District Culture House Peter Edel

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View of the old district culture house, 2007

The district culture house "Peter Edel" was a cultural center in the Berlin-Weißensee district during the GDR . The ensemble of buildings with the small and large hall is partly a listed building . The reopening of the former district culture house as the Peter Edel educational and cultural center is planned for 2020.

history

Artist and writer Peter Edel
The artist and writer Peter Edel, whose name the house of culture bore after 1984
Farewell message from the artist collective Wallywoods to the Peter Edel cultural center

The history of the Kreiskulturhaus goes back to the 19th century. In 1885 the innkeeper and brewer Rudolf Sternecker set up a brewery on the property at today's Berliner Allee. On the park grounds with the castle Weissensee Rudolf Stern Ecker established the world-Etablissement Schloss Weissensee . In 1892, the brewery property on what was then König-Chaussee No. 5 became the property of the brewer Gustav Enders . According to a report in the Teltower Kreisblatt in 1893, bankruptcy proceedings were opened against Sternecker's assets. After this procedure was opened, Sternecker was on the run.

The major extensions to the building complex go back to Gustav Enders. In 1902 he submitted a building application for the Great Hall to the mayor Heinrich Feldtmann. In 1908 the small hall was completed as a link between the restoration and the great hall. The original files on the property are in the building files archive of the Pankow district office. The lead architect for Enders' projects was Max Bing. Bing worked u. a. also for the councilor of commerce and factory owner Theodor Hildebrand , who founded the chocolate factory Theodor Hildebrand & Sohn : His order was for a commercial building in what was then Berlin's Kronenstrasse 17, which was destroyed in World War II.

From its inception to the present day, the building has had a very varied history of use. From 1927, for example, the large hall of the house served as a cinema. The Lichtspiele Schloss Weißensee opened this year and continued to operate until the 1950s. After the end of the Second World War , a people's house was set up in the old wing of the building in 1946 under the Soviet city command.

From 1962, the Volkshaus developed into the Weißensee District Culture House as part of a renovation.

In 1984 the name was changed. The Kreiskulturhaus was given the name of the German graphic designer and writer Peter Edel (1921–1983). In the meantime, the address of the property has also changed. The former address "König-Chaussee 5" was now called "Klement-Gottwald-Allee 125", and from 1991 it was renamed Berliner Allee 125.

In 2007, the cultural center initially closed its doors. The cultural office tried to agree on a subsequent use. The building was put out to tender, and the Gesellschaft für Stadtentwicklung GmbH in partnership with the Berlin School for Drama, which has meanwhile used the site , showed particular interest . In 2012, a leasehold contract was signed between the new interested parties and the district office. However, the hope for funding for the renovation could not be fulfilled, so that the Berlin School for Drama withdrew from the project.

The naming of the house should be revised around the turn of the millennium. On September 13, 2000, the Weißensee district council assembly passed the resolution that the name should be changed to "Weißensee", since files of the GDR Ministry for State Security (MfS) indicated that Edel had been listed there as an informal employee (IM) . A citizens' initiative, as well as a complaint by the PDS, opposed it, since a renaming would represent an "encouragement for neo-fascist forces". A renaming did not take place subsequently.

The vacant building was used by the Wallywoods artist collective from 2007-2010 . Cultural organizer and gallery owner Paul Woods worked there together with ten artists from ten countries.

After negotiations in 2016, the non-profit educational institution Kommunales Bildungswerk e. V. the building complex with the aim of establishing an educational and cultural center in Weißensee. The building permit was granted on February 23, 2018.

Redevelopment

The northeast corner area of ​​the two-story extension from the 1980s was dismantled as part of the renovation after 2017. The listed Great Hall will be restored according to its historical character. An atrium was also installed on the first floor of the old wing. Three painted wall panels from the Wallywoods period have been preserved and will be exhibited in the foyer in the future.

reopening

Facade front of the Peter Edel educational and cultural center
The renovated front facade of the old Peter Edel District Culture House

On December 11, 2019, the foundation stone for the new seminar and office wing was laid. The reopening is to take place successively in the course of 2020. In addition to the educational activities of the sponsoring association, the house is also to be available for cultural, social and neighborhood activities in the future. A gastronomic offer will also be created on the ground floor of the building.

