Rother pen

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The Rother-Stift in Kommandantenstrasse 9-12

The Rother-Stift is a listed building at Kommandantenstrasse 9-12 in the Berlin district of Lichterfelde . It is under the object document number 09065926 in the monument database of the State of Berlin .

history

Historical recording

In 1840 the Prussian Minister Christian Rother founded the Rother Foundation. This foundation was intended to provide shelter to unmarried daughters of officers and civil servants of old age. The headquarters of the foundation was previously located near Hallesches Tor on today's Mehringdamm (then: Belle-Alliance-Straße ). In the mid-1890s, the property on Mehringdamm was sold and the proceeds were so high that the three-hectare property in Groß-Lichterfelde could be bought. From 1896 to 1898 the building was erected on this property by the architect Alfred Kärner. The construction was carried out by the architects Reimarus and Hetzel. The building was inaugurated on October 5, 1898. The new building housed around 40 residents. Due to the inflation after the First World War, the foundation was forced to sell parts of the property.

On February 8, 1934, the Jewess Betti Kierski was accepted into the foundation. Due to the racial policy of the National Socialists , she had to leave the foundation on December 20, 1938. However, she continued to receive her pension until her suicide on September 26, 1942. On April 26, 2014, a stumbling block was laid in front of the property in remembrance .

After the Rother-Stift had to struggle with financial problems for years, the property was sold to the civil servants housing association in 2007. Today the old building and a modern new building are on the property.

Architecture and terrain

Site plan and site
plan Light gray: Former property of the Foundation
Gray: Present property
Red: New buildings (1997)
Blue: Old building (1898)

The property at Kommandantenstrasse 9-12 is about one kilometer southwest of the Lichterfelde West train station . In the north it borders on Friedrichstrasse, in the east on Kommandantenstrasse, in the south on residential buildings on Pfleidererstrasse and in the west on a settlement on Köhlerstrasse.

The building, which has been a listed building since 1992, belongs to the brick Gothic style . Numerous ornaments such as friezes and arches typical of buildings of this style decorate the facade of the building. The old main building consists of three wings that are arranged like a semi-arch along Friedrichstrasse and Kommandantenstrasse. From the main wing, the entrance of which is on the corner of Friedrichstrasse and Kommandantenstrasse, two aisles lead off to the left and right, which connect the main wing with the two side wings. There are currently 48 habitable properties in the entire old building.

There are also two new buildings erected in 1997 that house a further 38 apartments.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rotherstift in the monument database of the State of Berlin
  2. ↑ Bulletin of the Heimatverein Steglitz e. V, 54th year, pp. 5-8
  3. ↑ Deutsche Bauzeitung , 33rd edition (1899), p. 560
  4. ^ Betty Johanna Kierski in the database of Stolpersteine ​​in Berlin
  5. ↑ Stolpersteine ​​in Steglitz and Lichterfelde
  6. ^ First stumbling block laying in the cooperative
  7. ↑ a b c Detailed information on the residential complex 560 - Rother-Park

Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 17.9 ″  N , 13 ° 17 ′ 32.9 ″  E