Swiss Garden Inn

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Swiss Garden Inn, 2016

The Gasthaus Schweizer Garten is a listed building in Lutherstadt Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt . It is currently (as of 2018) not used as an inn.

location

It is located west of the old town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg on the north side of the street Am alten Bahnhof at the address Am alten Bahnhof 32. To the west of it is the Alte Bahnhof Wittenberg , to the east the Wittenberger Brauhaus .

Architecture and history

The building was built in 1898 as a restaurant in front of the city of Wittenberg based on a plan by R. Kniese. The building includes a large hall equipped with a stage and gallery and adorned with elaborate stucco decoration in the style of a Neo-Baroque influenced by Art Nouveau . In 1919, a guest room was added, which served as a bar for the Wittenberg brewery adjacent to the east.

The inn is a typical example of a middle-class amusement eatery of the time it was built and is considered to be significant in terms of urban history.

In the local register of monuments , the inn is listed as a monument under registration number 094 35704 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , page 4400

Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 7.7 ″  N , 12 ° 37 ′ 37.9 ″  E