Friederikenschlösschen (Hanover)

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Friederikenschlösschen around 1859, behind the armory on Waterlooplatz

The Friederikenschlösschen was a palace building in Hanover , begun in 1803 by Prince Carl I. zu Schwarzburg-Sondershausen , on the Leine Island Little Venice and near what would later become Waterlooplatz . The building, which was initially unfinished, was completed by master builder Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves in 1817 in the romantic - classicist style for Count Carl von Alten .

The property, sometimes also called von Alten-Garten , was acquired by King Ernst August in 1841 for his wife Friederike . In 1966 the Friederikenschlösschen was demolished in favor of an unrealized new building for the Lower Saxony State Chancellery .

history

After grinding the fortification Hannover late 18th century, the palace was built outside the historic city core. It was on the Otten werder between two branches of the Leine near the Mühlenplatz, which was renamed Friederikenplatz in 1843 . Prince Carl I. zu Schwarzburg-Sondershausen began construction work in 1803, but fled Hanover when French troops marched in. At that time the building was a two-story half - timbered building with a hipped roof . In 1817, as the new foreign minister , Count Carl von Alten needed a proper residence and commissioned Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves to continue the construction.

Former location of the Friederikenschlösschen, today a lawn not far from Waterlooplatz

After the Count's death in 1840, King Ernst August acquired the palace in 1841, which his wife Friederike was supposed to live in and which was named after her as the Palais am Friederikengarten . Since she died in 1841 before moving in, the building served as the guest house of the Hanoverian court. Between 1845 and 1866, the palace was to Count of blankets leased. In 1856, Justus Heinrich Jakob Molthan added the large hall. In 1866 the Friederikenschlösschen became a residential building for Prussian officers. From 1882 it was the residence of the city commandant of Hanover. After the Second World War , which it survived unscathed despite the air raids on Hanover , it was the seat of the Lower Saxony Finance Court from 1949 to 1958 . Other authorities later had their headquarters there. In the 1950s, the building is said to have been in a poor state of construction and infected with dry rot and in danger of collapsing. The Great Hall was closed by the building authorities due to falling parts of the ceiling .

In 1960 there was a competition to build the Lower Saxony State Chancellery, which was to become the center of the government district on Friederikenplatz. Under the city planner Rudolf Hillebrecht the plans to demolish the building intensified, the deficiencies of which, according to architects, could have been remedied. In 1966, despite violent protests, the demolition took place at the instigation of the State of Lower Saxony. Since then, the property has been undeveloped and is a publicly accessible park-like area with lawn and trees near a beer garden . Occasionally it is used for events such as circus performances and shows.

In the course of the urban planning redesign project Hannover City 2020 + , a larger new building is planned at the location of the former Friederikenschlösschen.

  • Building design by Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves for the construction work in 1817

  • Location of the Friederikenschlösschen (dark red) on the Leine Island in 1822

  • Friederikenschlösschen, left, around 1825

  • Model with a larger new building (red-brown) at the location of the Friederikenschlösschen as part of Hannover City 2020+

literature

  • Helmut Knocke : Friederikenschlösschen. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 193.
  • Friedrich Lindau : Hanover. Reconstruction and destruction. The city in dealing with its architectural identity. Schlütersche, Hannover 2001 (2nd edition), ISBN 3-87706-607-0 .
  • Arnold Nöldeke : Palais des Friederiken-Garten , in which: The art monuments of the city of Hanover , Part 1 and 2: Monuments of the "old" city area of ​​Hanover. In: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Hannover Vol. 1, H. 2, Teil 1, Hannover, Selbstverlag der Provinzialverwaltung, Schulzes Buchhandlung, 1932, S. 430f .; Digitized via archive.org
    • Julie von Albedyll-Alten (text), Richard Boschan (ed.): From Hanover and Prussia. Memories from half a century , Potsdam: Gropiussche Hofbuchhandlung (court bookseller Otto Schmidtgall), 1914; Digitized version of the University Library Potsdam

Web links

Commons : Friederikenschlösschen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Hinrich Hesse : v.-Alten-Garten , in ders .: Guide through Hanover city and country. Local landmarks. A companion on hikes through the city of Hanover and the surrounding area. Compiled and described according to location, origin, meaning, etc. , 227 pages with 16 plates, Hanover: Helwingsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1929, p. 3
  2. ↑ a b Das Geisterschloss In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of January 10, 2008
  3. ^ Arnold Nöldeke: Palais des Friederiken-Gartens , ..., p. 430f.

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 7.4 "  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 55.4"  E