After-work house (Frankenthal)

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After-work house in Frankenthal (2007)

The Feierabendhaus was a cultural monument in the Palatinate city ​​of Frankenthal . Originally, it was an event building with extensions that was owned by CongressForum Frankenthal GmbH . It has been empty since 1998.

After parts had to be demolished because of dilapidation, the attempt to renovate the main building and incorporate it into a new supermarket failed in 2015 . Therefore, the complete demolition took place in January / February 2016.

Geographical location

Entrance area

The Feierabendhaus stood northeast of the city center on the east side of the Foltzring (house number 33) at 92  m above sea level. NHN .

Building history

A gymnasium was built on the site in the years 1909–1911 according to plans by the architect Fritz Larouette, initially using reinforced concrete. After the transfer to municipal ownership in 1938/39, this was converted into an event restaurant and a large front building was added. The entire facility was named Feierabendhaus . For the reopening, the Pfalzoper Kaiserslautern performed The Marriage of Figaro .

In this form, the Feierabendhaus was the social and cultural center of the city for half a century. For use as a movie theater , further modifications were made in 1942 and the stage was added so that until 1959 it was possible to show films with seats for 670 visitors.

Further development

The German-American rocket designer Wernher von Braun was a guest in Frankenthal in the fall of 1951 and spoke to an interested audience in the Feierabendhaus about the space travel that was still imminent at the time . On November 3, 1966, the CSU politician Franz Josef Strauss visited the city and gave a speech at the same place during his stay.

Because there were significant deficiencies in fire protection , the district government of Rheinhessen-Pfalz ordered the building to be closed in 1985. The status of monument was fought for in 1989 before the Neustadt an der Weinstrasse administrative court; Since it was the only surviving theater building from the 1930s in Rhineland-Palatinate, the object was included in the monument topography of the State Office at that time . From 1992 another DM 700,000 was invested in the property. It was then used as collective accommodation for asylum seekers ; 150 people were accommodated in the building.

Vacancy and partial demolition

Back with stage construction (2008)
Rear side after the stage was demolished (2010)

The building had stood empty since 1998 and was in a very poor condition: the plaster was crumbling from the walls, the masonry showed cracks, and numerous pigeons had nested. The basement was damp and moldy. Several investors showed interest in a new use, but because of the high renovation costs, no one could be finally won.

At the beginning of April 2008, work began on demolishing the old Renolit production halls located south of the after-work house. This opened up a view of the south and east sides of the building. An extensive crack in the masonry indicated that the stage structure was in danger of collapsing and was probably no longer salvable. On April 30, 2008, the city council of Frankenthal unanimously decided to demolish the endangered stage building, the future of the remaining older part of the building should be examined separately. The partial demolition was finished in 2009.

Plans for conversion

Theses advertised at the University of Kaiserslautern on the urban development of the area were unsuccessful. The responsible authorities left it to the city of Frankenthal to decide whether to retain or demolish the ensemble. A decision on how to go on with the Feierabendhaus should be made in December 2009, according to the then Mayor Theo Wieder . The final decision was postponed, however, and the CongressForum Frankenthal GmbH's supervisory board was supposed to rule on the building's fate. In December 2010, Wieder announced that the city would seek funds from the urban development program for the purpose of conversion ; the concept was presented to the city's planning and environmental committee.

At a public reception in Frankenthal in October 2011, Wieder announced that the food company Edeka wanted to build a so-called showcase supermarket on the historic site and integrate the after -work house. The company confirmed this and reported that the investment would amount to five to six million euros. A new building will be connected to the after-work house and a common sales area will be created. Construction work should begin in late 2012 and be completed in mid-2013.

Total demolition

After the demolition (March 2017)

The new construction of the Edeka store began with a two-year delay in September 2014; it ended with the opening on October 21, 2015. In summer 2015, shortly before the completion of the new part, the renovation of the after-work house should be tackled. In the process, however, previously unknown defects in the foundation and barrel vault came to light, so that work had to be stopped due to acute dilapidation . As a result, the total demolition was decided and carried out in January / February 2016. Details worth preserving such as friezes and sculptures have been secured and are to be integrated as originals or casts into the new building planned at the same location.

The second construction phase of the supermarket was completed in September 2017.

Web links

Commons : Feierabendhaus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Kreis Kreisfrei Stadt Frankenthal. ( Memento from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Mainz 2014 [ Version 2020 is available. ] , P. 3 (PDF; 1.2 MB).
  2. ↑ a b Jörg Schmihing: After work ! In: Die Rheinpfalz , local edition Frankenthaler Zeitung . No. 46 . Ludwigshafen February 24, 2016, p. 13 .
  3. ↑ Location of the former Feierabendhaus on: Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  4. ^ Frankenthal - movie theater in the Feierabendhaus. allekinos.com, accessed on February 28, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Before the demolition . In: Frankenthal local . City magazine. Frankenthal September 2008.
  6. ^ Die Rheinpfalz , Frankenthaler Zeitung , April 3, 2008.
  7. ^ Frankenthal city magazine . Frankenthal December 2010.
  8. ^ Die Rheinpfalz , Frankenthaler Zeitung , April 29, 2008.
  9. ^ Die Rheinpfalz , Frankenthaler Zeitung , May 3, 2008.
  10. ^ Die Rheinpfalz , Frankenthaler Zeitung , March 17, 2009.
  11. ^ Die Rheinpfalz , Frankenthaler Zeitung , September 23, 2009.
  12. ^ Die Rheinpfalz , Frankenthaler Zeitung , November 5, 2009.
  13. ^ Die Rheinpfalz , Frankenthaler Zeitung , August 21, 2010.
  14. ^ Die Rheinpfalz , Frankenthaler Zeitung , December 13, 2010.
  15. ^ Die Rheinpfalz, Südwestdeutsche Zeitung, October 31, 2011.
  16. ^ Die Rheinpfalz , Frankenthaler Zeitung , January 18, 2012.
  17. ↑ The latest EDEKA Südwest markets. edeka.de, accessed on February 28, 2016 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′ 16.2 "  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 33.7"  E