Prinzengarten day care center

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Prinzengarten day care center

Prinzengarten day care center , also known as Schneiderberg and Marie-Juchacz-Haus day-care center and day-care center in Prinzengarten , is a listed day-care center in Hanover in the Prinzengarten park . The location of the building from the 1950s is to the northwest of the former Welfenschloss on Schneiderberg 1a street in the northern part of the Lower Saxony state capital.

History and description

"Crouching child" by Reinhold Kniehl in front of the Maria Juchacz House , which is now being looked after by the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO)

In the postwar period , the architect built Ernst Zinsser together with his colleague Weidner in Prinzengarten that far from the modern main building of the University of Hannover at the Welfengarten borders, a ground-floor building for day care for children. He built a structure in the form of a horizontal letter Z on the planned property . By extending the southern as well as the northern structure beyond the connecting wing, the architect created small courtyard situations in the outdoor area, both in the entrance area and in the play area.

In the north wing there was originally a room for the after- school care center as well as a further, elongated room, which could be divided by a folding wall , for two kindergarten groups. In the same wing there were also other adjoining rooms as well as the wash and toilet area.

In the south wing, one room was initially used for the crawling group , two more rooms were intended for play therapy . There were also rooms for the staff and the kitchen.

The property consists of a conventionally plastered masonry structure with flush doors and windows. The external appearance is also decisively shaped by flat pitched gable roofs without a roof overhang .

Also in 1955, in front of the Prinzengarten day-care center, which at the time was not fenced in, the 61 cm high sculpture Crouching Child made of shell limestone was erected by the sculptor Reinhold Kniehl .

In 1977 extensive renovation work was carried out according to plans by the Hanover architecture firm Bertram und Partner . The north wing was extended by about six meters in a westerly direction, the extension being harmoniously adapted to the existing structure. The renovation also positively reinforces the desired courtyard situation in the entrance area.

Extensive renovation work was carried out on the property for the Expo 2000 world exhibition . With regard to the preservation of monuments , the daycare center in the Prinzengarten has largely retained its original appearance to this day.

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Lindau : Ernst Adolf Zinsser , in ders .: Hanover. Reconstruction and destruction. The city in dealing with its architectural identity . Schlütersche, Hannover 2001 (2nd edition), ISBN 3-87706-607-0 , p. 341; Preview over google books
  2. ↑ Compare the information ( memento of the original dated December 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the AWO Hannover website [undated], last accessed on December 10, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / portale.awo-hannover.de
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Ralph Haas: Day care center in the Prinzengarten , in ders .: Ernst Zinsser. Life and work of an architect in the fifties in Hanover (= writings of the Institute for the History of Architecture and Art of the Technical University of Hanover , vol. 15), also dissertation 1999 at the University of Hanover, 1999, vol. 1: Text , Hanover: Institute for History of architecture and art, 2000, ISBN 978-3-931585-11-2 and ISBN 3-931585-11-5 , p. 111
  4. ↑ Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Welfengarten , in Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek (ed.): Hannover. Kunst- und Kultur-Lexikon (HKuKL), new edition, 4th, updated and expanded edition, zu Klampen, Springe 2007, ISBN 978-3-934920-53-8 , p. 214
  5. ↑ Ehrtfried Böhm (texts), Reinhold Lessmann (photos): neue plastik in hannover / Kunstsinn, patronage, urban aesthetics / an example in the mirror of two decades , Steinbock-Verlag, Hannover 1967, p. 10, 80

Coordinates: 52 ° 23 ′ 7.6 "  N , 9 ° 42 ′ 53.2"  E