Johannes Höver House Aachen
The Johannes Höver House is a student residence in Aachen .
In 1865, the Leonard Monheim family gave the poor brothers of Saint Francis a piece of land at the foot of the Lousberg in Rütscher Strasse in Aachen. There they built the Johannes Höver House named after Johannes Philipp Höver , the founder of the Order of the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis . Boys were brought up and taught here for over a hundred years . It was a monastery , a home for children and apprentices. The south wing and the chapel were destroyed in 1945 by Allied bombing raids. The population helped with the reconstruction. The order had to sell the building in 1979 for financial reasons. Due to the great housing shortage ofIn 1981, students in Aachen occupied many empty houses - including the Höver-Haus. There were also some people who later became members of the Aachen city council for the Greens. A great solidarity among the population set in after plans became known that the building would be demolished for the construction of luxury apartments. Klaus Paier , the wall painter from Aachen and his friend Josef Stöhr, painted the chapel for the occupiers.
On May 22, 1981, two excavators began demolition. The symbolic figure, a monk statue, was also damaged. This approach called the Aachen occupation scene on the plan and the work of destruction was stopped. Over the next few months, theater and music groups, building groups, a day-care center and much more were established in the large monastery building. There were public performances and concerts and the citizens of Aachen were invited to visit. A month later an association for the preservation of the house was founded. The board members were well-known Aachen personalities.
On August 27, 1981, a clearing command from the house owner of the Stuttgart investment advisory firm Consulting AG arrived and cleared the monastery. The real estate company started with the conversion, but declined in 1985 bankruptcy . The right wing of the large complex remained in the shell for 20 years , other parts were converted into apartments. Many investors lost their money. The renovation chapter only closed in 2005, the right wing was torn down and a new entrance wing was built. It has been a student residence since then.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heiner Hautermanns Aachener Nachrichten October 20, 2011 Small autonomous republic at the foot of the Lousberg
- ↑ Klenke's 89 Autonomous Center
- ↑ Squatters: Lock everyone up . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 1981, pp. 96/97 ( online ).
literature
- Manfred Vigener: What was going on in Aachen 1950–2000 . 1st edition. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2001, ISBN 3-89702-281-8 , p. 87-96 .
- Johannes Kube: Höver-Haus crime scene - Aachen model of a monastery occupation in 1981 . Shaker Media, Aachen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86858-727-2 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 28.4 " N , 6 ° 4 ′ 19.6" E