House Hartenfels

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House Hartenfels

Haus Hartenfels is a castle-like country estate located in the Duisburg city forest . The house stands at the highest point (82.52 m above sea ​​level ) in the city of Duisburg in the Neudorf-Nord district .

history

The building owner was the steel industrialist Peter Klöckner , who commissioned his brother-in-law Hermann Wolters, building officer in Coesfeld , with the construction. The castle-like villa served as the seat of the entrepreneurial dynasty until 1942 .

After a first draft, an elaborately designed building in neo-Romanesque style was to be created. However, the design was considerably simplified. A two-storey country house in the style of late historicism with a central hall and representative living and reception rooms was created. Winter gardens and bay windows were built on the west facade . In 1927 the entire building complex was completed.

After Klöckner's death and the family moved out after the Second World War , bombed out people and refugees were quartered . After years of deterioration, the exterior of the building was restored in the 1980s. Valuable park and forest areas belong to the approximately six hectare property. In 1998 the villa, gatekeeper's house with coach house, gardener's house and park were placed under monument protection.

The house is currently being renovated and converted into several residential units. In autumn 2015 the construction site came to a standstill after the property developer Licon Concept GmbH went bankrupt. However, work on the construction site was resumed at the end of 2015. The house is now nearing completion.

Web links

Commons : Haus Hartenfels  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willi Mohrs: Building site fairytale castle Haus Hartenfels. In: WAZ Online, May 6, 2012 ( online ).
  2. ↑ http://www.graumarktinfos.de/2015-09/licon-concept-insolvent-213180

Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 28 "  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 57"  E