Edelsheim Palace
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The Edelsheimsche Palais was a city palace in the old town of Hanau opposite the Hanau City Palace . It was destroyed in World War II and the remains removed a few years later.
history
The palace was built around 1680 in place of an older Burgmannenhof at Hanau Castle. The client was Johann Georg Seifert von Edelsheim, President of the Hanau District, who had risen in the service of Count Friedrich Casimir . The estate was inhabited by the von Edelsheim family for several generations , initially rented to a wine shop from 1814 and later to a tobacco manufacturer. It was not categorized until 1821 by the Hessian administration, with a tax value of 4,500 florins given.
In 1844 August Rühl , Hanau mayor , acquired the building in 1848/49. After his death in 1850, it became the property of the businessman Franz Lothar Vollbracht. Vollbracht's descendants were again various manufacturers. The number of tenants rose steadily and reached a peak in 1910 with 13 tenants. Before it was destroyed in the air raid on Hanau on March 19, 1945 , it belonged to the white weaver Grosch.
The bombing, followed by a firestorm , left at least some parts, such as the main house and a half-timbered extension, in a condition that would have allowed restoration. As with many of the destroyed Hanau monuments, the local government initially acted hesitantly. Ten years after the end of the war, doors and windows were suddenly broken out in early June 1955 to make the building uninhabitable. A few days later, the building authorities had the remaining half-timbered house demolished. Despite protests by the Hanau History Association and the district curator, the listed residential building was demolished in the summer of 1955 together with the city palace. Mainly simple residential buildings were built on the area, as they are still typical today for Hanau's old town. At the place of the house there is now a parking lot.
building
The Edelsheim Palace was located between today's Schlossstrasse and Steingasse. The main entrance faced Steingasse (address: Steingasse 4), although there was another driveway on the opposite side of the castle. The rather simple residential building with two floors and a wing structure was located on Steingasse. There were also numerous outbuildings. At its widest point, the property except the house and the ajar rear included another adjoining building with apartments and carriage sheds , horse stables with dormer in the yard, one-storey building in the second courtyard, a large horse barn with tack room, living room and Mangekammer, a pigsty, a Carriage shed and another horse stable in the back yard. In the late 19th or 20th century, part of these buildings was replaced by another wing and a factory building.
Old town model by Günther Jacob
Detail from the house with half-timbered extension.
Courtyard side and farm building.
literature
- 675 years old town Hanau. Festschrift for the city anniversary and catalog for the exhibition in the Historical Museum of the City of Hanau am Main , ed. from the Hanauer Geschichtsverein e. V., Hanau 1978, ISBN 3-87627-242-4 , pp. 285f.
- Heinrich Bott : The old town of Hanau. A memorial book for the 650th anniversary of the old town of Hanau. Ed .: Hanau History Association. Hanau 1953, p. 82.
- Richard Schaffer-Hartmann: Walk through the old Hanau. With photographs by Franz Stoedtner. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2006, ISBN 3-8313-1498-5 , p. 15.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Heinrich Bott: The old town of Hanau. A memorial book for the 650th anniversary of the old town of Hanau. Ed .: Hanau History Association. Hanau 1953, p. 82.
- ^ Karl Ludwig Krauskopf: 150 Years of the Hanau History Association. Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 33, 1994, p. 249.
- ^ Karl Ludwig Krauskopf: 150 Years of the Hanau History Association. Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 33, 1994, pp. 259f.
Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '14.5 " N , 8 ° 55' 6.9" E