Messkirch Forestry Office

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Messkirch Forestry Office (2012)

The building of the former forestry office Meßkirch is a listed , former Grand Ducal Baden official building on Stockacher Strasse in Meßkirch in the Baden-Württemberg district of Sigmaringen . Until the end of 2004 it was the seat of the State Forestry Office of Meßkirch .

history

The Forestry Office was created in 1836 by Grand Duke Leopold von Baden (1790-1852) as the “Mößkirch District Forestry” and was built in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1897, in just 15 months of construction . The Capuchin monastery, which was built by the Helfensteiners in 1659 and was demolished in 1827 by decision of the Fürstenbergers , once stood on the site . The building made of Schwäbisch Hall sandstone, decorated with pinnacles , pilasters , coats of arms and columns, is the most important architectural monument from the heyday of the bourgeois Messkirch at the end of the 19th century, along with the town hall, which was built around the same time, the Conradin Kreutzer School and the Protestant Church of the Savior. The so-called East German carvings on the east side and towards Adlerplatz are remarkable.

In the course of the administrative reform of the state of Baden-Württemberg at the end of 2004, the forest office was integrated into the Sigmaringen district office as a forest authority, where there is now a new forest administration in the Laiz Green Center as the central forest office for the entire district. The two-storey building with a floor space of more than 360 m² and a park-like garden of almost 2250 m² was sold to a private person from the region as the highest bidder following a public tender.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Once upon a time . In: Südkurier of July 27, 2011
  2. ↑ Manfred Dieterle-Jöchle (dim): No private forest care. In: Südkurier from October 15, 2005
  3. ↑ Mark Vonberg: buyers sought. In: Südkurier of December 30, 2004
  4. ^ Manfred Dieterle-Jöchle (dim): Forestry office went to private individuals. In: Südkurier from August 20, 2005

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 40.4 "  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 36.9"  E