Historic gaffer restaurant
The historic Spickel restaurant , also known as the “island”, was a well-known and popular excursion destination for Augsburg residents from the end of the 18th century to the 20th century . She gave the name to the garden city Spickel, founded in 1919 .
The restaurant was demolished in the 1960s and is not identical to the "Gartenstadt Spickel" restaurant at Hornungstraße 44, which is about 300 meters away and was only built in 1925/26 according to plans by the architect Michael Kurz (1876–1957).
history
The history of the Spickel restaurant begins in 1793, when an association of Augsburg nobles and wealthy citizens, the so-called “subscribers on the island”, began to create a “pleasure place” in the town of Au, which later became the Siebentischwald . The initiators were Philipp Christoph von Stetten , first lieutenant in the kb 2nd cuirassier regiment (1756-1825), and his brother Thomas von Stetten, kb forest inspector and former colonel of the Landwehr regiment Augsburg (1759-1822).
"This location at the end of Siebentisch forest very frequente recreation place has its double name from two of the drain outgoing channels which, or a ground spike at their confluence, in the vernacular a" "shape form, and so with the Lech power this forest part to an island." Spickel
A contemporary description gives an idea of the idyllic place:
“There were pleasant wide walks in the forest, a friendly little house built, tables and benches under the shaded spruce trees, lawn and moss seats in the corridors and in friendly niches. Young larks and other trees and shrubs were planted under the black fir trees to enhance the charm of the area with their friendlier green. Manifold inscriptions distributed in different places, invited to enjoy life happily, to the memory of the giver of the good, etc. Statues and busts were exhibited from time to time.
A comfortable, safe vehicle beckoned on the bank, and invited those who wandered around to glide down and up on the waves of the river, and also to enjoy the pleasure of a water ride. On the other Lech Canal, a bathhouse in the shape of ruins of an old castle was built. At another point, the hiker is suddenly surprised by the quiet, peaceful hermitage of a hermit. Other arrangements for promoting physical activity and entertainment such as swings, bowling, etc. have also been made. "
The initial exclusivity of the resort also aroused resentment among less privileged citizens:
“One of the most pleasant places is the so-called Spikel, a wooded island between two arms of the Lech, laid out in English flavors. This investment is the work of a closed society which spends considerable sums on it. It's just a shame that malicious people from the mob, who here, as everywhere, envied the higher classes for their prosperity and enjoyment of life, have already done the shameful business here on various occasions of destroying the cutest houses and art objects. "
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Spickel had become a popular excursion destination. Dancing events were regularly advertised in the newspapers and a city guide from 1830 reported: “A number of boats allow the pleasure of a water trip, on which happy parties often return to the city, carried by the back of the calm river.” The same source reveals: “The The current owner lives, which was not the case with the earlier landlords, in the building on this site, so the Spickel can also be used in winter as a pleasant place for sledding [...]. "
With the construction of the railway line from Augsburg to Munich (1838–40), the “island” got its own stop and could be reached by horse-drawn tram even before the official opening of steam operations: “It should be mentioned that you are now on the railway in the island drives, namely on the short route that the Augsburgers have worked out to meet the Munich residents, and which goes from the red gate to the Lech. The service is provided by horses, because she doesn't have a locomotive yet. ”In the period from May 4 to June 28, 1839 alone, 16,996 people drove on the route from the first Augsburg train station at the Schülescher Kattunfabrik to the Spickel stop. The price for a trip in an open car was 6 cruisers, for a ticket 1st class 12 cruisers.
In addition to the Bavarian linguist Johann Andreas Schmeller (1785–1852) a. a. Rudolf Diesel's grandfather Johann Christoph (1802–1867): "The beer had to be fetched from the 'Spickel' every day, where it should have been best back then."
Well-known hosts were: Felix Baur (caffetier and traiteur, around 1818), Augustin Deuringer (around 1822), Georg Ebert 1839–1864, Schneider, Bierschenk (around 1844), Johann Hager (1867–72) and Matthias Forster (innkeeper a . Vehicle owner, around 1912). Between 1885 and 1895, over three and a half million liters of beer from the Actienbrauerei for Prince Karl of Bavaria were served there. Because of the still growing number of day trippers, the “Spickelwirtschaft” was rebuilt from 1896–98 according to plans by the city architect Josef Schempp (1865–1931) in the style of a neo-baroque hunting lodge and represented one of the attractions of Augsburg's Siebentischwald. There was a table at the entrance the Biedermeier period with the following verse:
- I live here on this island
- Bliss and tolerance,
- And the donor's work is worthwhile
- Happy grandson, gratitude!
A picture postcard from 1907 shows that there had been a "smoking club Spickel" on the island since 1895, the director of which was Oberförster Scheidter. The club's motto: "Brothers smokes - drinks - sings / sisters - smokes - sings - minnt." Below the greeting: "Good smoke".
In 1902 the so-called "lease schilling" for the restaurant was 3,000 marks.
