Dorotheenstrasse 10 (Bad Homburg)
The listed building Dorotheenstrasse 10 in Dorotheenstrasse in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe was built in 1716 as a house and pharmacy , was the seat of the hat factory Ph. Möckel, the inventor of Homburg, and is now a private residence.
Farm pharmacy
In Bad Homburg, the pharmacy “Zum Engel” already existed on today's Schulberg in the old town. Nevertheless, Zacharias Müller applied for a landgrave's privilege to open a second pharmacy in the residential town of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, which has 1,200 inhabitants . Landgrave Friedrich III. granted this approval on the condition that Müller would have to build a combined residential and commercial building on Dorotheenstrasse. The building cost 3,000 guilders and was inaugurated in 1716. The Hofapotheke zum Schwanen remained in the family's possession for 117 years. In 1829, Dr. CA Müller the pharmacy in the corner building Louisenstrasse 55 / Waisenhausplatz.
Subsequently, the house at Dorotheenstrasse 10 was used as a residential building.
Hat factory
In 1806 the hat maker Philipp Möckel moved into the house at Dorotheenstrasse 8. This house, built in 1710, belonged to Jungfer Kempf. In 1817 Möckel bought the house for 3,000 guilders. It remained in the family for 125 years. The hat manufacture was successful. In 1856, Philipp Möckel (the son of the former) bought the city's first steam engine (with 2 HP !). With the most prominent customer, Prince Eduard the future King of England, who visited the factory on August 29, 1882, the “Homburg” finally achieved its breakthrough. In 1912 the hat factory Möckel also bought the property at Dorotheenstrasse 10 as an extension of the factory premises.
Factory site is to be taken literally. Functional buildings were erected behind the houses. A tall chimney was also technically inevitable (it was demolished in 1962).
In 1931 the Möckel company collapsed and the 250 workers lost their jobs.
Cardboard box factory and subsequent use
In 1939 Dorotheenstrasse 8 and 10 were acquired by the Franz Becker GmbH cardboard factory. The cardboard factory existed until 1981. The city of Bad Homburg acquired the building. While house number 8 was demolished and rebuilt according to the historical model, house number 10 was preserved and restored. House number 10 is a listed building. Both objects are now privately owned and serve as residential buildings.
Building description
It is a baroque, two-story house with a mansard hipped roof. The monument protection office rates it as “well preserved in every detail”. The plastered half-timbered building erected over a solid base with a five-axis main facade slightly accentuated in the middle was opened up in the center of the front until 1907.
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (Ed.): Dorotheenstraße 10 In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
literature
- Gerta Walsch: "Hat factory in the residential area"; in; Taunuszeitung from May 4, 2013, p. 10
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 36.4 ″ N , 8 ° 36 ′ 47.8 ″ E