Hammonia bath
The Hammonia-Bad is a listed building in the Hamburg district of Uhlenhorst , which used to be a public bathing establishment .
Location and description
The building is located at Lerchenfeld 14-18 near the Mundsburg underground station on the Uhlenhorst in the Hamburg-Nord district .
It is a four-storey building made of red brick with a high-rise-like head building, which is decorated with expressionistic cornices made of shell limestone .
History and use
The building was built between 1926 and 1928 according to plans by Carl Feindt from Hamburg-Altonaer Kur- und Badeanstalten GmbH. The naming refers to Hammonia , a Latin name (and allegorical embodiment ) of the city of Hamburg. Medical treatments, gymnastics and massages were offered. In addition, the residents of the surrounding working-class neighborhoods, whose apartments did not have a bathroom, used bathtubs and showers here. The roof terrace of the building offered an "air bath" for sunbathing. In the 1950s, a large part of the premises was occupied by the medical service of the health insurance funds; medical practices were added in the 1970s. Today the building is used as a medical care center.
The English Theater , founded in 1976 and the oldest English-language theater in Germany , has been located on the first floor to the right of the entrance .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ralf Lange : Architecture in Hamburg - The great architecture guide . 1st edition. Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 112 .
- ^ Building & Concept - The Hammonia Bad Official Website. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 9.1 ″ N , 10 ° 1 ′ 43.2 ″ E