Former Heyne factory

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Heyne factory. Entrance to the administration building at Ludwigstrasse 178

Former Heyne factory is the name of the individual cultural monument Ludwigstrasse 178/180 B – C in Offenbach am Main . The administration building of Gebrüder Heyne GmbH, a metal screw factory and a mold turning shop , founded in 1869 , was built between 1913 and 1914. The architect of the three-story corner house was Hugo Eberhardt .

In a broader sense, the name Former Heyne Factory applies to the entire factory site, which is part of the entire complex  XIX under ensemble protection.

Since the extensive renovation, which was honored with the Hessian Monument Protection Prize, the rooms have been used by companies in the advertising, fashion and IT sectors as well as artists.

Construction work

Factory gate of the Heyne factory, building Ludwigstrasse 180 (around 1920). Here with the hipped roof lost due to the war

The administration building is a three-storey building with a strong vertical emphasis on the two lowest storeys with wall pillars. Their profiling stands out and gives the facade a three-dimensional effect. The upper storey is lower in height and has a simple design and is loosened up by the rows of three-part windows. The building originally had an imposing hipped roof with numerous dormers . Due to war damage, only a flat emergency roof has been preserved. The entrance to the building is emphasized by plastic jewelry. On the first floor, two worker figures flank the window of the director's room. The relief panel above the entrance shows the allegorical representation of Industria (the medieval heavenly virtue of diligence ) and Mercury as well as a cartridge with the inscription Brothers Heyne GmbH 1869 1914 . The door handle of the wooden entrance door is an interesting detail, which depicts Siegfried fighting a dragon . In front of the entrance are two cast iron candelabra designed in the style of the late Darmstadt Art Nouveau , which were made by the Frankfurt sculptor Carl Stock. The pillars supported by snails are decorated with bird-footed putti and Medusa heads. At the connecting building between the administration and production buildings (Ludwigstrasse 180) is the factory gate with rich sculptural decorations.

Inside the administration building there is a staircase with a handrail made of stone . Here and on the door walls there are decorative ornaments in vegetable forms. Colored glass windows, a coffered ceiling , medallions with centaurs and a bronze commemorative plaque for the fiftieth anniversary of the Heyne company in 1919 are further design elements of the stairwell. On the upper floor there is a wall fountain that is richly decorated with shell motifs and mythical sea creatures. Stone columns with Ionic capitals and other original fittings such as wooden doors and wood paneling have been preserved in this representative building.

The building ensemble is a listed building .

Factory site

Andréstraße 49. The buildings are designed with narrow front gardens
Heyne factory courtyard (2008). The simpler design of the facades is clearly recognizable

The other production buildings along Ludwig-, André-, Lilistraße and Nordring are also protected as part of the overall system XIX . They have been in existence since the 1890s, when the Heyne company acquired land here because of the imminent construction of the Main Harbor and gradually built production facilities. In 1902 the company finally moved to the Main. The buildings include the properties Ludwigstrasse 180, 180 A – E, 182, 182 A – B, Andréstrasse 49, 51, 51 A, 53, Lilistraße 83, 83 A – E, Nordring 82, 82 A – B and 84 . The buildings are carefully designed industrial buildings, the facades of which are accompanied by narrow front gardens. The factory wings date between 1896 and 1913, are functionally designed and are grouped around several courtyards.

In contrast to the street facades, the facades of the inner courtyards are designed much more simply, even the brick material is of a simpler quality. Despite war damage, the impression of a uniform facility has been preserved to this day.

Remodeling and new use

Levi Strauss showroom in the former Heyne factory

The Heyne company was closed in 1968. About 20 years later the gradual redesign of the historic complex into office and business premises began. The old factory halls and the administration building were gradually redesigned by the Munich architects Allmann, Sattler and Wappner . Care was taken to preserve the old flair of the Heyne factory and only carefully intervene in the building fabric. The room layouts were designed flexibly according to the current use and adapted to the respective tenants. In this way, the architectural effect of the historic building complex was largely retained and at the same time usability was achieved according to current needs.

The buildings now accommodate numerous companies from creative industries such as design, advertising, architecture, fashion, recording studios as well as an art gallery and event service provider on 25,000 square meters of usable space. IT, software and internet companies are also among the tenants. Even start-up companies such as DeinBus.de found their home here.

In the Heyne factory, the School of Design had rented rooms in which Adam Jankowski's studio and painting class were located. The Heyne Kunst Fabrik non-profit GmbH , an art organization founded in 2007 with headquarters in Offenbach am Main, an art gallery for national and international contemporary art , has exhibited in the Heyne-Fabrik since it was founded. In autumn 2016, Heyne Kunst Fabrik gave up the premises.

The Heyne-Fabrik is a platform for a wide variety of events. Twice a year, sample parts are sold there by the local fashion agencies. Since 2009 there has been a regular meeting for oldtimers and classic automobiles in the Heyne factory. The factory is also regularly one of the scenes at the Luminale Festival of Lights .

The factory is part of the Route der Industriekultur Rhein-Main project .

Awards

Web links

Commons : Heyne-Fabrik  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (ed.): Former Heyne factory In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse .
  2. ↑ a b State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Complete system XIX In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse .
  3. ↑ Historical substance revived. ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: heynefabrik.de, accessed on October 10, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heynefabrik.de
  4. ↑ a b Heyne-Fabrik receives Hessian Monument Protection Prize. In: offenbach.de. August 5, 1999, accessed February 20, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Venerable walls, eventful history. ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: heynefabrik.de, accessed on October 10, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heynefabrik.de
  6. ↑ Khang Nguyen: An interview with DeinBus founder Christian Janisch. In: op-online.de . September 2, 2014, accessed October 11, 2016 .
  7. ^ Adam Jankowski: Teaching activity. In: adamjankowski.de, accessed on October 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ Sale due to abandonment of the art gallery in the Heyne factory. In: heynekunstfabrik.de. July 27, 2016, accessed October 7, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Collection sales. ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: heynefabrik.de, accessed on October 10, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heynefabrik.de
  10. ↑ Angelika Ohliger: Gasoline in the blood: vintage cars in the Heyne factory. In: fr-online.de . July 27, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Luminale: An overview of the event locations in Offenbach. In: op-online.de. April 8, 2010, accessed October 11, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Local route guide No. 9 of the Route der Industriekultur Rhein-Main. (PDF; 519 kB) In: krfrm.de. KulturRegion FrankfurtRheinMain gGmbH, December 2005, accessed on November 14, 2015 .
  13. ↑ HMWK press office: Hessian Monument Preservation Prize for the renovation of the former Heyne metal screw factory in Offenbach. In: hmwk-hessen.de . July 12, 1999, accessed October 11, 2016 .
  14. ↑ New life in old buildings - award ceremony in Berlin. In: baunetz.de . February 25, 2000, accessed October 11, 2016 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 40.6 ″  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 55.1 ″  E