Quedlinburg gas station

former Quedlinburg gas works

Building of the former gas works

Detail of the facade

The Quedlinburg gas station is a listed building complex that was formerly used as a gas works in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt . The area now serves as the headquarters of the Quedlinburg municipal utilities .

location

It is located south of the historic Neustadt Quedlinburg, on the south side of Rathenaustraße at the address Rathenaustraße 9, and is registered in the Quedlinburg monument register as a gas works.

Architecture and history

The plant is one of the oldest urban gas works. The site was developed in 1863, probably in connection with the opening of the Magdeburg – Thale railway line immediately south of the site . The founding was largely due to the mayor of Quedlinburg, Gustav Brecht . There are several industrial buildings from the second half of the 19th century on the site. Several gasometers , some of which have been converted, have been preserved. In addition, there is an administration building and workshop building that have been preserved from the time the plant was founded. Some of the houses are designed in a round arch style. The facades are characterized by the alternation of stone and brickwork.

literature

• Falko Grubitzsch in: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 1: Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer and others: Magdeburg administrative region. Revision. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , page 762.
• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , page 219.

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 15.3 "  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 21.7"  E