Eltzer Hof (Mainz)

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View of the Eltzer Höfe in Mainz, Bauhofstrasse corner of Mittlere Bleiche

The Eltzer Hof , also called Eltzer Höfe , in Mainz was built in 1742/43 as a baroque city ​​palace . The three-story, eighteen-axis baroque building with a hipped mansard roof , at Bauhofstraße 3/5 at the corner of Mittlere Bleiche, is included in the list of cultural monuments in Mainz's old town and, together with the adjacent buildings, forms a monument zone .

history

The Eltzer Hof was built between 1742 and 1743 in the Bleichenviertel and has a simplicity that is seldom encountered at that time. The parts of the building are structured by rusticated pilaster strips , covered with a mansard hipped roof and only adorned by two baroque portals. Almost 24 years later, the Golden Ross barracks were built in the immediate vicinity between 1766 and 1767. In 1774, the Counts of Eltz took over the Dalberg-Hammelburger Hof property and merged it with the neighboring Eltzer Hof, and since then there has also been talk of the Eltzer Höfe . In August 1792, Minister Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited the Prussian official vom and zum Stein , who was staying there.

The facility was burned down and destroyed in a major attack by British bombers on the old and new towns of Mainz in August 1942 .

Between 1965 and 1970 the courtyards were rebuilt with a concert hall for the Mainz Liedertafel and used as an event venue for, among other things, the Mainz Carnival . During renovation work on the hall in 2004, asbestos contamination was discovered, and the former concert hall has been largely empty since then. In 2008 the Ministry of Finance of Rhineland-Palatinate announced an architectural competition for a “multifunctional venue”. The plans of Atelier 30 Architekten , which were awarded in 2009, were not implemented due to the high costs of almost 22 million euros. In March 2015, it became known that the state intends to sell the property in Mainz's government district to an investor who will create apartments as well as office and retail space there. One study also suggests a cultural use. In May 2018 it was announced that a project developer from Montabaur had been awarded the contract for € 5 million. The aristocratic palace is to be partially demolished, only the facades are to be preserved. For this purpose, a breach should be made in the facade itself to make the demolition technically easier.

architecture

All components are three-story with a mansard roof and pilaster-framed gate entrances. Between the two divided actual Eltzer courtyard in the Bauhofstraße 3/5 and 1774 newly acquired former Dalberg-Hammelburger Hof Medium Bleaching 40 (conservatory and concert hall) with säulengetragenem arbor there is a modern Zwischenbau.

Monument and monument zone

The monument zone Große Bleiche 49/51, Bauhofstraße 1, 3/5, Mittlere Bleiche 40, Schießgartenstraße : between 1742 and 1774, block perimeter development of noble courts and electoral stables , of great urban impact and importance, the symmetrical formation of entire block facades, high-level document of uniform building organization.

Use and events (selection)

  • The basement rooms have been used by discotheques under different names since 1963 ; today: 50 degrees .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marlene Hübel: "Above all the cathedral." Literary city views of Mainz In: Franz Dumont, Ferdinand Scherf, Friedrich Schütz (eds.): Mainz - The history of the city. 2nd Edition. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-805-32000-0 . P. 1185.
  2. ^ For 66 years without a building yard in: Der Mainzer - Die Stadtillustrierte, Issue 217, October 2008
  3. ^ Franz Dumont : Landeshaupt- und Universitätsstadt (1945 / 45-1997) , p. 567 in: Franz Dumont (Ed.), Ferdinand Scherf , Friedrich Schütz : Mainz - The history of the city. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1998 (first edition)
  4. ↑ Construction plans of the architects Heinz Laubach and Günter Müller: Construction plans "Eltzer Hof". Reconstruction of the concert hall. Mainz City Archives , December 31, 1964, accessed on April 5, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Designs by various architects: Eltzer Hof - conversion of the baroque city palace into a multifunctional event location. competitionline Verlags GmbH, November 9, 2008, accessed April 5, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz) from March 31, 2015
    • Investor should revive Eltzer Hof ; Front page
    • Michael Erfurth: State wants to look for private investors - Ministry issues preliminary building request for redesign / Hall closed since 2004 / Club 50 degrees should give way ; P. 9
  7. ↑ Heiko Beckert: Only the facade remains: Criticism of plans for the "Eltzer Hof" in: Mainz in Allgemeine Zeitung of June 7, 2018
  8. ↑ Dehio Handbook; P. 522
  9. ↑ 50 degree website

Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 1.6 ″  E