List of abandoned structures in Wuppertal

The list of abandoned structures in Wuppertal contains those buildings that were either destroyed or laid down as planned. These buildings once shaped the cityscape of Wuppertal (which means today's urban area) or would probably have been placed under monument protection from today's point of view, regardless of age . Most of the losses of important structures occurred in 1943, when they were destroyed in the air raids on Wuppertal in World War II or were laid down due to the damage.

The list does not claim to be complete, it should be added to and expanded gradually.

Chronological list

Dörner Hof (Barmen House)
(1466–1900)

Friedenskirche
(1869–1943, picture from 1871)

Johanniskirche
(1872–1943, picture from 1872)

The Barmer Luftkurhaus am Toelleturm
(1892–1943, picture before 1900)

Turmbahn am Toelleturm
(1895–1908, picture before 1908)

Barmer town hall with warrior
mark (1895–1943, picture around 1905)

Old Synagogue Barmen
(1897–1938, picture around 1900)

Thalia Theater
(1906–1967, picture from 1906)

Barmer City Theater
(1874–1902)

House Barmer Talsperre
(1905–1976), picture around 1905

High Middle Ages to the beginning of the modern era

• Ring rampart castle moat
• Elberfeld Castle (around 1366 to 1536)
• Beyenburg Castle (around 1339 to 17th century)
• Bergische Landwehr (14th - 17th century)

Pre-war period

• Weber'sche House (- late 18th century)
• An der Fuhr , half-timbered building ensemble (late 17th century - 1885)
• Slaughterhouse at Brausenwerth (1829–1879)
• Barmer City Theater (1874–1902)
• Oberer Jansenkotten (first mentioned: 1800–1908)
• Tower lift at Toelleturm (1895–1908)
• Tippelskotten (19th century - 1913)
• Barmen main station (first construction 1849–1913)
• Suspension railway station Hauptbahnhof, first construction (1900–1926)
• Jasperskotten (18th century - 1927)
• Beyenburger Mühle (around 1457 to 1935)
• Old Synagogue (Elberfeld) (1865 - November pogroms 1938 )
• Old Synagogue (Barmen) (1897 - November pogroms 1938 )
• Hahnerberg water tower (1890–1939)
• Dönberger water tower (1910s – 1930s [end])
• Bacon hammer
• Pickardtskotten
• Cremerskotten
• Master hammer
• Teschenkotten
• Lower Jansenkotten
• Mühlenbergerkotten
• Büngershammer
• Friedrichshammer
• Wolfert's Hammer
• Westerhammer
• Reinshagenshammer
• Neuenkotten
• Schliepershammer
• Rottsiepers hammer
• Öhder paint mill
• Barmer mill
• Dörner Hof (first mentioned: 1466, –1900)
• Copper hammer
• Siepershammer
• Tillmann's hammer
• Goldenberg's Hammer
• Luckhauser Kotten
• Luckhauser Mühle (Marscheider Bach)
• Müller's fulling mill
• Diederichshammer
• Dienes hammer
• Moth hammer
• Luckhauser Mühle (Herbringhauser Bach)
• Herbringhauser Hammer
• Supreme Hammer (Herbringhauser Bach)
• Middle Hammer (Herbringhauser Bach)
• Lowest Hammer / Grabers Hammer (Herbringhauser Bach)
• Beyenburger Lohmühle
• Halbach hammers
• Prangerkotten
• Teschhammer
• Friedrichshammer
• Kremershammer
• Müngsten reservoir

