Dorotheenstrasse 12 (Bad Homburg)
The listed building Dorotheenstraße 12 in Dorotheenstraße in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe was built in 1719 and was the birthplace of Louis Jacobi .
history
In 1719 the house was one of the first to be built in the newly furnished Dorotheenstrasse for the wealthy Frankfurt citizen Johann Rothuber . In 1722 Juliane von Günderode bought the house and sold it in 1730 for 4,500 guilders to the Privy Councilor Samuel von Ploennis and his wife, a née Countess von Solms-Laubach-Wildenfels. Herr von Ploennis set up a laboratory in a small annex and carried out alchemical experiments . After his death in 1742, Court Judge Rath and a Baroness von Sinclair owned and lived in the house.
Louis Jacobi
1837 Leiblakai of bought Landgrave Ludwig , who later became steward Christian Jacobi's house. In 1865 his son, the famous architect, honorary citizen of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe and reconstructor of Saalburg, inherited the father's house. From 1867 he converted it and created a unique house in Dorotheenstrasse. He moved the front door from the front to the back and in 1870 converted the mansard roof into an additional storey to make room for his library. In 1880 Louis Jacobi had the entire front of the house fitted with pebbles ( incrustation ). Three inscriptions with sayings were embedded in dark stones above the balcony and to the side of the gable. From 1885 the lower rear building was expanded.
Louis Jacobi received many prominent guests in this house, including the later Emperor Friedrich III. and on April 21, 1906, Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife.
After Louis Jacobi died in this house in 1910, his son Dr. Heinrich Jacobi owned the building until his death in 1946 and his widow Johanna nee Trapp until her death in 1954. In 1956 the doctor bought Dr. Albin Müller took over the house, which has been family-owned since then.
Building description
The two-storey residential building with a jamb has a broad mid-level building and a seven-axis facade with an unusually large number of windows. Despite the renovations, the house is essentially baroque. In 1886, Louis Jacobi also added to the two-storey outbuilding, which was designed as a folkloric wooden structure and partially preserved. This extension opens onto the courtyard and the garden. In the corner it has a six-sided tower resting on lugs, which underlines the picturesque, imaginative overall impression with its stained-glass slugs and the weather vane. For architectural and historical reasons, the house is a listed building.
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Dorotheenstrasse 12 In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
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- Wallpaper made of wool and silk; in: Taunuszeitung from May 11, 2013, online
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 35.9 ″ N , 8 ° 36 ′ 48.8 ″ E