House Kräheneck
| House Kräheneck | |
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 House Kräheneck (2016) |
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| Data | |
| place | Darmstadt |
| Client | Wilhelm Schwab |
| Architectural style | Historicism , Wilhelminian style |
| Construction year | 1892 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 '11.4 " N , 8 ° 39' 49" E |
The house Kräheneck in Lossenweg 19 is a building in Darmstadt .
History and description
The house Kräheneck was built in 1892. The client was Wilhelm Schwab. Stylistically, the Wilhelminian style villa belongs to the outgoing historicism . The previously detached villa has a base made of natural stone . The lavishly designed roof with two towers covered with Gothic beaver tail is remarkable . The facade of the house is plastered and has ornamental frameworks in the gables . Striking details include the striking sandstone work . The column at the entrance with the grimaces carved from sandstone in the local style typical of the construction period has also been well preserved . The villa's fountain has also been well preserved.
The Kräheneck house is now part of the Marienhospital .
Monument protection
For architectural, architectural and urban history reasons, the Kräheneck house is a listed building .
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. ( Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg Verlag, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 524.