Happelstrasse 59 (Heilbronn)

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Happelstrasse 59 in Heilbronn
The construction line in Happelstraße seen across the fallow area of ​​the former Südbahnhof, on the far right with the tower No. 59

The house at Happelstraße 59 is a listed building in Heilbronn .

history

The building at Happelstraße 59 and the associated outbuildings were built in 1915 for the food manufacturers Otto & Kaiser according to plans by the architect Alfred Voltz from Heilbronn. The corner tower with belvedere is remarkable. The building was nicknamed Kaiser Otto by the previous owners . After the bankruptcy of Kaiser-Otto AG, the building complex came to the Heilbronn-based food manufacturer Knorr , whose premises are located nearby.

In the Third Reich , the buildings were initially used by the Reich Labor Service , later parts of the 34th Infantry Regiment were housed in them. Some of the buildings were damaged during World War II. In December 1945, a municipal kitchen with an attached heating hall was set up in other rooms on the Kaiser Otto site. Both welfare institutions were heavily used by the population. These rooms were also used as meeting rooms.

From June 1945 to November 1952 the first floor of the main building was used as the provisional administrative seat of the general local health insurance fund. Heilbronn's address book from 1950 also names the widow Helene Hochuli and the rooms of the Tscherning coffee and food wholesaler on the ground floor, Meta Schmitt's radiation institute on the second floor and six other tenants. In 1961 only the Tscherning trading house, the widow Hochuli and four tenants were registered there.

The building at Happelstrasse 61, which belongs to the Kaiser Otto complex, was converted into an emergency shelter for the Heilbronn trade school after the end of the war ; 22 rooms were used for this purpose. The large school hall also served as a rehearsal room for the Young Stage in Heilbronn. After the trade school had moved in January 1955, the higher commercial and commercial vocational school took over the premises.

Art historical significance

Hennze describes the building in silent contemporary witnesses like this:

“ The elevation of the three-storey house shows cleverly placed transitions between wall and window surfaces. Triangular gables accentuate the roof surfaces, a corner tower forms a definite “point de vue” within the southern part of the city. The complex, which was originally much wider, was neglected for a long time and most of the outbuildings were demolished; the house has been completely rebuilt in recent years. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Renz / Schlösser, Chronik Heilbronn… 1945–1951 , p. 87
  2. ↑ Renz / Schlösser, Chronik Heilbronn… 1945–1951 , p. 11
  3. ^ Renz, Alexander / Schlösser, Susanne: Chronicle of the city of Heilbronn. Volume VII: 1952-1957 , Heilbronn 1996, p. 70
  4. ^ City of Heilbronn (ed.): Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1950 , Heilbronn 1950.
  5. ^ City of Heilbronn (ed.): Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1961 , Heilbronn 1961.
  6. ↑ Renz / Schlösser, Chronik Heilbronn… 1952–1957 , pp. 243f.
  7. ^ Bernhard Lattner with texts by Joachim J. Hennze, Stille Zeitzeugen. 500 years of Heilbronn architecture, Edition Lattner, Heilbronn 2005, ISBN 3-9807729-6-9 , p. 61

literature

Web links

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Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '56.8 "  N , 9 ° 13' 28.6"  E