Second World War

• House Rauental (16th century - 1943)
• House Bredt-Molineus (1774–1943)
• House of Carnap (1775–1943)
• Wortmann House (1781–1943)
• House Bredt-Rübel (1782–1943)
• Villa von der Heydt (Kerstenplatz) (–1943)
• Villa von der Heydt (Am Mäuerchen) (1802–1943)
• General Almshouse Elberfeld (1827–1943)
• House Neuburg (1832–1943)
• Ronsdorf Town Hall (1843–1943)
• St. Josef (Cronenberg) (1843–1943, demolished in 1972)
• Friedenskirche (Barmen) (1869–1943, demolished in 1952)
• Johanniskirche (Heckinghausen) (1872–1943, demolished in 1953)
• Barmer war memorial (1874–1943, demolished in 1951)
• Bergisches Haus on the Hardtberg (1885–1943)
• Christ Church (1885–1943)
• City Theater am Brausenwerth (1885–1943)
• Bathing establishment Brausenwerth (1887–1943)
• Fischertal dairy (1890–1943)
• Barmer Luftkurhaus (1892–1943)
• Barmer Schlachthof (1894–1943)
• Barmer Stadthalle (1895–1943)
• Hotel Europäische Hof (1890s-1943)
• Cronenberg Town Hall (1900-1943)
• Victory Fountain (1900–1943)
• Ronsdorf water tower (1902–1943)
• Barmer Stadion (1909–1943, demolished in 1953)
• Barmen Planetarium (1926–1943, demolished in 1955)
• Society House Casino (–1943)
• Villa Freytag (-1943)
• Heynen House (-1943)
• House Ibach (-1943)
• House Imhoff (-1943)
• House Kunz (-1943)
• House Lebach (-1943)
• House Lüttringhaus (–1943)
• Mittelsten Scheid House (–1943)
• House Schlieper (-1943)
• House Schuchard (-1943)
• House Siebel (-1943)
• House Wichelhaus-Sticher (–1943)
• House Wülfing (-1943)
• House Wuppermann (–1943)
• Barmer Natural Science Museum (–1943)
• Bergisch Nice (–1943)

post war period

• Langerfeld Airfield (1926–1950s)
• Bad Bendahl (- mid-20th century)
• Kreuzmühle (1547–1955)
• Buchenhofen compensation pond (- mid-20th century)
• Rittershauser Hof (–1958)
• Hofeshaus Oberste Müggenburg (17th century - 1959)
• Hundsschüppe (-1960)
• Langwieler Hof (–1960)
• Bergisch-Märkische Bank (1897–1960)
• Neuenhaus water tower ("Drei-Kaiser-Wasserturm") (1888–1966)
• Thalia Theater (1906-1967)
• Court House Under the Oaks (1649–1968)
• Manor Varresbeck (1402–1972), transferred to Gut Hungenbach
• Chimney House (1837–1975)
• Bank J. Wichelhaus P. Sohn (–1975)
• Barmer Dam House (1904–1976)
• Old Lichtscheider water tower (1902–1977)
• Old Lutheran Church Heckinghausen (–1978)
• Villa Duncklenberg (around 1895–1979)
• House Krebs-Clef (1782–1980)
• Adler Brewery (1858–1980)
• Villa Nordheim (1888–1980)
• Villa Knoth (around 1900–1980)
• House of the English (1907–1980)
• Eskesberg farm (1570–1981)
• Keetman House (around 1900–1981)
• United Evangelical Mission (–1982)
• Chapel of St. Maria Hilf (1865–1982)
• Mallack House (–1983)
• Tram depot Kapellen (fire in the late 1980s, demolished in 1991)
• Prison Wuppertal (Bendahl) (1864–1980, demolished in 1997)
• Justice Tower (1964–1998)
• Am Dorp Bridge (1876-2003)
• Kleinrohleder (1686-2004)
• Lower Herbringhauser Dam (1927-2006)
• Nöllenhammer (early 17th century - 2009)
• Tütersburg 23 (second half of the 18th century - mid-2009)
• Neue Friedrichstrasse 6a (mid-19th century - 2009)
• Vine house (early 18th century - 2010)
• Wupperbrücke Tiergartentreppe (1892–2011)
• Stadtbad Vohwinkel (–2013)
• Gebhard building (–2015)
• Michael's Church (1967-2016)

Demolition or destruction not (yet) known

• Jägerhof
• Lichtscheider Chapel
• Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe observation tower

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Wuppertal
• List of ground monuments in Wuppertal
• Classicism in Wuppertal

literature

• Michel Metschies: Endangered - Saved - Lost - Fates of Wuppertal Buildings Born, Wuppertal 1981, ISBN 3-87093-031-4
• Michel Metschies: Wuppertal rediscovered - ten years later Born, Wuppertal 1986, ISBN 3-9801338-9-3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lichtscheid - Anecdotes on the highest point in Wuppertal's Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from May 13, 2009
2. ^ House Mittelsten Scheid. In: arch INFORM . (Accessed March 2008)