Villa Schnitzler

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View of the Villa Schnitzler and the Drachenstein Park

The Villa Schnitzler (also Haus Drachenstein ) is a listed villa at Mainzer Straße 210 in Mehlem , a district of Bonn - Bad Godesberg .

history

In 1838 the retired agricultural master builder Joseph Laurenz Spitz bought a vineyard directly on the Rhine in Mehlem. In the same year he built a simple Swiss-style country house on it . Spitz wanted to run a restaurant there. But already at the beginning of October 1838 he offered the "newly built house suitable for a manorial family, including stables, large garden, etc. [...] with furniture in it" for sale. However, the sale did not materialize.

At the beginning of 1840, Spitz tried again to sell the Drachenstein house. Obviously the owner was in financial need in the meantime, because in the Bonner Wochenblatt a notary appointment for sale or lease to the highest bidder was set; However, it did not materialize because Spitz found a buyer. The building and property were acquired by Gustav Franken, a pensioner from Düsseldorf, for “6700 thaler and two groschen per thaler premium”. At an unknown time, the secret councilor Karl Eduard Schnitzler bought the country house and used it as a summer residence from then on. After the death of his wife, he sold the Drachenstein house to the merchant Jules Armand Grisar . He had it extensively rebuilt in 1876. The house got its present appearance during this time.

In 1889 the parents-in-law of the Justice Councilor Viktor Schnitzler , a grandson of the previous owner Carl Eduard Schnitzler, bought the villa. After Otto Andreae and his widow died in 1917, the house came into the possession of the Schnitzlers. At first they lived here mainly in summer and in autumn 1931 they moved to Mehlem.

Until the 1920s, the two hectare, park-like landscaped garden between the house and the Rhine was the private property of the respective owners. It forms a line of sight to the Drachenfels on the opposite side of the Rhine . After long negotiations, the Schnitzlers agreed in 1925 to open the park to the public. On August 16 and 18, 1926, a contract was signed between the owners and the municipality of Mehlem. Construction work could begin and was completed in 1927. As part of the development of the park, five new streets were built by 1930, including Mainzer Strasse (then Coblenzer Strasse), which now separates Drachensteinpark and the villa. Eight fragments of Ionic columns still existing today on the north side of the park come from Viktor Schnitzler from a trip to Egypt at the end of the 19th century.

Viktor Schnitzler died in 1934, his wife Ludowika in 1955. As a result, the building was empty and deteriorated. In 1974 it was supposed to be torn down, but this was prevented after protests. Due to a forced renovation, the building was poorly renovated and made winter-proof. In 1981 the building was listed as a historical monument and completely renovated from December 1987 to March 1989. The villa was restored by converting it into condominiums, taking into account the original exterior and interior design.

architecture

The building was built in 1838 as a small Swiss-style country house and rebuilt and expanded in 1876 ​​in the French Renaissance style. The central building with five window axes and a steep mansard roof is flanked by two recessed extensions with large terraces facing the Rhine on the second floor. The front of the extensions is dominated by large windows on the first floor. The central building has a slightly protruding central projection with three axes and a balcony on the Rhine side and is structured by pilaster strips . A balcony with wrought iron railing over the entire front is in front of the central building on the first floor. The low ground floor is unusually unadorned.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Schnitzler describes this in his memoirs as the “Swiss house style”, see Godeberger Heimatblätter, p. 75
  2. ↑ On July 3, 1838, Spitz advertised an invitation to “award-winning wines, coffee, etc.” in the Bonner Wochenblatt, see Godeberger Heimatblätter, p. 73

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Bonn (as of March 15, 2019), p. 40, number A 990
  2. ↑ a b c d Hans Kleinpass: The street names of the Mehlem district - 5th part / end: Severinsweg to Vulkanstraße . In: Godesberger Heimatblätter: Annual issue of the Association for Home Care and Local History Bad Godesberg , Issue 28/1990, Association for Home Care and Local History Bad Godesberg eV , ISSN  0436-1024 , pp. 64–92 (here: pp. 68–78, 90) .
  3. ↑ Gerhard H. Hufnagel: The history of the GRISAR family ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 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. , ISBN 978-3-86424-016-4 (PDF) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gerhardhufnagel.mynetcologne.de
  4. ^ Mehlem nach Straßen , Association for Home Care and Local History Bad Godesberg eV, accessed on February 6, 2015
  5. ^ Drachensteinpark , City of Bonn, accessed on February 6, 2015
  6. ↑ Drachenstein Park

Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 34.3 "  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 34.5"  E