Elephant Pharmacy (Berlin)
Elefanten-Apotheke is the name of a former pharmacy in Berlin .
history
With the privilege signed by Frederick the Great on August 2, 1775 , the Dresden- born pharmacist Christian Gottlob Weinlig founded the pharmacy "Zum Elephanten" in the corner building at Leipziger Strasse / Neue Kommandantenstrasse. In 1784 Weinlig made the acquaintance of Johann Georg Sieburg, the owner of a well-known calico factory, and developed a process for him to bleach calico and linen in a shorter period than possible at that time . Since that time, various provisional agents managed his pharmacy: 1784–1785 Johann Gottlieb Vierenklee, 1786–1790 Siegfried Wilhelm Paalzow as tenant, in 1791 the pharmacist was again managed by a provisional agent. In 1792 it was bought by the provisional August Wilhelm Behrend (1754–1833), who “owned it until the twenties”.
Theodor Fontane reports that his father Louis Henry Fontane entered the Berlin elephant pharmacy as an apprentice in 1809, and explains:
- "Even then, as it is today, this pharmacy was at the upper end of Leipziger Strasse, but not exactly at the present location, but across the street, on the corner formed by Leipzigerstrasse and Kommandantenstrasse ."
Fontane also learns that for a long time a sculpted elephant could be seen on a corner pillar on the first floor of the house, but at the end of the 19th century this figure was removed and only the gas lanterns over the ground floor windows were still on hanging from trunk-shaped brackets. Since the buildings on Leipziger Strasse from Fontane's time are only sketchily documented and the area has changed its face over time, the year in which the pharmacy moved from Leipziger Strasse 51 to the building opposite Leipziger Strasse 54 cannot be precisely determined.
Since the owner August Wilhelm Behrend, the pharmacy was located at Leipziger Strasse 54. This building was also known as Schönemann's House. In 1825 Hertel took over the pharmacy until 1834, which was followed by Bando from 1835 to 1839. Before Albert Meyerhoff took over the pharmacy zum Weißen Adler in Berlin-Kreuzberg , Friedrichstrasse 206 in 1848 , he had owned the elephant pharmacy since 1839. Gustav Benoit took over the pharmacy from him from 1848 to 1855, his nephew Otto Dammer apprenticed here in 1853.
In the period from 1856 to 1905, the owners were Hermann Augustin (1826–1900), Karl Salomon and Martin Fraenkel.
With the owner Richard Hoffbauer, since 1905, the Elefanten-Apotheke took part in competitions for window dressing. Lilly Reich was responsible for the design.
In 1955 the elephant pharmacy was closed.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl Klein: Christian Gottlob Weinlig: From the eventful life of the founder of the elephant pharmacy in Berlin. In: Deutsche Apotheker-Zeitung , vol. 51 (1936) pp. 1585–1589
- ^ Hermann Gelder: On the history of the privileged pharmacies in Berlin. In: Pharmazeutische Zeitung , vol. 70 (1925) No. 30, p. 491
- ^ Theodor Fontane: My childhood years. In: works, writings and letters. 20 volumes in 4 sections. Volume 4. Autobiography. Carl Hanser, 1973, ISBN 978-3-446-10697-0 , p. 12.
- ^ Matthias Hahn: Statistical information on the architecture and sociology of the owners and residents of the houses on Leipziger Strasse in Berlin in the years 1785-1815
- ^ Matthias Hahn: Statistical information on the architecture and sociology of the owners and residents of the houses on Leipziger Strasse in Berlin in the years 1785-1815, p. 54
- ^ Friedhelm Reinhard: Pharmacies in Berlin. Eschborn: Govi-Verl., 1998, p. 62
- ^ Gudrun M. König: Consumer culture: staged world of goods around 1900. Vienna, 2009, p. 128; Nina Schleif: Showcase art: Berlin and New York. Cologne, 2004, pp. 40 and 309.
- ^ Friedhelm Reinhard: Pharmacies in Berlin. Eschborn: Govi-Verl., 1998, p. 200
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 41 ″ N , 13 ° 24 ′ 2 ″ E