Kranichstein hunting arsenal
| Armory | |
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 The arsenal from the street and the access side |
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| Data | |
| place | Darmstadt-Kranichstein |
| Client | Landgrave Ernst Ludwig |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Construction year | 1688-1690 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 53 '52.9 " N , 8 ° 41' 42.6" E |
The hunting arsenal at Kranichsteiner Straße 253 is a building in Darmstadt-Kranichstein , which belonged to the area of the Kranichstein hunting lodge in the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt . It is a cultural monument for architectural, hunting and town history reasons .
The hunting arsenal now houses the "bioversum Jagdschloß Kranichstein", a museum of biodiversity and biological invasions using the example of local habitats . The focus is on the beech forest . In the outdoor area enclosed by the old wall there are further interactive discovery stations. Today there is also a restaurant and a conference hotel in the building.
History and description
The arsenal was built between 1688 and 1690. Stylistically, the building belongs to the baroque . The builder was Landgrave Ernst Ludwig . As an armory , it was specially designed for the storage of objects and animals for the stately hunt or, according to the Grimm dictionary, "for the storage of high, medium and small hunting equipment".
The two- storey building was made of rubble stone and had a slate-covered mansard roof . The arsenal is 112 meters long, 10 meters wide and has 25 window axes. The first floor consisted of a single, continuous stable . The stable was accessed through two gates at the front of the house. On the northern gable side there is a large antler on the gable .
On the ground floor - of the house built at the time of the par force hunt - the wagons stood and the horses rested. The hunters 'and farmhands' bedrooms were upstairs. The so-called hunting rags , which were used for discontinued hunting, hung under the high, airy mansard roof . The phrase “go through the rag ” refers to these rag hunts , a specific form of driven hunt or driven hunt .
Immediately behind the hunting arsenal were the dog kennels (also known as "wolf kennels"). Wolfhounds were bred in these kennels . The wolfhounds were used as hunting dogs but were found to be unsuitable for hunting.
Main gate with Hessen coat of arms, today the museum entrance
Troughs (with the inscription HP 1774 ) to the left and right of the building
Back and side views
Entrance from the street
Southern entrance pillar
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt ( monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse ). Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , pp. 673 and 681.
Web links
- Homepage of the Bioversum
- Bioversum Kranichstein . Museums in Hessen
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hunting Armory. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 10 : H, I, J - (IV, 2nd division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1877, Sp. 2212-2217 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).