Historical art bunker

Historical art bunker

Historic art bunker entrance
Data
place	Nuremberg coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 24.4 ″  N , 11 ° 4 ′ 31.5 ″  E
Art	Historical bunker system
opening	01/13/1996
operator	City of Nuremberg, Förderverein Nürnberger Felsengänge eV
management	Dr. Thomas Eser
Website	https://museen.nuernberg.de/kunstbunker/

The historic art bunker is a tunnel under the Nuremberg Castle in the old town of Nuremberg and forms a station on the Nuremberg Historical Mile .

description

Since the Middle Ages, rock passages have been created in the hard sandstone of the castle . From 1939, at the instigation of the then director of the Germanic National Museum Heinrich Kohlhaußen, numerous of these rock passages were used to protect Nuremberg works of art from air raids . From summer 1940 the Felsenkeller Obere Schmiedgasse 52 was rebuilt, from 1941 the Neutorturm and from 1943 part of the Paniersbunker under the Paniersplatz also used as an art bunker.

The renovation ensured heating, ventilation and drainage; the bunker extends up to 24 meters deep and offered optimal conditions. Facilities for the security personnel were also installed. Have been stored (selection):

• the angel's greeting from Veit Stoss from the Lorenz Church
• the Krakow high altar by Veit Stoss
• the imperial regalia
• the art clock with the men running from the Frauenkirche
• Martin Behaim's potato
• the Manessian manuscript
• Works by Albrecht Dürer
• historical musical instruments, scientific instruments and timing devices
• Facilities and stained glass windows of the old town churches

A large part of the renovations can still be seen today. The Nürnberger Felsengänge support association offers guided tours. The first tour took place on January 13, 1996.

In addition, since 1994 there has also been the institution kunstbunker - forum for contemporary art in Nuremberg , which organizes exhibitions of contemporary art in another bunker from the Second World War . This facility is located under the building yard, near the Nuremberg Art Gallery .

Picture gallery

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  Guardroom

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  Power generator

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  Electrical system

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  Gallery

literature

• Georg Wolfgang Schramm: Art bunker . In: Michael Diefenbacher , Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg . 2nd, improved edition. W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 ( complete edition online ).

Web links

Commons : Historischer Kunstbunker (Nuremberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the historical art bunker
• The historical art bunker on the pages of the historical mile Nuremberg
• Nürnberger Astronomieweg of the Nürnberger Astronomische Gesellschaft eV: Station 10: Historical art bunker

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.felsengaenge-nuernberg.de/seiten/kunstbunker.htm
2. ↑ http://www.kunstbunker-nuernberg.org/