Elfenau
The Elfenau is a campaign on the banks of the Aare (Elfenauweg 91) in Bern .
The Brunnadern convent was located in the area of today's Elfenau since 1285. Around 1780 the old half-timbered house was demolished and replaced by the new building of today's manorial buildings. The name, reminiscent of the mythical creatures of the elves , was given to it in 1816 by the emigrated Russian Grand Duchess Anna Feodorowna (1781–1860), who had bought the property previously called Brunnaderngut together with the country house built in 1735 in 1814. With the help of Rudolf Abraham von Schiferli, she had the estate rebuilt in Empire style and laid out an English park , where she received her relatives, the better Bernese society, the Russian colony and numerous foreign diplomats .
The famous orangery , which today serves as an exhibition and concert venue , was built for this purpose .
In 1918 Elfenau passed to the city of Bern, and in 1928/29 the city nursery was established there.
literature
- Erwin landlord: Elfenau estate and nature park near Bern. (= Berner Heimatbücher 19), Bern 1944.
- Alville (Alix von Wattenwyl): Elfenau. The story of a Bernese country estate and its inhabitants. Bern 1959.
- Susanne Ritter-Lutz: The Elfenau in Bern. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 516). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1992, ISBN 978-3-85782-516-3 .
- Heinrich Türler and Emanuel Jirka Propper: The town house in the canton of Bern, Part II. Zurich 1922, p. LXIV and plate 97.
See also
Web links
- Elfenau on the website of the city of Bern
- Excursion tip to Elfenau from Tour de Berne
- Lucienne Hubler: Anna Feodorowna. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '59 " N , 7 ° 27' 58" E ; CH1903: 602085 / 198 008