Former gendarmerie barracks
| Former gendarmerie barracks | |
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| place | Darmstadt |
| Architectural style | Wilhelminian style |
| Construction year | around 1885 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 '48.1 " N , 8 ° 39' 9.9" E |
The former gendarmerie barracks at Schlossgartenplatz 14 is a listed residential building in the southern Hessian city of Darmstadt . The house was built towards the end of the 19th century as part of a police barracks and is used as a residential building to the present day.
History and description
The former gendarmerie barracks originally consisted of an office building, a residential building and a separate horse stable. The office of the gendarmerie corps was located in the office . The freestanding corner building (service apartment building) built around 1885 has been preserved. Stylistically, the building belongs to the Wilhelminian style .
The facade has a picturesque, orange and red subtly banded brick facing and a subtle structure made of light sandstone . The facade is cautiously decorated with decorative anchors and layers of brick decoration. In addition to the house itself, its wrought-iron enclosure with a gate has also been preserved.
Monument protection
Today the former gendarmerie barracks is used for residential purposes. For architectural, architectural and city-historical reasons, the building is a listed building by the State of Hesse .
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt ( monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse) . Vieweg Verlag , Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 262.