House "Im Mohren"

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The “Im Mohren” house at Bonngasse 18. This is followed by the Beethoven House (dark pink) at 20 Bonngasse .

The house "Im Mohren" in Bonn city center is one of the oldest surviving town houses in Bonn . It adjoins the house where Beethoven was born and is used today by the Beethoven House Association and the associated Beethoven Archive Foundation . The house from the Baroque period is located in Bonngasse (house number 18) and is a listed building. The building is known for a wooden sculpture of a Moor attached to the facade .

history

The building was erected around 1700 after the war of the Palatinate Succession . A house previously standing here - like most of the city at that time - was destroyed in the fighting in 1689 ; the still existing vaulted cellar from the 13th century was reused in the new building. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in December 1770 in the neighboring house, which has also been preserved . His godmother was the council cellar master's wife , Gertrud Baum; she lived in the house "Im Mohren" and arranged the christening dinner for the newborn on December 17, 1770 here.

In 1907 the Beethoven-Haus association acquired the building and had it converted. It was initially set up as a tenement house. In 1927 the storage, work and library rooms for the newly founded Beethoven archive were created here after the floor intended for this was previously empty. In 1936 extensive repairs and alterations took place, which gave the house its present form.

In spring 2003, necessary renovation work was carried out on the building, which was completed in autumn 2004. The museum shop of the Beethoven House has been located in the front part of the first floor of the house. The "Digital Beethoven House ", which is operated in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication : a studio with numerous computer workstations is housed in the completely renovated rear part of the building on the first floor . The courtyard was re-paved and five Beethoven busts were placed on high plinths. Office space was set up again on the first and second floors. The vaulted cellar is used as a “digital Beethoven salon” for a 3D staging. The owner of the redesign was the Beethovenhaus association , the renovation costs amounted to around 1.6 million euros, most of which was funded by the Federal Ministry of Construction with funds from the Bonn-Berlin Compensation , the city of Bonn, the budget of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media and were financed by the Rhineland Regional Council.

Carrot figure

The copy of the Moor hung up in February 2005 weighs around 80 kilograms.

The name of the house is based on the house sign , the figure of a Moor . In the past, houses were often given such house signs and named after them, since there were no street-related house numbers. At least from 1820 onwards, there was a figure of around 160 centimeters in size with a tobacco pipe and barrel on the facade of the house; Photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries show the figure throughout. At the beginning of the 19th century there was a specialty store in the building with spices and goods from exotic countries - the presumed reason for using the Moor as a house symbol. The figure is supposed to represent Balthasar, one of the biblical three wise men .

In 2003 the weathered figure was removed as part of the renovation of the house. An investigation at the Rhenish Archives and Museum Office showed that it was not possible to restore it for re-attachment. Therefore, the wooden sculpture conservation secured and making a copy in Brühl given sculptor Christoph Müller commissioned. This copy was made from oak wood from the Spessart and with acrylic paint . The total weight of the copy with console, barrel and pipe is 80 kilograms. Eight Rotarian clubs in the city covered the costs .

See also

References and comments

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Bonn (as of March 15, 2019), p. 13, number A 852
  2. ↑ a b c Mathias Nofze, journey of discovery through life and work , October 11, 2004, Bonner General-Anzeiger
  3. ↑ a b c d e Mohr back in his place , Beethoven-Haus Bonn
  4. ↑ Publications of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn: Bonner Beethoven-Studien , Beethoven-Haus, 2006, p. 82
  5. ^ Verein Beethoven-Haus, 1889-1989 , Verein Beethoven-Haus, Bonn 1989, p. 139
  6. ^ Sources and studies on the history of pharmacy , Volume 31, Govi-Verlag, 1985, p. 93
  7. ↑ Bettina Köhl, Rotarians donated a new house figure , February 24, 2005, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger

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Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '12.6 "  N , 7 ° 6' 4.4"  E