Fünte (Mülheim an der Ruhr)

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Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 49.4 ″  N , 6 ° 55 ′ 20.1 ″  E

The historic Gasthof Fünte in Mülheim-Heißen. Today it is a cultural center

The Fünte in Mülheim-Heißen is a former post coach station from the 18th century. The old inn consists of a single-storey, eaves half-timbered house and two brick buildings. It is located directly at the Fünter Weg junction to Essener Straße ( B 1 ) on Gracht 209. The farm has been around for much longer. The strange-sounding name goes back to the Spanish occupiers during the Thirty Years' War . They called the place "La Fuente", the source. In dialect it became Fünte.

Today there is a cultural center with a theater, a small private museum and a restaurant. It houses a creative workshop with several studios and can be used for lectures, exhibitions, club meetings and family celebrations.

The Fünte is a listed building. Monument number: 144

History and stories

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The post office's horse stable was once located in the “parlor”
In 1963 the mail robber Ronald Biggs also came to the Füfte. A plaque above his place commemorates his visit.

As a place of encounter, such an old inn is also a place of numerous stories and the Fünte is actually a place with a very long history. It goes back well over 2000 years into the past. The source was already known to the Roman patrols from Asciburgium , today Moers Asberg . It was first mentioned around 10 BC. BC as an important gathering and storage place for the legionaries who had to defend the imperial borders from Germanic partisan troops. They called the place on the heavily frequented military and trade route near the Hellweg simply Fontis. A small lake bordered the spring, which the horses used to drink. This made it a strategically important point for the Romans despite the depression . Here they built a replenishment depot and later the first solid housing. The low spring vault in the cellar of the house also dates from this period.

In the 15th century the spring for 3 thalers came into the possession of the long-established Schulte-Baumann family, known as Bruns. The name goes back to a title of court manager of the peasantry who were responsible for supplying the monasteries. The Bruns farm in Raadt was one of the original farms in Mülheim. With 203 Prussian acres, it was the largest farm in the community. It was demolished in 1941 due to the airport expansion . Only Brunshofstrasse is reminiscent of the old location. The Fünte on the B1 is still family property today.

The Fifth got its name with the Spanish occupation. The Spanish troops called the besieged court "La Fuente" because of the spring. During the Thirty Years War it served as a supply depot for the mercenary army in Paderborn . To protect them from the Dutch soldiers, they laid a secret passage up to the predecessor building of today's Gnadenkirche. The memories of the Battle of Mülheim , in which many of their compatriots were locked up and burned in their houses and churches with no escape route, were still too close . The locals, who did not speak Spanish too well, wanted him to have five .

Supposedly, the ghosts of a young since that time Marketenderin around in the old walls. After she learned that her lover had been murdered by the occupiers because they believed him to be an enemy spy of the opposing side, she began suicide out of heartache. Since the “Phantom of the Fifth” is part of the inventory , every exorcist is mercilessly chased away by the landlord personally.

The ensemble of buildings, which is now a listed building, was expanded into a post office in 1771 and expanded with necessary additions, the horse stable, a parking space for a replacement carriage and a forge. It was the only stagecoach station between Essen and Duisburg . A drive from one city to the other took a good half a day due to the road conditions. So it happened in 1774 that Johann Wolfgang von Goethe also made a short stopover in the historic inn. With wine, he recovered and his bones from the arduous journey over truncheons and poorly maintained gravel roads before he could continue his journey on rested horses. Perhaps that's why he later became director of road construction.

With industrialization and the expansion of the railway lines , the stagecoach became less important. The old post office became a miner's bar. The smithy in the outbuilding was converted into a brewery, in which the in-house “Fünte-Bräu” was produced. The bar was a popular meeting place for people from the nearby Mausegattsiedlung . In 1902 another building was added to the Fünte. The ballroom was built in the back yard. During the First World War, a large water basin was built in front of it so that the old half-timbered building could be extinguished quickly in the event of a fire. There was no fire brigade nearby. When it was no longer needed, it was backfilled and turned into a garden. It survived the Second World War undamaged and provided “space” for four families on the upper floor.

The name "Fünte" was registered as a trademark in 1954. Due to the advancing mining and sewerage of the Rumbach , the spring in the house falls dry and dries up two years later. The free space under the vault from Roman times is quickly used to cool the beer kegs. Although the Mülheim coal mines gradually closed in the 1960s, the Ruhr Mining Association made a recruiting film of the same name in 1965 in Fünte. It was supposed to attract guest workers from the recruiting countries to the Ruhr area and advertised job satisfaction, career opportunities and the high quality of living and living of the miners, which in practice often turned out to be an illusion. In 1966 there was also a shift in the shaft in the last mine in Mülheim, the Rosenblumendelle mine. The miner's pub remained until the 1970s. Then the rustic inn was leased and converted into a French luxury restaurant. However, this did not last long. In the following years the tenants changed several times and after a long vacancy it was decided in 2007 to set up a cultural center for literature and cabaret in the historic building.

Fünte cultural center

The idea of ​​turning the family-owned inn into a meeting place for art and culture awakened the historic building to new life. Events such as literary readings, theater and music evenings or events such as the crime dinner take place regularly in the restaurant . At the same time, the Fünte is also a private museum that offers space for vernissages and exhibitions. Occasionally there are guided tours through the historic building, where you can learn a lot about the history of the former post office and hear numerous anecdotes . Frank Bruns, museum educator in a state of restlessness, is also committed to promoting young artists and authors and offers workshops on public relations and art law. An artist's studio is set up on the upper floor and is open to visitors every 1st Sunday of the month.

Over the years, the "International Museum Fünte" established itself as an insider tip in the scene and is known far beyond the borders of Mülheim. The restaurant in the rustic half-timbered house has retained the special charm of an old inn and is not aloof despite the artists' meeting. In addition to the cultural events, which usually take place on Friday and Saturday, the Fünte also offers space for games evenings, club meetings and family and company celebrations in its rooms and the theater garden in the backyard.

Since July 2018, the Mülheimer Tiertafel has also had its permanent location in the old brewery on Fünte.

Others

The “Wohnhof Fünte” is a planned multi-generation residential project on the site of the former primary school on Fünter Weg. It has nothing to do with the Fünte cultural center and is an independent project by Wohnhof Fünte e. V. and Mülheimer Wohnungsbau eG (MWB).

See also

literature

  • Adolf Korzendorfer: Von Postreutern and Postillionen, Meyer's colorful ribbon 30, Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1936.

Web links

Commons : Fünte  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Keßler MA: Johann Wolfgang Goethe - Road Construction Director of the Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. (PDF) Federal Highway Research Institute, July 1999, accessed on August 22, 2018 .
  2. ↑ The Fuente - A film from the coal pot. In: Metropole Ruhr. Retrieved August 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Georgios Psaroulakis: Mülheimer Tiertafel finally finds a permanent home. In: The West (WAZ). Funke Medien NRW, July 8, 2018, accessed on August 22, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Fünte residential courtyard. Retrieved August 22, 2018 .