Building complex Kleine Märkerstraße 5/6, Christian-Wolff-Straße 4/6
The building complex Kleine Märkerstraße 5/6, Christian-Wolff-Straße 4/6 is located in the old town of Halle (Saale) . It consists of 13 buildings that were built at different times and were owned by the Hensel and Haenert company for a large part of the time. The buildings in Kleine Märkerstraße 5 and 6 are listed in the monument register of the city of Halle under registration numbers 094 13254 and 094 04786.
Location and street names
The building complex is located in the old town of Halle, directly behind the Ulrichskirche . It is delimited by Kleine Märkerstrasse and Christian-Wolff-Strasse. The street name Kleine Märkerstrasse has only been around since 1900. Before that, it was called Kleine Merkerstrasse, named after the old patrician family of the Merkeline. In 1837 there were six houses on this street, including houses No. 5 and 6 of this building complex. Christian-Wolff-Straße was renamed in honor of Christian Wolff , an important universal scholar, mathematician and lawyer for Halle. Before that it was called Brauhausgasse, since 1893 Kleine Brauhausstrasse, as many breweries were located on this street. This section used to be known as the “Houses behind the Ulrichskirche”.
Usage history
1702-1834
In 1702 Siegesmund Dreßler erected the first building on the property at Kleine Märkerstraße 5 (A). This dating goes back to an entry in the general ledger of the non-obligations, according to which a six-year tax exemption was initiated due to a new building. Dreßler designed the building as a half-timbered house . After he died, various people took over the house, including Gottfried John and Theodor Christoph Ursinus .
1834-1980
In 1834 master rope maker Hensel acquired the entire property. He first arranged for the floor plan to be straightened out. In the same year he built the house at Kleine Märkerstraße 6 (B) to store spinning webs with the building's characteristic elongation. In 1848 Hensel married his daughter to Theodor Haenert, who became co-owner of the company. In 1865, Hensel built the extension to house no. 5 (C), which was used for office space.
When Theodor Haenert died, his son Carl took over the company and turned the retail business into a wholesaler. In 1890 the facade of the house at Kleine Märkerstraße 5 (A) was redesigned. The white plaster that can still be seen today was applied because the half-timbering from 1702 could still be seen at that time. However, in 1890 this was considered poor and the company no longer identified with the poor construction of 1702. In the same year, two new dwelling houses were built. In addition, a board with the founding year 1820 of the company Hensel and Haenert was installed. Carl Haenert set up his first coffee roastery (E) in 1890. and expanded it in 1892 due to the high sales figures in the coffee trade. The next expansion of the building complex followed in 1895 and 1896. During this period, Haenert built today's Christian-Wolff-Straße 6 as a building for the first central German coffee roastery. Some rooms were used as offices. In addition to the large roasting plant, a building was built for the machine cleaning of the green coffee in the same period. In 1911 the family business “Fr. Hensel & Haenert ”the stock corporation“ Fr. Hensel & Haenert AG ". The management of the company fell to the important Halle businessman Karl Jühling, who had already been employed by the company as a commercial assistant in 1891. Karl Haenert retired from business life, but received a portion of the shares. With the beginning of the First World War , the company had to switch its range from luxury foods and spirits to consumer goods and basic foodstuffs, as did during the Second World War . When the shareholders at the time decided to retire from business shortly before 1980 for reasons of age, the company fell to the GDR as a result of one of the last waves of nationalization, but was dissolved in 1980 due to its dead capital.
1980-2009
Kleine Märkerstraße 5 and Christian-Wolff-Straße 4 and 6 were painted white and brown in 1982. The plaque on Kleine Märkerstraße 5 was removed in order to hide any memory of a former private property of the company in order to prevent that the socialist structure of the GDR was called into question. After the dissolution of the company and the associated lack of use of the building complex, it fell into disrepair. The property went through the hands of several companies and real estate agents. But all projects, be it that a planned demolition violated the monument protection and was thus prevented, or that the reconstruction would have been too expensive, failed.
