Hardenbergstrasse 10 (Berlin-Charlottenburg)
The building at Hardenbergstrasse 10 is a tenement house in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg , which is a listed building.
History of the house
The house was built between 1902 and 1904 as - according to the building plan - "Haus Sonnenthal" by the then well-known master builder and architect Hugo Sonnenthal , whose architectural office Kristeller & Sonnenthal in Berlin was very busy at the turn of the century. Sonnenthal, who previously worked in Dessau, and his partner Friedrich Kristeller are now icons among Berlin Art Nouveau builders. They also came up with the plans for the neighboring house at Hardenbergstrasse 9a, which is also under monument protection. In addition to the Park Sanatorium Pankow (1899) was u. a. also the Friedrichstadt trading center building (1906/1907), built on the Gendarmenmarkt based on designs by the architectural duo. In 1997 the Lutter & Wegner restaurant moved into the Gendarmenmarkt . As early as 1905, what was probably the most famous Art Nouveau building by the architectural duo, the Schumanntheater opposite the main train station in Frankfurt a. M. opened, until its destruction in 1944, it was one of the most important international entertainment stages for circus, variety and operettas with space for up to 5000 spectators.
As early as 1906, the house in Hardenbergstrasse was sold by its builder Sonnenthal to the manor owner Albert Krempien.
The Berlin travel guide for the blind says about the use of the ground floor from the early days of the company: “During this period, it was the cafés and variety theaters that reflected the bourgeoisie consciousness and the development of individual reflection. Bohème and artist groups found their expression in cabaret performances and variety theaters. This is how a cabaret and variety theater came into being, exclusively for the naval authorities. Over coffee and cognac, art was listened to, discussed and politics made. In the Third Reich , the rooms were annexed by the National Socialists and converted into a noble brothel . "
On July 11, 1938 - according to the land register excerpt - the "Reichsfiskus (Army)" acquired the building from a community of heirs in order to run the previously established brothel for naval and Wehrmacht officers and their guests. In the notarized purchase agreement, the members of the community of owners had to affirm that they had no Jewish ancestors. At the end of the 1930s, numerous Wehrmacht and military intelligence agencies were in the immediate vicinity (e.g. the Wehrmacht High Command in the former Hotel Am Steinplatz ).
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During the Second World War , the building, especially the side wing and transverse building, was badly damaged by Allied air raids , but the facade and staircase were preserved and are now a listed building. Investigations during the renovation in 2007 showed that all balcony grilles originally had a gold plating. The marble used in the stairwell comes from the area of Siena (door frames) and Trieste (floors). The use of noble building materials corresponded to the self-image of the time, Charlottenburg was at times - despite strong social contrasts - until its incorporation into Greater Berlin in 1920 as the city with the highest tax revenue per capita in Germany.
After the end of the war, the house came into the possession of the federal government , which after the war damage had been repaired since the 1960s, mainly used it to accommodate parts of the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning . a. the “ Art in Architecture ” department was housed here.
As early as the 1950s, one of the first political cabaret theaters after the war was established on the ground floor with the chimney . With Wolfgang Neuss ("The man with the timpani"), Günter Pfitzmann and Ursula Herking appeared in Rauchfang from 1953 on the crème de la crème of German cabaret. In the Wolfgang Neuss book by Volker Kühn (Satire Verlag Cologne 1981) it says: “1953 ... The collaboration with Wolfgang Müller begins. First program: 'Between the door and the hinge' in the 'Rauchfang', Hardenbergstrasse. (Opening conference: 'Well Wolfgang, say something. If you don't say anything, people sit around stupid ...') ". Another program followed in 1955 "Hang the laundry away" with Wolfgang Müller, Wolfgang Neuss, Edith Hancke and Ralf Wolter . The best-known producer of the political sketches was Eckart Hachfeld , who also wrote for the porcupines from 1958 , and later for the television cabarets Hallo Nachbar (1963–1966) and the windshield wiper .
In the 1970s, Café Ziegler moved into the ground floor , followed in the early 1980s by Café Hardenberg as a typical student bar with an inexpensive lunch menu.
As the structural condition of the house, especially on the upper floors and in the roof, did not allow further use by the Federal Office for Building without investing large sums, the decision was made to sell the property. As part of a bidding process by the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks , a community of private investors prevailed among 37 bidders in September 2007, who now use the listed building after extensive renovation and complete renovation of the roof structure with the installation of a solar power system as an architecture office or lawyer and notary's office or rented. The front garden and the restaurant terrace were redesigned in 2013 in compliance with the monument protection requirements.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List stadtentwicklung.berlin.de. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Café Hardenberg with directions on berlinfuerblinde.de. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 33.6 ″ N , 13 ° 19 ′ 29.1 ″ E