house alone with their four children until 1918. Then, after the First World War , it was confiscated by the British occupying forces and converted into the headquarters of an artillery brigade. The lower rooms became an officers' mess. The top floor was still available for the Feiber family. When the English left, the city of Bergisch Gladbach occupied the vacant rooms with tenants who had a residence permit. In 1987 a great-granddaughter of Friedrich Westphal bought the house. At that time the house was in such bad shape that a general restoration was necessary. The roof was completely renewed and the windows and the protruding bay were restored to their original state. The city and the district contributed to the costs from monument protection funds with 18,000 Deutschmarks. In the meantime, the wild wine has also been knocked out again and is growing up the western wall.

monument

The building is registered as monument no. 122 in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hans Kloep: The "German House" is now being restored. One of the most beautiful buildings in the city. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger of March 10, 1992. Retrieved on September 1, 2016

literature

  • Herbert Stahl : Gronau, memories of the old Gronau, series of publications by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg eV, Volume 51, Bergisch Gladbach 2007, ISBN 978-3-932326-51-6 , p. 201

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Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 6.5 ″  N , 7 ° 7 ′ 13.4 ″  E