Dompropstei (building in Hildesheim)
The Dompropstei - popularly known as the "Lodge" - is a listed half-timbered house in Hildesheimer Keßlerstrasse .
use
Originally it was the official seat of the Hildesheim cathedral provost , the city lord of Hildesheim Neustadt , and thus also the seat of the administration of the Hildesheim cathedral provost . Today the Masonic Lodge "Gate to the Temple of Light" has its domicile here, part of the house is rented.
history
The current building was built after the end of the Thirty Years' War on the foundations of the previous building, erected between 1534 and 1540 under Provost Count Otto von Schaumburg , which was set on fire by the Pappenheim artillery during the siege of Hildesheim in 1633 and of which only the vaulted cellar and the gate - and stables were preserved. After secularization , the property came into private hands. In 1804 it was acquired by Count von Wedel , who was the master of the chair of the “Zum silent Tempel” lodge. As a result, fundamental modifications were made, but hardly any documentation can be found. The first conversion took place between 1805 and 1806 and cost “68 shares at 25 thalers in gold”. After their accommodation in the house of the "Reuters wine shop" burned down, the lodge "Gate to the Temple of Light" also used the house. This required an extension of the building, which took place in 1822 in the form of a 100 m² extension in the entire height on the west side. In 1936 the NS-Luftschutzbund took over the building. From 1945 to 1955 "the Lodge" served as emergency quarters for parts of the Scharnhorst grammar school . In 1947 it was officially returned to the Freemasons.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 45.2 " N , 9 ° 57 ′ 21.1" E