Barely 70 years after the new building, the traditional forest restaurant at Spickelstrasse 17 was given up in 1966 by the last tenant, the innkeeper widow Viktoria Schreier, and torn down a little later as a measure of groundwater protection. Only remains of the foundations and the monument to Archduke Karl still remind us of the heyday of the "island".
Archduke Karl Monument
In the summer of 1801, a highly acclaimed proposal was made in the Reichstag to erect a monument to Archduke Karl , which the honored man rejected because he did not want to see the population impoverished by the Revolutionary Wars burdened with the costs. On the initiative of Thomas von Stetten, however, a modest replacement for the large project was created on the Spickel and inaugurated on June 19, 1802:
“For several years there has been half an hour from the local city, at the edge of the forest towards the Lech, not far from the Ablass, a lovely and tasteful complex called the island because it is almost entirely surrounded by flowing water. It is often visited by the residents of Augspurg, u. The strangers also applaud the whole establishment there and the graceful shadow corridors. As a permanent reminder of the immortal military leader and all-loved human friend Archduke Karl, some admirers of him have had a monument erected there. This stands in the middle of the island on a small hill, which, like the entrances, is surrounded by a low hedge of roses and jasmine. Lawn steps lead to the monument standing between 4 young oaks, the SinnBild German Heroes; Then comes a foot frame made of scented stone, on which an ancient Roman temple with 4 columns rests on 4 lion heads. In the temple, on a pedestal of beautiful gray marble, stands the chest image of Archduke Karl, made of pure white Carrarian marble, in Roman costume, which the local artist Haft made with excellent resemblance. The Kaiserl can be seen on the temple. Eagle with outspread wings, holding a laurel wrapped around an imperial apple. This 16-foot-high monument will be inaugurated after the festivities with a small illumination without any further noise - as is appropriate to the character of the high person to whom it is dedicated - with quiet but heartfelt awe. It has the simple inscription: To the savior of the Germans, by some Germans. "
But the times are uncertain: "Later, when the French regained the upper hand, the bust was kept at the indulgence as a sanctuary and was not erected again until 1814." 35 years later, for the first, but not the last time, it is complained that this Monument in “miserable condition” is: “Doesn't the stranger who sees this monument have to be amazed to look at the bust of the celebrated hero without a nose, does such a sight bring honor to the descendants of the noble donors of this monument?” During the last renovation in 2003, the eagle, which has been missing for a long time, was not replaced; a copy has been found in place of the original bust.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Voluntary addition: Alphabetical index of all PT Mr subscribers on the island , Augsburg 1810
- ↑ Augsburger Ordinari postal newspaper of June 26, 1822
- ↑ What is meant is: Insel und Spickel.
- ↑ Anton Birlinger's Swabian-Augsburg Dictionary (Munich 1864) defines: “SPICKEL, Zwickel, cuneus . 1) the Lech Canal Island b [ei] A [ugsburg] 'i gang halt uff də spiggl'; esz is a pleasure place with an inn. The sheep pasture at Spickel was formerly in the Mehringerau, 216 daily works, Mezgere property. 2) Wald A [ugsburg] "
- ↑ Paperback from Augsburg or: Topographical-statistical description of the city , Augsburg 1830, p. 346
- ^ Morgenblatt für educated readers , July 17, 1840, p. 577
- ^ Augsburger Tagblatt , July 10, 1839, p. 859
- ^ Augsburger Tagblatt , October 9, 1838, p. 1241
- ↑ Johann Andreas Schmeller, Diaries , 1801–1852, 1954, p. 428
- ↑ Eugen Diesel, Diesel. The human being - the work - the fate , Stuttgart 1944, p. 13
- ^ Address books of the royal district capital Augsburg
- ↑ a b Augsburg City Archives, "Insel oder Spickel" file, inventory 20, no. 050
- ^ Matthias Arnold, Architecture of the 19th Century in Augsburg: Drawings from Classicism to Art Nouveau , Augsburg, 1979, pp. 163–164
- ↑ Manhart Waldern, "Monuments and historical sites of the Siebentischwaldes" in Augsburger Rundschau , October 11, 1919, 2nd volume, No. 2, pp. 14-15
- ^ Address books of the city of Augsburg 1964–1966
- ↑ Newspaper for the Elegant World, September 24, 1801, p. 115
- ↑ The family friend. An Augsburger Morgenblatt , May 9, 1846, p. 510
- ↑ Newspaper for the Elegant World, October 30, 1802, p. 130
- ↑ Tufa
- ↑ This is Johann Michael Haff [!], Sculptor from Augsburg, 1773–1823, pupil of Ignaz Ingerl
- ↑ Der Hausfreund: Ein Augsburger Morgenblatt, 1846, p. 510
- ^ Augsburger Tagblatt , 1837, p. 813
- ↑ The restored original is in the stairwell of the municipal administration building, Maximilianstrasse 4
- ↑ Franz Häussler, "The Duke on the Spickel - Nose x-times renewed", Augsburger Allgemeine, October 25, 2001, p. 7 and "Archduke Karl hidden in the forest", Augsburger Allgemeine, November 15, 2007, p. 8
Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′ 5.3 " N , 10 ° 56 ′ 4" E