Kursaal Bad Cannstatt
The Kursaal at Königsplatz 1 in the Bad Cannstatt district of Stuttgart is a former spa building that is now used as a restaurant and event location.
Great Kursaal
The classical first part of the Kursaal, also known as the “Great Kursaal”, was built according to plans by Nikolaus von Thouret . The building owner of this spa and bathing establishment was the Cannstatt Fountain Association; This was supported by the then King Wilhelm I. The inauguration took place in 1837, although the construction time is given as 1825 to 1841. Initially, the Kursaal only had an open drinking hall. The building was designed as a bathing and spa house and has a fountain courtyard for drinking cures. From 1858 onwards, Ferdinand von Steinbeis organized “progress exhibitions” in the Great Kursaal. The Württemberg processing industry emerged from these exhibitions. The Great Kursaal burned down in 1943 during the Second World War . It was rebuilt in 1949.
In front of the Great Kursaal there is an equestrian statue of King Wilhelm I from 1875. It was made by Johann von Halbig . Its original location was Wilhelmsplatz, but after six years it was moved in front of the Großer Kursaal.
Small Kursaal
The Great Kursaal was supplemented at the beginning of the 20th century by the “Small Kursaal”, which was built according to plans by the Stuttgart architect Albert Eitel . This Art Nouveau building, which was built between 1907 and 1909, is located southwest of Thouret's building and was initially not connected to it. In 1976 it was restored. The large and small Kursaal were connected to one another in 1978 by a modern component.
In the entrance area of the Kleiner Kursaal there is a portrait medallion depicting the city's benefactor, Ernst Ezechiel Pfeiffer . It was created by Emil Kiemlen . On the outer wall facing the Great Kursaal there is a plaque commemorating the proclamation of the Charter of Expellees in 1950. There is a bust of Robert Stolz in front of the Kleiner Kursaal . Before the First World War, he was temporarily the Kurkapellmeister in Cannstatt.
Spa gardens
Immediately to the Kursaal Bad Cannstatt is the spa park , which, for. Partly located on steeply sloping terrain, has old trees from the 19th century. The Gottlieb Daimler Memorial, a former greenhouse in which Daimler worked from 1882, is located in the Kurpark . Below this workshop stands the first Daimler monument by Emil Kiemlen, created in 1902; above is the Daimler tower. This “Tusculum” of Daimler was built in 1894 from travertine , which was dismantled in the immediate vicinity when the bypass was built. In the 1930s the tower was increased.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.stuttgart.de/item/show/138403
- ↑ Architekturführer Stuttgart, p. 164 (see lit.)
literature
- Martin Wörner, Gilbert Lupfer and Ute Scholz, Architectural Guide Stuttgart, Dietrich Reimer-Verlag Berlin, 2005, ISBN 3-496-01290-0
Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 29.3 ″ N , 9 ° 13 ′ 24 ″ E