Karl Funke Foundation
The Karl Funke Foundation was a Protestant parish hall in Essen - Kupferdreh . It was founded in 1903 by the industrialist Carl Funke . The building on Kupferdreher Strasse is a listed building .
history
The industrial and commercial councilor Karl Funke, later the secret commercial councilor, donated 30,000 marks to the evangelical community for general church purposes in memory of his training at his father's colliery in Kupferdreh . In the old Möllney , the community then bought two pieces of land on which the Möllney smithy stood and had it demolished. The building in the neo-Romanesque style at Kupferdreher Strasse 243/254, into which a private high school for girls moved in on May 29, 1902, was inaugurated on July 8, 1903 as the Protestant parish hall of the southern district. It was built according to plans by the architects Krämer and Herold. The total cost of 113,560 marks was also borne by Karl Funke. A children's school was also previously located in the house. In addition to other associations, the foundation of the Evangelical Women's Aid and the Evangelical Citizens 'and Workers' Association served as a home. From the beginning there was also a pub in the house, which was in operation until 1962.
During the First World War , the house served as a branch of the Kupferdreher Hospital and was thus converted into a reserve auxiliary hospital. The voluntary medical column cared for the wounded there. After extensive renovation and renovations by the Kupferdreher architect Willy von der Heydt, the house was reopened as a Protestant parish hall in July 1962. In 1978 a so-called tea room was set up in the building in the former kindergarten, which served as an event location and meeting point for young people.
On November 23, 1989, the building, which had remained undamaged in both wars, was added to the city of Essen's list of monuments and sold in 2008. The evangelical congregation said goodbye on February 23 of that year. An approved application from 2009 for the conversion to nine luxury apartments failed for financial reasons, and the house has been empty since then. In 2013, a Düsseldorf real estate company rescheduled and offered twelve condominiums, which, however, also did not work due to the location on the main street. In 2015 the house was sold to a company from Duisburg and renovated for more than four million euros, taking into account the monument protection. Tenants have been living in the building since November 2018.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Excerpt from the list of monuments of the city of Essen ; accessed on June 8, 2018
- ^ David Huth: New building application for Karl Funke Foundation ; In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of September 20, 2013
- ↑ Michael Heiße: Funke Foundation: renovation will end soon ; In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of April 29, 2017
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '8.8 " N , 7 ° 5' 10.3" E