Frauenhof
The Frauenhof is a baroque building in Frankfurt-Niederrad , which was built between 1761 and 1781. The name of the building, originally built as a factory, comes from the fact that the property was owned by the Katharinen- und Weißfrauenstift for several years from 1841. In addition to the Bolongaropalast in Frankfurt-Höchst , the Frauenhof is the only completely preserved baroque complex in Frankfurt. The building is a listed building .
history
The Kattunfabrikant Johann Friedrich Müller received permission in 1760 to set up a cotton factory in Niederrad. In 1761 he had the northern part of the women's courtyard built, the “Schlößchen”. In order to expand his factory, Müller acquired the property opposite in 1781. Niederrad thereupon obliged the manufacturers to design the new buildings in such a way that loaded wagons had unimpeded access to the village. Müller had the archway built between the two parts of the building and decorated with a clock tower, which became the Niederräder landmark .
In 1806, three years after Müller's death, the heirs gave up the factory and sold the property in 1817 to the farmer Karl Maximilian Schulze, who used it as an estate. In 1841, the Katharinen- und Weißfrauenstift acquired the entire property, which is why the Frauenhof is said to have received its current name. At the end of the 19th century the building was sold to the banker Louis Hahn, who set up the “Café Milan” restaurant in the manor house of the Frauenhof.
Between 1889 and 1908 also led next to the road route to the Frankfurt Forest Railway through the archway of Frauenhofs.
The Frauenhof estate was demolished in 1937, and the Lacroix company later built its business premises in its place.
During the Second World War in 1944, an aerial bomb destroyed the roof and the clock tower of the Frauenhof during the air raids on Frankfurt am Main . The emergency roof that was then erected was not renovated and the clock tower was not restored.
Immediately after the end of the Second World War, the innkeeper Otto Bornschlegl acquired the Frauenhof from the city of Frankfurt and reopened the restaurant under the name "Café Frauenhof". After Bornschlegl's death, his widow closed the café and rented the rooms to a commercial enterprise. The rooms, which have been vacant since 1999, were owned by a community of heirs until early 2007.
Future of the Frauenhof
After disputes within the community of heirs, according to reports by the Frankfurter Rundschau and the Frankfurter Neue Presse , the Frauenhof was auctioned off in January 2007 in order to preserve, restore and re-use the building. The local advisory board 5 applied for municipal funds that should serve to preserve the Niederräder landmark. Today (July 2015) the Frauenhof serves as a residential building, and a Turkish cultural association and a mosque also have their rooms there.
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- ^ Frankfurter Rundschau, city edition, January 10, 2007, page 28
- ↑ Frankfurter Neue Presse, local pages, January 6, 2007
- ↑ Michael Rebmann: From the textile factory to the café. In: Frankfurter Rundschau from July 29, 2015. ( online )
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (Ed.): Frauenhof In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 17 ″ N , 8 ° 38 ′ 54 ″ E