future
The property is currently in the hands of a group of entrepreneurs who have been working on plans and procedures for the renovation and re-use of the building since 2009. A restaurant is planned as a commercial unit in the basement of buildings A and B (Kleine Märkerstraße 5 and 6), and apartments on the upper floor. Most of the other buildings will also be used as apartments. Rooms for a dance school are being considered in the basement of a building. The problem of the lack of parking spaces for residents caused by the location on the boulevard in downtown Halle is to be solved by an underground car park on the ground floor and basement of the building. Among other things, balconies, roof terraces and security measures, for example fire protection stairs, are set up. To ensure that there is adequate lighting in all rooms, a corner of one building is being torn down and two entire buildings are being removed. At Kleine Märkerstraße 5 and 6 and Christian-Wolff-Straße 4 and 6, the facade will be preserved for monument protection reasons; more is not possible due to the extreme water damage. The gate entrance of Kleine Märkerstraße 6 will be glazed for the outdoor seating of the future restaurant. (As of October 2010)
Situation in May 2018
According to research by the Arbeitskreis Innenstadt eV in May 2018, the renovation that began in 2014 has brought little results, as it mainly relates to the approved demolition of the buildings at Christian-Wolff-Strasse 4 and 6 and a renovation of the courtyard buildings, which, however, retain their original character almost completely lost, focused. The buildings in Kleine Märkerstraße are in a desolate condition with a severely damaged facade because it was exposed to the weather inadequately protected. Various valuable pieces of equipment have disappeared apart from remnants of the stucco ceiling and the damaged parquet. Work started in 2017 also resulted in the almost complete loss of the memory. In January 2018, the Arbeitskreis Innenstadt eV filed a criminal complaint against the owners for the deliberate destruction of a monument.
Style analysis
Kleine Märkerstraße 5 (A)
The building was built in 1702 during the Baroque period, but no elements from this era have survived. Today's white plaster was first applied in 1890. The white-brown painting of Kleine Märkerstraße 5 and Christian-Wolff-Straße 4 and 6 took place in 1982. During the expansion in 1890, neo-baroque elements were used, for example in the design of the two small houses. The initials "CH" can also be found on them, which stand for the then company owner and client of the redesign: Carl Haenert. The building has a pointed roof that is covered with a crown. There are exposure windows installed, which also served to ventilate the building. The other windows are single glazed and equipped with a skylight . The cornices, stucco edges and the corner squaring are also striking. These building elements were also created when the facade was redesigned in 1890. They were molded from plaster and were used to structure the facade. As a technical innovation, a freight elevator was installed to the top floor.
Kleine Märkerstraße 6 (B)
The building was built for the storage of rope goods. Many construction features indicate this. The expansion of the building suggests this. Similarly, located on the wall were hatches attached so that they could be used for storage and retrieval of goods from the road. Roof lighting windows were also installed. They prevented the cords from becoming moldy due to high humidity and also made it possible to work in the attic. A mansard roof with a beaver tail covering was used as the roof. The attached windows are divided into four and also have a four-part muntin. Otherwise, only cargo hatches and recessed cargo hatches can be found. In the lower part of the house, a layer of quarry stone masonry made of porphyry was chosen as the building material. However, half-timbering was used in the upper part. The building has a cellar and a cross-vaulted room. There is also a two-winged wooden gate with a central foot gate. The arch of the gate is closed with a keystone.
Christian-Wolff-Strasse 4 and 6 (C, D, E)
Christian-Wolff-Straße 4 and 6 is built in a similar style to house No. 5 on Kleine Märkerstraße, as it was built after it. There is a solid walled plinth area. The door has a skylight. Exposure hatches were installed in the attic. A frame for flower pots is attached to a window, which is decorated with a fish-eye pattern made of metal, which was added in the Wilhelminian era. Neo-Baroque shell elements made of wood are inserted into a window frame. The buildings were demolished in 2014.
literature
- Halle City Archive : Halle City Archives , 13.
- Central German Latest News, 190, August 13, 1971.
- Mitteldeutsche Neuste Nachrichten, 42, February 19, 1981.
- Liberal Democratic Newspaper, January 22, 27, 1988.
- P. Breitkopf: Near Leipziger Strasse. In: Arbeitskreis Innenstadt eV (Ed.): Hallesche Blätter. March 2002, No. 20, pp. 15-19.
- P. Breitkopf: Kleine Märkerstraße 6: roof repaired. In: Arbeitskreis Innenstadt eV (Ed.): Hallesche Blätter. July 2004, No. 26, p. 27.
- Christian Feigl: The slow death of a monument - fate or resolution? In: Arbeitskreis Innenstadt eV (Ed.): Hallesche Blätter. May 2018, No. 51, pp. 15-18.
Web links
- http://www.aki-halle.de/ (June 17, 2010).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Siegmar Schulze-Galléra: Topography or history of houses and streets in the city of Halle ad Saale , first volume 1920, p. 63, p. 52/53
- ^ Hallesche Blätter, March 2002, No. 20
- ↑ a b c d e Hans-Jürgen Krisch: Fr. Hensel & Haenert: A Central German Coffee History Between Hamburg and Munich. Hall / S. 2005
- ↑ a b House archive of the city of Halle, 13
- ↑ Mr. Dietzsch, independent architect, interview
- ↑ Christian Feigl, pp. 15-18
- ^ A b c Ms. Reimann, Department of Monument Preservation, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, interview
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 51.3 " N , 11 ° 58 ′ 22.4" E