Queen Christine's House
The listed Königin-Christinen-Haus ("Christinenhaus") is located at Lindenstrasse 11 in Zeven . The half-timbered house is one of the oldest buildings in the city and is owned by the municipality. This uses the rooms for cultural purposes.
history
The history of the Zeven Monastery ended in 1650 with the dissolution of the facility. The oldest non-ecclesiastical building in Zeven, the Königin-Christinen-Haus, dates from the middle of the 17th century, which is closely connected to the history of the monastery and which is special not only because of its age but also because of its construction. The basic structure of the building was that of a Lower Saxony farmhouse with a hall, flett and chamber compartment. As a guest house of the monastery or as the seat of the monastery administrator, it served representative purposes. So you needed more rooms. Therefore, the actual residential wing was "doubled" and built on two floors. Completely erected as a half-timbered building, the dilapidated gable was replaced in the middle of the 19th century using pure brick. The decorative shapes of the bricks in this gable are typical of a construction method after the year 1850. The completely restored building has been on view since 1986. The rear historical rooms were restored in the original color scheme. An original window frame with scales decoration found during the construction investigation served as a template for the design of the windows. The initials JW on a crossbar on the east facade suggest that this building was built by Justus Wigers, a master builder of the Zeven monastery. In the Zeven church registers, Wigers is to be found in the list of the owners of the church chairs. The name of the house refers to the Swedish Queen Christine (1626–1689), who was then the sovereign. According to oral tradition, she is said to have stopped in Zeven on one of her trips and taken up quarters here.
Todays use
In the former hall section, the Städtische Galerie shows changing art exhibitions in modern rooms. The gallery has developed into a renowned forum for art and artists from the Elbe-Weser region. A special feature of the restored Königin-Christinen-Haus is the former hayloft. It has been converted into a hall where lectures, concerts and other cultural events take place regularly. The Walter Kempowski Collection has been an attraction since 1998 , and can be seen in 2 rooms of the historical section. The writer has provided the city of Zeven with editions of his books with many small personal memorabilia, evidence of his educational work as a teacher and objects from his Kreienhoop house. For a few years now, the so-called Christian room, a representative room in the historical part, has not only been used for viewing. Here you can also get married in a civil ceremony. The rooms in the rear part of the building are partly furnished with furniture from the 17th century. The garden behind the house was designed based on a baroque house garden. The sculptures, which actually belong in a baroque garden, were created in a contemporary form in 1993 in the Kunst-Werk-Schau and refer in many ways to the Königin-Christinen-Haus and its history.
literature
- City of Zeven / Working group Altstadt Thumm & Partner Braunschweig / group 2h Hennies & Hennecke Braunschweig, Christinenhaus Zeven, redevelopment plan part I, building historical study, Braunschweig, 1981/1982
- City of Zeven (Ed.): Zeven. Kloster Flecken city. Zeven (JF Zeller KG), 1980, p. 9ff.
- City of Zeven (Ed.): Zeven Mittendrin. Fischerhude (publisher Atelier im Bauernhaus), 2002, p. 62
- NN, Christinenhaus Zeven, two-page information leaflet with photos by E. Speidel-Frost (Ostereistedt), undated, undated (available in the Königin-Christinen-Haus)
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Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′ 40.9 " N , 9 ° 16 ′ 51.6" E