House of the Ruhr coal

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House of the Ruhr coal
Hagen-Haus der Ruhrkohle54851.jpg
Data
place Hagen
architect Ernst Kohlhage
Client Coal trading company "Mark" Siepmann, Schrader & Co. KG
Architectural style Expressionism / Neoclassicism
Construction year 1925-1926

The House of Ruhr coal is a Grade II listed office building in Hagen , Court Road 25, near the office - and Landgericht Hagen .

history

figural ornaments in the parapet fields, inscription on the portico
Wall structure in the stair hall

The building was built in 1925–1926 according to a design by the Hagen architect Ernst Kohlhage for the coal trading company “Mark” Siepmann, Schrader & Co. KG , which is reminiscent of the inscription on the portico flanked by the mining symbol mallet and iron .

With a neoclassical basic stance (strict cubature of the building, symmetrical facades with a colossal order above the basement , horizontal upper termination by a strong main cornice , wall articulations with pilasters in the staircase, etc.) , the architecture shows expressionistic details, the ornamental design of the clinker facade is reminiscent of contemporary brick expressionism .

The building was later used by Ruhrkohle AG , to which the name of the house in use today refers. After that it was the seat of various municipal authorities (Statistics Office, Forestry Office, Property Office, Civil Protection Office, Road Traffic Office), but all of them moved out again after a short time.

In 2013, the building was acquired by investors and a law firm , renovated or restored and converted into a service center. The law firm has been based in the Haus der Ruhrkohle since the beginning of 2014.

literature

  • Ina Hanemann, Petra Holtmann: Hagen architecture. ardenku, Hagen 1996, ISBN 3-932070-01-1 , p. 67.

Web links

Commons : Haus der Ruhrkohle (Hagen)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Advertisement in: Alfred Finke, Werner Liebau, Erwin Stein (Hrsg.): Die Stadt Hagen (Westf.). (= Monographs of German Cities , Volume 26.) Deutscher Kommunal-Verlag, Berlin-Friedenau 1928.
  2. ^ Hubertus Heuel: Monument. Haus der Ruhrkohle is in danger of decay. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of October 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ Haus der Ruhrkohle , on the website of the law firm of Dr. Andreas Lohmeyer.
  4. ^ Frank Tischhart: Monument. House of Ruhrkohle kissed awake. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of August 2, 2014.