Web links

Commons : Kreiskulturhaus Peter Edel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Website of the education and culture center Peter Edel

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Landesdenkmalamt Berlin (ed.): List of monuments . Berlin 2019.
  2. ↑ White Lake | pankow-weissensee-prenzlauerberg.berlin. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b König-Chaussee No. 5. In: Berliner Adreßbuch, Edition 1905, Part V, p. 390. Berlin: Scherl, 1903 - 1943, 1905, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Johanna Niedbalski: The whole world of pleasure: Berlin amusement parks in the 1880s to 1930s . 1st edition. Bebra Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-95410-212-9 , pp. 66 .
  5. ^ Building files archive of the Pankow district office on berlin.de
  6. ↑ Stephan Waetzoldt: Bibliography on Architecture in the 19th Century - Articles in the German-language architecture magazines 1789 - 1918 . Ed .: Stephan Waetzoldt. Kraus-Thompson Organization Limited, Nendeln, ISBN 3-262-00000-0 , p. 2619 .
  7. ^ Official telephone directory for Berlin. Business directory. In: Official telephone directory for the district. Reichspostdirektion Berlin, 1940, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Weißensee Schlosspark-Lichtspiele. In: Kinowiki. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b c Bernd Wähner: Renovation begins with demolition: the Kulturhaus on Berliner Allee is finally being renovated. In: Berlin Week. Berliner Wochenblatt Verlag GmbH, January 9, 2018, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  10. ^ Peter Edel District Culture House. modernruins.de, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  11. ^ "Peter Edel" district culture house in Weißensee. In: Business directory for the capital of the German Democratic Republic Berlin. Deutsche Post , Central Post and Telecommunications Office , 1985, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  12. ^ Albrecht Molle: cultural house to be leased. New expressions of interest for "Peter Edel". (PDF) In: VorOrt - magazine for urban renewal in Prenzlauer Berg and Pankow. Tenant Advice Prenzlauer Berg, 2007, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  13. ^ Albrecht Molle: Kulturhaus is being rebuilt. District and school for drama negotiate heritable building contract. (PDF) In: VorOrt - Stadtern finishing in Prenzlauer Berg, Weißensee and Pankow. Tenant advice Prenzlauer Berg, Gesellschaft für Sozialplanung mbH, 2008, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  14. ^ Annex BR IX 3.3.1 Culture. (PDF) In: Attachments to the portrait of the district region IX - Weißensee. District Office Pankow of Berlin, 2014, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Andreas Fritsche: Kulturhaus will continue to be called Peter Edel. In: New Germany. January 8, 2001, accessed March 20, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Gallery Wallywoods - Locations. In: Gallery Wallywoods Overview. Paul Woods, accessed March 20, 2020 .
  17. ↑ A Short History of Wallywoods in Weissensee. In: Kulturförderverein Weißensee e. V. Accessed March 20, 2020 (English).
  18. ↑ Kathrin Hülße: Vacancies in focus. (PDF) In: VorOrt - magazine for urban renewal in Prenzlauer Berg and Pankow. Tenant Advice Prenzlauer Berg, 2007, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Kulturhaus Peter Edel - News. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Construction documentation for the Peter Edel educational and cultural center. Kommunales Bildungswerk e. V., accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  21. ^ Laying of the foundation stone for the Peter Edel Education and Culture Center. Kommunales Bildungswerk e. V., accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Culture House Peter Edel. rbb 88.8, November 6, 2018, accessed on March 20, 2020 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 3.3 "  N , 13 ° 27 ′ 42.3"  E