Klosterhof (Heilbronn)

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Klosterhof, left, 2010

The cloister is a commercial building in Heilbronn in the style of postmodernism , m² with 5,000 base area and 11,000 square meters of retail space. It is on a Carrée that the Kiliansplatz , the upper Kaiserstrasse is limited, Klostergasse and Clare Road. It was built in 2009 for ITG Düsseldorf based on designs by Mattes Sekiguchi, Franz-Josef Mattes and Stefan Takanori Sekiguchi from Heilbronn. The cloister courtyard was the subject of a detailed description in Heilbronn: New architecture in the city and district.

Previous buildings

Klarakloster and Klostergasse

Head of Christ by Hans Seyfer (1505)
Heilbronn Klarakloster, city view by Johann Sigmund Schlehenried, 1658
Plan of the Klarakloster from 1723

The former Klostergasse, which led to Heilbronn's Klarakloster , also belongs to the built-up area . The Haus der Stadtgeschichte has published information on the residents of Klostergasse 29 (Sektkellerei “Zeller & Rauch”), 31, 32 (boys' school and Orth family), 34, 35 (Drautz and Georg Klett ), 37, 39, 40 and 44.

The building at Klostergasse 4 (1433), which once belonged to the reformer Lachmann , was particularly well known . During the construction work for the new Kilianspassage, the old cellar was exposed again under No. 4. A head of Christ was found in the house , which may have been used as a spoiler for the house during the Thirty Years War . In 1526 the house belonged to the reformer Johannes Lachmann ; The inscription “ Anno domini 1526 sub Johanne Lachmanno ” was placed over two windows in the courtyard .

In 1795 the house was acquired by Georg Andreas Cluss, son of the Cluss family, the architect Adolf Cluss was born in the Cluss house .

Since 1870 the house has belonged to the wine merchant Johann Ehrmann from Bretten .

In 1965 Robert Friedrich Ehrmann sold the property on Kilianstrasse 7 for the new construction of the Kilianspassage. The building was demolished in 1966 for the Kilianspassage. During the demolition work in 1966, the stone head that belonged to the former Ehrmann house on the corner of Kilianstrasse and Klostergasse was lost. In 1971 the company went bankrupt.

Kilian's Passage (1971-2009)

In 1971 the new Kilianspassage was built in the style of béton brut (literally "raw concrete", French expression for exposed concrete ) based on designs by the architect Kurt Marohn . According to Werner Föll's description, the concrete construction corresponded to a “metropolitan building method” and set “new accents” in the city architecture. The local council had previously created the prerequisites for “urban construction” by making appropriate changes to the development plans.

The "Musikhaus Sproesser" was also located there, selling antiquarian sheet music, classical musical instruments and strings. The founders of the music house as a center of classical music for music teachers and their students in the Unterland were Axel Sproesser Senior - specialist in accordion, flute, saxophone and clarinet repairs in the Unterland -, his wife Martha and cousin Johanna Lude in 1946. The music store Axel Sproesser had previously rented a room at Allee 16 before the store in Kilianspassage was bought in 1970.

Architecture and reception of the monastery courtyard

Demolition of the Kilian Passage
New monastery courtyard in the shell state

The facade of the monastery courtyard was faced with sandstone slabs of different thicknesses , indicating the material style of reform architecture .

Markus Löffelhardt notes that the historical context of the Carrées had a significant influence on the new cloister courtyard - the new building was inspired "by the idea of ​​Wilhelminian-style buildings" and was created "in recognition of the historical context [as] a contemporary and independent reinterpretation of the townhouse type" .

“Guided by the idea of ​​Wilhelminian style houses and as an appropriate response to the opposite of the historic church, the sandstone that was once typical for Heilbronn, but now forgotten, was chosen. Different panel thicknesses give the facade liveliness through a rhythmic order - an ornamental design principle that covers the building complex with varying themes. The material in its differentiated form conveys value, the architecture creates a contemporary and independent reinterpretation of the type of townhouse while respecting the historical context. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franziska Feinäugle: Klosterhof: The new heart of the city . In: Heilbronn voice . February 1, 2012 ( online [accessed May 5, 2012]).
  2. ↑ Media presentation: House stories from Klostergasse (selection) on stadtgeschichte-heilbronn.de
  3. ↑ a b c Helmut Schmolz, Hubert Weckbach: Heilbronn with Böckingen, Neckargartach, Sontheim. The old city in words and pictures. 3. Edition. Konrad, Weißenhorn 1966 (Publications of the Archives of the City of Heilbronn, 14), [No. 16 Klostergasse with a view of Kilian's Church, around 1934].
  4. ↑ Sülmertor , Stadtarchiv Heilbronn.
  5. ↑ Helmut Schmolz , Hubert Weckbach: Heilbronn - history and life of a city. 2nd Edition. Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 1973, p. 102, no. 289 [ Christ head, 1505 ].
  6. ↑ Peter Wanner: Hans Seyfer, Johann Lachmann and Adolf Cluss: The stone cross in front of the Sülmertor and the head of Christ from the Klostergasse. ( Memento of December 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 608 kB) In: Christhard Schrenk, Peter Wanner (Ed.): Heilbronnica. 2. Contributions to the city's history. Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 2003. ISBN 978-3-928990-85-1 . Pp. 163-176.
  7. ↑ The (double) house No. 39 (Klostergasse 4); 1935 on stadtgeschichte-heilbronn.de
  8. ↑ Moriz von Rauch: Johann Lachmann, the reformer Heilbronn. Weinsberg 1991 (reprint from 1923), p. 51, note 12.
  9. ↑ The Cluss'sche Haus in Klostergasse
  10. ^ According to the Heilbronn city archive, contemporary history collection, signature A034-2886, entry on old no. 39 (new no. 4) in the HEUSS database
  11. ↑ klostergasse Ehrmann ( Memento from April 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on Stimme.de
  12. ↑ to Heilbronn City Archives, contemporary history collection, signature ZS-2231, entry Klostergasse 4 - J. Ehrmann Weingroßhandlung GmbH in the HEUSS database
  13. ↑ Werner Föll: Chronicle of the city of Heilbronn. Volume X: 1970-1974. Heilbronn 1999, [Introduction from XXXI].
  14. ↑ Signature ZS-3579 on heuss.stadtarchiv-heilbronn.de
  15. ↑ Uwe Grosser: Once upon a time there was a classic paradise. The music store Sproesser closes and starts the sale today . In: Heilbronn voice . February 1, 2012 ( online [accessed May 5, 2012]).
  16. ^ A b Markus Löffelhardt (author), Dirk Vogel (foreword): Heilbronn: New architecture in the city and district. No. 12, p. 28.

Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 28.9 ″  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 14.2 ″  E