Emmerich-Josef-Strasse (Mainz)
The Emmerich-Josef-Straße is a city road in Mainz-Altstadt . It bears the name of the former Elector and Archbishop Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim . The approximately 200 meter long street is now considered a monument zone .
history
The Emmerich-Josef-Straße was built as the first traffic route leading to the Kästrich . Construction on the street began in 1845. Even before the new cellars of the Kupferberg sparkling wine were built, many wine yards and cellars were located here, as Kästrich had been an inner-city vineyard until then . Today there are only a few active wineries left . Several architects were involved in the planning of the street .
In 1881 the house at Emmerich-Josef-Straße 5 was extensively renovated. It received an elaborately designed facade with neo-Renaissance styles .
Due to the incline of the street, the buildings in Emmerich-Josef-Straße were leveled at the end of the 19th century . At the same time, 1 to 3 and 10 storeys were expanded in the buildings in Emmerich-Josef-Strasse. In the course of this renovation work , the proportions of the buildings changed.
architecture
Emmerich-Josef-Straße branches off to the northeast from Schillerplatz and after the intersection of Walpodenstraße / Breidenbacherstraße it joins Terrassenstraße in front of Kästrich. The Emmerich-Josef-Straße is the main axis of the surrounding urban area. It rises in the direction of the Kästrich. The Emmerich-Josef-Straße uses the main cellar gate of the former Mainz stock brewery as a point de vue . The somewhat more distant church of St. Quintin appears as a counterpoint in this interplay . While in the north-eastern part of the street there are hardly any noteworthy features, in the south-western part of the street there are still many historical architectural objects. Most of the remains of the historic street are on the north side of the street.
The core of the monument zone are the buildings Emmerich-Josef-Straße 1 to 8 and 10 as well as the buildings Walpodenstraße 1 and Breidenbacherstraße 25. The buildings are consistently representative, eaves and are very similar in their facade design . In the street there are houses used exclusively for commercial and residential purposes. With the exception of the buildings Emmerich-Josef-Straße 2, 4 and the semi-detached house Emmerich-Josef-Straße 6/8, most buildings have five to six axes and at least three storeys. Some buildings also have a fourth floor or a mezzanine . Due to the inclination of the street, the structures have varying eaves heights . All buildings on Emmerich-Josef-Straße except number 7 have rectangular windows arranged in groups, small roofs over the piano nobile and cornices on the window sills. The building at Emmerich-Josef-Straße 7 has branch arches on the ground floor. The windows have ornaments . Among other things, the buildings Emmerich-Josef-Straße 2 and 4 and 6/8 are decorated with styles from the Renaissance . In addition, the floors of these buildings have been separated more clearly from each other. The facades of the ground floors of the buildings at Breidenbacherstraße 25, Emmerich-Josef-Straße 2 and 4 were rusticated and optically clearly highlighted. The houses Emmerich-Josef-Straße 2 and 4 have balconies for the first floor on the first floor.
The south-western part of Emmerich-Josef-Straße was formerly known as the “Obere Hauptstraße” of the district. The beginning of the southwest street section is emphasized by two oriels on the corner houses Walpodenstraße 1 and Breidenbacherstraße 25 on both sides of the street. The upper part of the street also forms a closed building unit due to the bay window at the corner house Emmerich-Josef-Straße 2. Further anomalies are the gable roofs with slate and dormer windows in the buildings Emmerich-Josef-Straße 5 to 9, which illustrate the belonging of this building ensemble .
Significant structures
At the south-western end of Emmerich-Josef-Straße is the Emmerich-Josef-Straße 3 building. It was built in 1845 as one of the first houses. The building served both as a residence and as a sales room for the wine trade. The responsible building officer was Joseph Roedler . The house was built with three floors and five axes. Due to the need for space, it was extended by another floor over time. The building also has a cellar made of sandstone . Special features of the building are the cornices on the window sills of all floors, which have been embellished with tooth cut . In addition, the building has rectangular windows grouped into rows and a piano nobile that is highlighted by unusually high windows. The building also has house stones that have been decorated with ornaments. Other special features of this building are the fillets, frieze on its beams , elaborately manufactured grilles on the cast iron window sills and ornate consoles at the entrance to the house. Stylistically, the building is classified between classicism and historicism .
Next to the house Emmerich-Josef-Straße 3 is the building Emmerich-Josef-Straße 5. Like its neighboring house, it was built in 1845 with plans by Joseph Roedler. It was built with three floors for living and trading. In 1881 the building was given a new facade with Italian neo-Renaissance styles based on plans by the architect Gustav Peisker . Architectural peculiarities of this building are cornices on the window sills, small roofs over the windows, joint cuts on the ground floor, stucco frieze and frieze in the style of the running dog. The semi-detached house Emmerich-Josef-Straße 6/8 is on the opposite side of the street. It was built in 1861 according to plans by the architect Theodro Heyl . This year was left on the keystone of the cellar at number 6, which has a barrel vault , when it was built. It was built as a residential house with three axes for each semi-detached house. The house entrances are on the two opposite sides of the building. In the semi-detached house there are bare bricks , house parts in the window areas and clinker bricks . In addition, the building was decorated with toothed friezes, cornices on the window sills and consoles. The semi-detached house has dormers. The original room layout, the appearance of the ceiling on the first floor and the knee floor at number 8 have been preserved to this day.
The building Emmerich-Josef-Straße 18 is located in the northeast part of Emmerich-Josef-Straße. It was built in 1865 according to plans by the architect Philipp Anton Elbert . It is eaves and has four floors and dormers. The covering of the building is plaster . The house has seven axes and a double basement. The yellow and white facade of this building is considered to be the most richly decorated facade in the entire district. Their design comes from historicism. The facade features stylistic elements that combine classicism and baroque . The baroque style elements were highlighted architecturally. The numerous cornices with crankings and stucco ornaments are particularly striking . The three central building axes are highlighted by a risalit . The risalit has numerous decorated grapes with stucco on the first and second floors and a heavily decorated balcony on the first floor. There are also rose windows inside the upper floors of the building. In this context, further stucco under the suspended ceiling of the bel étage is believed to be likely. To this day, a cast iron column on the ground floor, cast iron bars and a colored mosaic on the ground floor from the time of building construction have been preserved. These rich and elaborately designed ornaments from historicism are very valuable, their appearance is very rare these days.
See also
literature
- Ewald Wegner (editor) with the participation of Hans Caspary, Paul-Georg Custodis, Ludwig Falck and Gerd Rupprecht: Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 2.2: City of Mainz. Old town. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-491-31036-9 , pp. 180-183.
Web links
- Directory of cultural monuments District-Free City of Mainz (PDF; 1.6 MB) on denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Directory of cultural monuments District- free city of Mainz (PDF; 1.6 MB) on denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Ewald Wegner (editor) with the participation of Hans Caspary, Paul-Georg Custodis, Ludwig Falck and Gerd Rupprecht: Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 2.2: City of Mainz. Old town. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988: pp. 180-183. ISBN 3-491-31036-9
Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 51.4 " N , 8 ° 15 ′ 58.9" E