Hotel Schwanen
The Hotel Schwanen is a former hotel in Ennetbaden in the canton of Aargau . It is at the Badstrasse in bathing quarter . The hotel is a particularly well-preserved example of the architecture of 19th century spa buildings and is classified as a cultural asset of regional importance .
building
Only separated from the Limmat by Badstrasse , the Schwanen presents itself as a similarly powerfully proportioned counterpart to the Hotel Limmathof on the opposite side of the river in Baden . Its classicist forms are, however, executed much less strictly and have clearly recognizable Biedermeier and Art Nouveau elements. The facade facing the river appears symmetrical at first glance, but reveals numerous irregularities that can be traced back to the structure of the previous buildings. It combines three wings , the width and window shapes are different. On the other hand, they are aligned with each other through the plaster ashlar, numerous uniform balconies and three large, curved transverse gables. Inside, the Art Nouveau furnishings have been partially preserved, especially in the entrance hall and in various rooms on the ground floor. The dining room in the southern wing is decorated with neo-baroque wall and ceiling paintings.
history
The hotel was built in stages over a period of six decades by repeatedly adding extensions. The first wing from 1842/43 was still a branch of the (no longer existing) Hotel "Engel". It had three floors with five axes and an additional mezzanine . In 1844, construction work began on the actual "Schwanen" hotel. While building the foundations, the workers came across the very rich swan spring . The new building was also three-story with five axes. Around 1850 both wings were combined under one roof, shortly afterwards a single-storey, four-axis dining room with a flat roof terrace was added to the southern end wall. In 1897 the dining room wing was replaced by a new, significantly higher wing, which was then increased by two storeys and a high roof with Art Nouveau gables at the turn of the century. The architect Eugen Schneider from Ennetbaden completed two new wings above the substructure of the three older wings. These were formally aligned with the extended dining room wing.
Due to the general decline of the spa district and the increasing through traffic on Badstrasse, the hotel business proved to be unprofitable and had to be closed in 1976. The power supply company Motor-Columbus then acquired the hotel and used it as an office building. Some parts of the "Schwanen" were placed under monument protection. Motor-Columbus challenged this decision, but was defeated in 1996 by the federal court and therefore sold the building to the general planning company Gähler & Partner AG. This kept office use until 2012 and then began to plan a renovation. It is planned to use it as a business apartment hotel with six hotel rooms, six apartments and five rental apartments. Additional rental and owner-occupied apartments are being built in an annex behind the hotel. The 60 million franc project was originally supposed to be completed in 2016, but the reopening will not take place until the end of 2017.
literature
- Peter Hoegger: The art monuments of the canton of Aargau . Volume VI, District of Baden I. Birkhäuser Verlag , Basel 1976, ISBN 3-7643-0782-X , p. 357-358 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roman Huber: The spa district gets the "swan" back. Aargauer Zeitung , January 13, 2015, accessed on June 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Swans. (No longer available online.) Municipality of Ennetbaden, March 5, 2015, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 4, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Pirmin Kramer: 60 million building delayed: Hotel Schwanen will not open until 2017. Aargauer Zeitung , October 2, 2014, accessed on March 27, 2017 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '49 " N , 8 ° 18' 54" E ; CH1903: six hundred and sixty-six thousand and fifty-seven / 259196