Union House (Hanover)

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The trade union building of the DGB Lower Saxony; View in southwest direction

The union building at Otto-Brenner-Strasse 1 in Hanover is the seat of the DGB Lower Saxony , a regional association of the German trade union federation .

history

The building was built as a replacement for the older trade union building of the General German Trade Union Federation (ADGB) located in front of the Goseriede, which was attacked and occupied by the National Socialists on April 1, 1933 as the first trade union building in Germany . This older, preserved building complex is better known today under the name Tiedthof .

Entry of trade unionists and politicians on May 1, 2012, the “Day of Solidarity ” on the litigation market ; in the background the union building

After the end of the dictatorship , the new nine -story high - rise office building with a two-story hall extension based on plans by the architect Friedrich Lindau was built in the reconstruction years of 1952/53 as a self-confident hint . In terms of urban planning , the high-rise at the end of the Klagesmarkt formed the counterpart to the Christ Church and marked the roundabout at the old St. Nikolai cemetery that was built at the same time .

The location for the new building was not by chance: Before the construction of the new DGB trade union building, the Klagesmarkt opposite was a meeting place for mass demonstrations by workers during the Weimar Republic . In the Third Reich , the square then served as a parade ground for the Nazi system and finally as a location for an underground bunker (one of the first in Germany) against the air raids on Hanover . Right here, at the foot of the new trade union building, meetings were held again after the Second World War , regularly on May 1st, but now mainly organized by the workers' representatives.

In 1972 the address of the high-rise office building also changed: If the street was previously called Josephstrasse , it has now been renamed in honor of the first chairman of the metalworking union , Otto Brenner .

In 1990 the trade union building of the DGB was placed under a preservation order.

watercolor

In 1952, an unnamed artist created a watercolor of the construction of the union building and its surroundings; the picture was in black and white on the cover of Klaus Mertschings published in 1983 magazine occupation of the union house on April 1, 1933 ... played.

Action alliance Neuer Klagesmarkt

The Klagesmarkt in the direction of the city center with the red and white trade union building of the German Federation of Lower Saxony and the Nikolaikapelle (center in the back)

The renovation plans of the city of Hanover in the course of Hanover City 2020+ now provide for the construction of the Klagesmarkt in front of the DGB trade union building. The city ​​council has already decided on the sale and development. In spite of the refined drafts presented by the City Planning Officer Uwe Bodemann in March 2012, a campaign alliance Neuer Klagesmarkt was formed, consisting of (as of March 2012)

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Union House  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ DGB Lower Saxony, press and public relations: about us
  2. ↑ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Goseriede 4. In: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 135
  3. ↑ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Otto-Brenner-Straße 1 (see literature)
  4. ^ A b Eva Benz-Rababah : Klagesmarkt. 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 , pp. 349f.
  5. ^ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Am Klagesmarkt. In: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 81
  6. ^ NN : Page no longer available , search in web archives: Speech for May 1st [2011], WordPad document@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.igmetall-hannover.de
  7. ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Otto-Brenner-Strasse. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 189
  8. ^ Helmut Knocke: DGB trade union building. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 221; online through google books
  9. ↑ Klaus Mertsching: The occupation of the trade union building on April 1, 1933 and its history (= special issue from the series Employees and Society ), Ed .: DGB-Kreis Hannover, Friedrich Theilmann, Hannover: DGB-Kreis Hannover, 1983, p. 47 and 4th cover page
  10. ↑ For literature and web links, please see Hannover City 2020+
  11. ↑ a b c d e f g h Action Alliance New Klagesmarkt: The Klagesmarkt must remain public! Day of action on March 17th , 2012 , leaflet from March 2012
  12. ^ Conrad von Meding: Renovation will start in May / Klagesmarkt soon without a roundabout , online on the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung website

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 41.2 ″  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 50 ″  E