Hotel Beauharnais
The Hôtel Beauharnais is a city palace in the 7th arrondissement on the left bank of Paris. The architect of the palace was Germain Boffrand , who built it in 1714. It was later rebuilt in the Empire style. The building named after Eugène de Beauharnais is now the residence of the German ambassador to France . However, the office of the German embassy is located in the 16th arrondissement .
location
The residence is located on the left bank of the Seine between the French Parliament to the west and the Musée d'Orsay to the east. To the south, towards Rue de Lille , behind a high wall is the main courtyard . To the north extends an English park with a view over the Seine over to the Jardin des Tuileries . The property has an area of 3700 square meters, the palace has a usable area of 6500 square meters; it can be viewed at receptions and at certain times during a French-speaking tour.
history
The Palais Beauharnais was built for Jean-Baptiste Colbert . In 1803, after many changes of ownership, Eugène Beauharnais , stepson of Napoleon and Viceroy of Italy, who was speculating on the succession to the throne, bought it and had it extensively redesigned. In 1818 it went under Friedrich Wilhelm III. in Prussian possession and became an embassy; later to the embassy of the German Reich . The embassy existed until 1944. Then the building was confiscated. In 1951 it was protected as an architectural monument and returned to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1961. Since the embassy was already being rebuilt near the Palais de la Découverte on Avenue Franklin Delano Roosevelt at that time, it was no longer an option. So it was renovated by the Federal Building Administration until 1968 for 17 million marks and is used for representation.
The palace is associated with numerous important people and events. Otto von Bismarck resided here as the Prussian ambassador in 1862, while Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst held large celebrations here in his time as ambassador after the Franco-German War to improve relations with the neighboring country. These already cost him 168,000 marks in the first year . Karl-Friedrich Schinkel , Leo Klenze and Max Beckmann visited it. Documents were stolen here in 1894 and the Dreyfus Affair began. In 1938, the murder of diplomat Ernst Eduard vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan gave the pretext for the so-called Reichskristallnacht . Ambassador Otto Abetz resided here during the German occupation of France .
The building has been comprehensively documented by the German Forum for Art History since 2002 . In this context, the Green Salon (French Salon Vert ) was restored in 2004 and the garden was redesigned according to the plans from 1817.
The design of the portico is reminiscent of Egyptian buildings. It is made of wood with stucco cladding and reflects the Egyptomania after Napoleon's Egyptian campaign . The interior fittings and furnishings with their gooseneck rests , lion paw legs, sphinx frames or the Turkish boudoir are exceptionally valuable.
literature
- Jörg Ebeling, Ulrich Leben (Hrsg.): A masterpiece of the Empire. The Palais Beauharnais in Paris , Tübingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8030-0814-5
- Thomas W. Gaehtgens , Jörg Ebeling and Ulrich Leben: Eugène de Beauharnais. Honor et fidelité at the Hotel de Beauharnais. In: Odile Nouvel-Kammerer (ed.), Symbols of power. Napoleon and the art of the Empire style, 1800 - 1815 , Abrams, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-8109-9345-7 , pp. 78-87, exhibition catalog.
- Thomas W. Gaehgtens, Ulrich Leben, Jörg Ebeling: Palais Beauharnais in Paris. To the historical equipment. In: Bau und Raum, ISSN 1612-1406 , 2004, pp. 82–91, online edition , ( PDF file, 3.7 MB).
- Karl Hammer: Hôtel Beauharnais Paris . (Supplement to Francia , 13). Artemis, Munich and Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-7608-4663-7 ( online )
- Claus von Kameke: L'Hôtel de Beauharnais. La residence de l'Ambassadeur d'Allemagne in Paris. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1968, (French).
- Klaus Henning von Krosigk : The garden of the Palais Beauharnais. In: Yearbook Bau und Raum, ISSN 1612-1406 , 2004, pp. 92–95, online edition , ( PDF file, 3.7 MB).
- Ulrich Leben, Jörg Ebeling: The Palais Beauharnais, Paris , in: The Magazine Antiques, online magazine , October 2006, pp. 116–125.
- Ulrich Leben, Jörg Ebeling: Palais Beauharnais - Complete inventory of furniture, bronzes, paintings and other objects, residence of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in France. Scientific director: Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Paris, September 2002.
Video
- The Palais Beauharnais. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
Web links
- Hôtel Beauharnais Paris from the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning with an exterior picture and information on the construction, history and renovation
- Interior photos from the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning
- Details about the palace on the website of the German embassy in Paris
- Database of the French Ministry of Culture - Input: Nom de l'édifice: Hôtel de Beauharnais , + Avec image en ligne (French), many b / w illustrations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Note d'information à l'attention des visiteurs de l'Hôtel de Beauharnais. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
- ^ Jörg von Uthmann: Tenderness that binds people together: The Palais Beauharnais in Paris. In: Die Welt from January 21, 2003
- ↑ Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Ulrich Leben and Jörg Ebeling: Salon Vert (Green Salon) - restoration concept for the restoration of the interior design and furnishings based on the inventory from 1817. Paris, 2003, source .
- ^ Scientific processing of the Palais Beauharnais by the German Forum for Art History , accessed on January 29, 2011
- ↑ Note on the website of the Federal Building Administration ( memento of the original from October 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 6, 2012
- ↑ Michael Mönninger : Imperial wistfulness. In: Die Zeit of March 2, 2006, No. 10
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 38.5 " N , 2 ° 19 ′ 20.3" E