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"Engländerbau" art room and postal museum in Vaduz

The Engländerbau is an exhibition building in the Liechtenstein capital Vaduz . It was built in 1933/1934 according to plans by Schaan- based German architect Erwin Hinderer as the headquarters of a British lottery company and was the first steel- framed structure in the country.

description

The building is located in the pedestrian zone of Vaduz, north of the Liechtenstein Center and the Liechtenstein National Museum . The structure is three-story and has a flat hipped roof . The steel frame construction is complemented by a brick masonry and is clad with travertine . On the street side there are seven shop windows on the ground floor, while 14 windows are regularly arranged on the upper floors. Since 1988/1989 all windows - with the exception of the offices - have been closed with sheet metal. The north side of the building is closed off by a round staircase that was designed to catch light.

history

After the Liechtenstein Landtag had confirmed the applicability of the Swiss Lottery Act from January 1, 1934, as provided for in the Customs Union Treaty of 1923, the English lottery company was liquidated. As a result, a tooth factory and a radio station were housed in the building. The State of Liechtenstein acquired the building in 1944 and began using it as an exhibition space for the Princely Art Collection. The Liechtenstein Tourist Office was set up on the ground floor in 1952 and the Postal Museum in 1957, which has since exhibited important documents from the philately and postal history of the Principality of Liechtenstein. The Liechtenstein State Art Collection was housed there from 1969 to 2000 . After they moved to the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein , the Engländerbau has served as an art space for changing exhibitions of contemporary art since 2002. The Liechtenstein Treasury was established here in 2015.

The building has been a listed building since September 1, 1992.

literature

  • Cornelia Herrmann: The art monuments of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Volume II: The Oberland. Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelia Herrmann: The art monuments of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2007, p. 307.
  2. ↑ Monument protection objects , www.vaduz.li

Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′ 20 "  N , 9 ° 31 ′ 22"  E ; CH1903:  758084  /  222 978