Hagenrathaus
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The Hagenrathaus was the town hall of the Braunschweiger Weichbild Hagen . It was on the Hagenmarkt , directly in front of the Katharinenkirche . The town hall existed from the 13th century and was used as such until the 17th century. It was then converted into an opera house and demolished in 1861. The Hagener Gewandhaus and the Klipphaus were adjacent to or connected to the Hagenrathaus.
description
The Hagenrathaus was a Gothic building. The building ran from south to north. The appearance of the town hall from the outside and inside, especially from the times before the renovations, is hardly known. Only in the later years of the town hall were drawings made. However, there were probably no pictures showing the entire town hall.
The facade had pointed arched windows, the gables of which were decorated with crabs and plant crowns, porches and statues. Inside, the town hall had a thorn , a hall, a kitchen, prisons and other rooms.
history
The Hagenrathaus was built around 1230. It was first mentioned in a document in 1345. In 1398 the building was rebuilt. This is mentioned in the interest book of the city of Braunschweig and a sum of 162 marks is given. The purpose of this sum is not known, but it could have been used to grow arbors. According to further calculations, in 1400 and 1401, stone blocks were installed on the building and stone pictures, i.e. statues, were made. The old town hall could have served as a model for these conversions and additions . From this point on, there are no more invoices, either they have been lost or no more work has been done on the building. It was not until 1544 that the painter Stefan Wittekop was commissioned to do minor painting work on the town hall. From 1578 the town hall was expanded and rebuilt. Most of it was extensive restoration work. The town hall was painted white and the halls and arbours painted. The windows were glazed with glass from Venice . The brass light crowns were cleaned and mended. In 1608 the citizen captain and builder of the Hagens Georg von Rethem had the motto “Principum discordia est aliquid commune suum facere!” Carved and gilded at the town hall . In 1609 a newly built arbor was painted, this was probably the last work on the town hall. In 1671 the Hagen merged with the other Weichbilden and the town hall was no longer needed. In order not to leave it empty, the city rented it out and a bookstore and later a tobacco factory were set up there.
From 1689 to 1690, Duke Anton Ulrich had the town hall and the adjoining Gewandhaus rebuilt into an opera house by Johann Balthasar Lauterbach . After this renovation, only the north side of the town hall remained unchanged. This gable had Gothic windows and there was a figure of St. Catherine , the patron saint of the Hague, attached. The rest of the facade disappeared behind wooden extensions. On September 1, 1861, the final performance of Mozart's “ The Magic Flute ” took place in the opera house. Three years later the building and thus the town hall and Gewandhaus built into it were demolished. With the demolition of the opera house, the enlarged Hagenmarkt was created, as it can be found today, and a direct connection from Bohlweg to Wendenstraße .
literature
- Elmar Arnhold: Hagen town hall and garment house. In: Medieval metropolis Braunschweig. Architecture and urban architecture from the 11th to 15th centuries. Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2018, ISBN 978-3-944939-36-0 , pp. 190–191.
- Hermann Dürre : History of the City of Braunschweig in the Middle Ages. Brunswick 1861.
- The old opera house in Hagen zu Braunschweig in "Braunschweigisches Magazin der Braunschweigischen Werbung 77. 1864"
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Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 2.5 ″ N , 10 ° 31 ′ 29.2 ″ E
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