Jan Bouman's house

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Jan Bouman's house
Front building, street view

Front building, street view
Data
place Potsdam
architect Jan Bouman
opening 1997
operator
Association for the maintenance of Dutch culture in Potsdam e. V.
Website
www.jan-bouman-haus.de
ISIL DE-MUS-917715

The Jan Bouman House is a museum at Mittelstrasse 8 in the Dutch Quarter in Potsdam . It was named after the royal Prussian senior building director and master builder of the district, Jan Bouman .

The exhibition documents the history of the district and the renovation of the listed building. The museum is operated by the Association for the Care of Dutch Culture in Potsdam e. V.

history

The house at Mittelstrasse 8, built in 1735, is part of the first square built in the Dutch Quarter in Potsdam. A total of four blocks with 134 houses were built between 1732 and 1742 under the direction of the Dutch carpenter, shipbuilder and master carpenter Jan Bouman. The building owner of the quarter was King Friedrich Wilhelm I (Prussia) , who had it built to encourage Dutch craftsmen to settle in Potsdam.

According to the “Specification of the Dutch Houses at Nauenschen Thore” from 1738, the first occupant of the house at Mittelstrasse 8 was the Dutch grenadier Johan Schrage with his family. From 1768 changing tenants and owners of the house can be proven. The house was most heavily inhabited at the beginning of the 20th century. According to the rental gazette of 1907, seven rooms and three areas used as kitchens were used by eight tenants. Due to war damage to the roof and gable, the house could only be used to a limited extent from 1945. After the death of the last owner in the house, the building became vacant and decayed in 1979.

architecture

The house at Mittelstraße 8 is a two-storey, gable-independent row or type house with a neck gable and gable roof. It is one of the so-called "half houses" because, in contrast to the eaves-facing houses, it has only three axes and about half the living space. The facade is characterized by the unplastered red brick masonry with white web joints. This corresponds to the Dutch building tradition, as well as the white block frame windows with small sashes and the half shutters painted white and green, the so-called wind shutters.

On both floors there is a large room facing the street, as well as a chamber and a kitchen facing the farm yard. The stairwell simultaneously opens up the courtyard and the upper floor.

Use as a museum

Jan Bouman's house, hallway

As early as 1986 it was recognized that the building had a high proportion of original baroque details and that it could be restored to the greatest possible extent in its original state, in order to make it accessible to the public as a walk-in testimony of Dutch life in Potsdam. The association for the care of Dutch culture in Potsdam e. V. worked hard to ensure that this idea was pursued after the political change in 1990. The Wüstenrot Foundation was able to be won as a sponsor and supported the project with 1.5 million DM. The redevelopment agency acquired the property for the city of Potsdam from urban development funds.

From 1995 to 1997 the ensemble, consisting of the front building, courtyard building and garden, was professionally renovated and restored.

On April 18, 1997, the house was opened as a museum house and has been supported by the Association for the Care of Dutch Culture in Potsdam e. V. operated. The permanent exhibition shows the history of the Dutch Quarter and the renovation of the listed house as well as household items and some furniture from the 18th century.

Exhibitions

  • 2008 Fliesen - tegels with the Nederlands tegelmuseum

Support association

The non-profit association for the care of Dutch culture in Potsdam eV was founded on June 15, 1990 and has set itself the task of promoting Dutch architecture and culture within the cultural landscape of Potsdam and its surroundings. The association promotes research into the common tradition and the publication of research results and knowledge about the Dutch influence in cultural events, lectures, exhibitions and publications.

literature

  • Association for the maintenance of Dutch culture in Potsdam e. V. (Ed.): Jan Bouman's House. History and restoration. Potsdam 1997.
  • Sanierungträger Potsdam GmbH (Hrsg.): The renovation of the Dutch quarter. Report on partial repeal 2014. Potsdam 2015. ( online )
  • Friedrich Mielke : The Dutch Quarter in Potsdam . Mann Verlag, Berlin 1960. (also habilitation thesis, TU Berlin 1959)
  • Lorenz Enderlein: The Dutch Quarter . Berlin Edition, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-8148-0034-6 .
  • Klaus-Martin Bresgott: The Dutch Quarter . Homilius Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-89706-161-9 .
  • Association for the maintenance of Dutch culture in Potsdam e. V. (Ed.): Holland on the Havel. The Dutch Quarter in Potsdam. Potsdam without a year.
  • Norbert Blumert: Gabled houses in the Dutch Quarter (1732–1742) in Potsdam, their structure and shape. In: Board of the German-Dutch Society e. V. (Ed.): In the footsteps of the Dutch between the Thuringian Forest and the Baltic Sea. Berlin 1994, OCLC 258697788 , pp. 46-63.
  • Christian Wendland: The Dutch in the Dutch Quarter in Potsdam. In: Board of the German-Dutch Society e. V. (Ed.): In the footsteps of the Dutch between the Thuringian Forest and the Baltic Sea. Berlin 1994, pp. 64-79.
  • Theo M. Elsing: The Dutch Quarter in Potsdam. 1995, OCLC 68679942 .

Web links

Commons : Jan Bouman House  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan Bouman's house. History and restoration . 1997, p. 6 .
  2. ↑ Jan Bouman's house. History and restoration . 1997, p. 10-11 .
  3. ^ Christian Wendland: The Dutch Quarter . In: potsdamlife . No. 41 . Potsdam 2015, p. 13 .
  4. ^ The redevelopment of the Dutch quarter . 2015, p. 64 .
  5. ↑ nederlandstegelmuseum.nl (PDF) Exhibition flyer
  6. ^ Statute "Association for the Care of Dutch Culture in Potsdam eV 1997, p. 1 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 24 '9.8 "  N , 13 ° 3' 33.9"  E