Kaiserin-Augusta-Stift (Wuppertal)

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The Kaiserin-Augusta-Stift (house address Gutenbergstraße 57 , formerly under Sedanstraße ) in the Wuppertal residential area of Arrenberg in the Elberfeld-West district is a former old people's monastery and was established in 1895 in the then independent town of Elberfeld . It had been set up for old, single and “innocent” women from working-class circles; they found accommodation, food and supplies here.

The three-storey house with a loft and built in brick . The opening took place on November 1, 1895.

On April 10, 1991, the building was recognized as a monument and entered in the list of monuments of the city of Wuppertal. The building has been used as a daycare center since 1999 . The conversion had an investment value of 3.1 million DM, where the state contributed 2.1 million.

Individual evidence

^ Threads, colors, water, steam - the industrial age in Wuppertal , 13 leaflets on the individual partial routes, 2007
↑ Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg Architects, civil engineers, builders, property developers and their buildings in Wuppertal 2003, ISBN 3-928441-52-3
↑ SPD: improve new kindergarten places in the former women's monastery ( memento from September 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Kaiserin-Augusta-Stift - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry in the Wuppertal monument list

51.24818134 7.1265336180556Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 53.5 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 35.5 ″ E

[1] Threads, colors, water, steam - the industrial age in Wuppertal , 13 leaflets on the individual partial routes, 2007

[2] Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg Architects, civil engineers, builders, property developers and their buildings in Wuppertal 2003, ISBN 3-928441-52-3

[3] SPD: improve new kindergarten places in the former women's monastery ( memento from September 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive )