Laurenzenvorstadt
The Laurenzenvorstadt is a street in the Aarau canton capital of Aarau . It is the eastern extension of Laurenzentorgasse in the old town (named after the former Laurenzentor). The road initially leads straight, then in a slight curve southeast to Kreuzplatz, where it meets Bahnhofstrasse and the main roads to Rohr and Suhr . Halfway there, the road to Telliquartier branches off to the northeast . Most of the Laurenzenvorstadt has been included in the federal list of monuments as a place worthy of protection, as there are typical city buildings along the street . Numerous buildings along the street are also cantonally protected as individual objects.
history
The streets were built in connection with the Helvetic Republic . The French occupiers declared Aarau the capital on April 12, 1798. Representative government buildings had to be planned within a very short time. On April 26, 1798, the Alsatian architect Johann Daniel Osterrieth submitted the Plan d'Agrandissement de la Commune d'Aarau .
This plan provided for the government district east of the old town, with the Laurenzenvorstadt at the northern end. The existing street was expanded into a 20-meter-wide representative street. The erection of two rows of houses of unequal length, the " New Houses ", began north of it . They are the only buildings that got beyond the planning stage of the new Helvetic capital. The community assembly decided on May 5, 1798 to bring forward the construction of the "New Houses". Due to the lack of higher quality housing for government officials, this was classified as more urgent and the construction of the government district was postponed.
With the decision in September 1798 to move the Helvetic capital to Lucerne , the plans for the government district became obsolete. The barracks were then built on part of the designated area south of the Laurenzenvorstadt. In the spring of 1799 two of the new houses were erected and finished under the roof and two more in the shell. The remaining buildings were not very advanced when the Second Coalition War finally brought construction to a standstill.
In 1803 the city of Aarau decided to sell the houses, whereby the city's citizenship could also be acquired free of charge. With the proceeds, the remaining houses were then completed one after the other. However, this dragged on until 1825, when the 15th house could be occupied. On the south side of the street is the former Berner Kornhaus, around which the Aarau barracks was built after 1845 . Their officers' house was not completed until 1905.
Both lanes of the eastern part of the Laurenzenvorstadt are only accessible for motorized individual traffic in a westerly direction. The western part up to Poststrasse, along the barracks, is passable in both directions. In 2003 the Sauerland Tunnel was opened to relieve the old town and the Laurenzenvorstadt from through traffic. It is 245 meters long, begins at the level of Rauchsteinstrasse and leads to Mühlemattstrasse near the Chain Bridge .
building
number 1
The former main building of the Aargauische Kreditanstalt was built in 1892, demolished in 1979 and replaced by a new building.
No. 3 (house to the palace garden)
The neo-classical house in the palace garden , now used as an art museum, was the seat of the government of the Helvetic Republic for several months in 1798. It was built in 1777 as a one-story pavilion and expanded into a three-story house in 1792 by the dragoon major Daniel Pfleger. In the years 1803/04 the city administration was temporarily housed here.
No. 7
The stately villa was built in 1865 on the grounds of the palace gardens. Initially it was numbered 5, but exchanged the number with its outbuilding. The house is well structured and has a corner tower. It was based on the Berlin Schinkel School , but was purified in 1950 .
No. 9
Several cantonal administrations are housed in this modern building. It is the seat of the cantonal tax court and the building department. It is also the headquarters of the Aargau Matura School for adults.
No. 11
The house was built in 1774 by the Bernese architect Carl Ahasver von Sinner (1754–1821). It is set back from the road to the north.
No. 19–25, 59–79 (new houses)
The western row of the “ New Houses ” includes numbers 19 to 25, the eastern row of the “New Houses” numbers 59 to 79.
No. 57
The multi-family house in neo-baroque style was built in 1899 by the construction company M. Zschokke for the wine merchant Manuel Viviell-Tarats.
No. 89 Sauerland House
The large house of Heinrich Remigius Sauerländer, built between 1831 and 1835, is located at Laurenzenvorstadt 89. It became the headquarters of the Sauerländer publishing house he founded .
No. 107 (pillared house)
The column house built for Gottlieb Frey-Fischer was completed in 1838. The builder Hermann from Brugg was supported by C. F. von Ehrenberg from Zurich.
No. 115
The two-family house in neo-renaissance style was built in 1898 by the canton master builder Robert Ammann.
No. 117 (Rössligut)
In the 18th century, the main building of the Rössligut extended over the entire area between today's Kreuzplatz, Laurenzenvorstadt and Balänenweg. The rural (elongated?) House was built in 1817. In the second quarter of the 19th century, two houses were built in a row to the west.
No. 12 (Amthaus)
The Amthaus is the westernmost house on the south side of the Laurenzenvorstadt, to the west of it the Casinostrasse leads south.
The building was erected by the city authorities between 1784 and 1787 in front of the Laurenzentor as a hospital. It served various purposes during the time of the Helvetic Revolution, until the canton school moved in in 1802 , which over time used the entire building. After the new building of the canton school was occupied in 1896, it served as an office building. In 1936 it was converted into the Aarau district office; today the building also houses the canton police station. The district prison is also housed in it.
No. 28
The country house was built in 1783 by order of Andreas Hagnauer. The rear economic building was replaced by a residential building in 1825. In 1844 the canton of Aargau took over the eastern half of the property and built the barracks on it. The building itself was taken over by the state in 1907.
No. 48–70 Aarau barracks
The main building of the Aarau barracks (No. 48) was built between 1845 and 1849 under the direction of the cantonal master builder Carl Rothpletz according to plans by Joseph Caspar Jeuch . The old armory (No. 62) was built from the old Bernese granary from 1775. The former officers' house (No. 70, also called Trumpeter's House) was built in 1904/05 by Hugo Albertini. In front of it is the protective monument .
No. 80 (Meyerhaus, today a Roman Catholic rectory)
The former Meyerhaus , later Feerhaus, was built between 1794 and 1797 according to plans by Johann Daniel Osterrieth. It was sold to the Roman Catholic parish in 1937. This built the parish church of St. Peter and Paul south of it in 1940 and now uses the building, which was converted in 1939, as a parsonage.
literature
- INSA Inventory of Modern Swiss Architecture 1850–1921, Volume 1 , Aarau, Altdorf, Appenzell, Baden, Orell Füssli 1984, ISBN 3-280-01509-X , pages 145–147
- Michael Stettler: The art monuments of the canton of Aargau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History . Volume I, districts of Aarau, Kulm, Zofingen. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1948, p. 113-128 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ In INSA, the house is described as number 5, but has plan number 7 (today's address)
- ↑ KdKA 1, page 120
- ↑ KdKA 1, pages 127-128
- ↑ KdKA 1 pages 77-80
- ↑ KdKA 1, pages 120-121
- ↑ KdKA 1, pages 121-122
Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '39 " N , 8 ° 3' 1.8" E ; CH1903: six hundred and forty-six thousand one hundred ninety-six / 249442