House of the Sword (Baden)
The Haus zum Schwert is a listed building in Baden , Switzerland . It is located northeast of the train station , in the vicinity of the Reformed Church and the Kursaal . The villa, built at the end of the 18th century, is the earliest example of classical architecture in the city and is strongly influenced by the French Empire style.
Caspar Joseph Müller, a captain in the Neapolitan service, had the old Öltrotte on Badhalde (today's Ölrainstrasse) torn down in 1790 and erected a representative residential building in its place. Eleven years later, Müller's widow Walburga, who was her second wife to the later government councilor Karl von Reding , commissioned an extension on the west side. From 1827 to 1896 a restaurant was set up in the building , which was called "Zum Schwert"; this name has been used to this day. The owners gradually sold the surrounding garden area, which was subsequently built over.
In 1898 the building became the property of Brown, Boveri & Cie. (now Asea Brown Boveri ) who used it as a clubhouse for their employees until 1906 . After being used as a residential building in the meantime, the Aargauische Kantonalbank became the new owner in 1919 . Ten years later, they set up a bank branch in the building. The government council of the canton of Aargau placed the Haus zum Schwert under monument protection in 1948. As part of an exchange, the community of Baden came into possession of the house in 1976. From 1985 to 2002 it was the location of the Swiss Children's Museum , since then it has been used as an office building.
literature
- Peter Hoegger: The art monuments of the canton of Aargau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History . Volume VI, District of Baden I. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1976, ISBN 3-7643-0782-X , p. 332-335 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '38.6 " N , 8 ° 18' 35" E ; CH1903: 665,662 / 258 879