List of cultural monuments in Meiningen city center

The list of cultural monuments in the Meiningen city center includes the cultural and architectural monuments in the city center of the district town of Meiningen in southern Thuringia , with the exception of the historic old town . The city center comprises the districts around the Englischer Garten, the Neu-Ulmer-Straße street and the Pulverrasen and Mittlerer Rasen districts west of the old town on the Werra .

Altogether around 270 cultural monuments are currently registered in Meiningen, which are distributed over 240 individual monuments , 16 monument ensembles , 7 ground monuments and 3 garden monuments (status: February 2010). Of these, there are 60 individual monuments, 4 monument ensembles and 2 garden monuments in the city center without the old town and parks. Most of the listed cultural monuments date from the 19th and early 20th centuries during the heyday of Meiningen as a capital and residence. The registration of all monuments in the list of monuments of the Lower Monument Protection Authority in Meiningen has not yet been completed. The list does not claim to be complete.

The monuments of the parks located in the city center are listed in the → List of cultural monuments in the Meiningen parks .

Individual monuments

address	designation	description
Alte Henneberger Strasse 2	Sarterstift	Built in 1888 as a Marienschule, later a nursing home and maternity care center, from 1951 kindergarten, after the renovation in 2003/04, a multi-generation house named after the founder Stephan von Sarter .
On the middle lawn	bridge	Georgsbrücke : Built in 1899 over the Werra as a reinforced concrete construction with seven steel lattice girders, the second bridge of this type in Germany with 40 m span, width 8 m, arch height 3.70 m, total length 63 m, limestone thorn railing, architect Eduard Fritze , namesake: Duke George II.
On the middle lawn	bridge	Stone arch bridge over the Mühlgraben
On the middle lawn 2	Residential building	City villa, architect: Karl Behlert .
On the middle lawn 4	Residential building	City villa
On the middle lawn 6	Palace	Large, massive city villa, function as a parish hall of the Protestant parish with a few apartments, architect: Eduard Fritze .
On the middle lawn 7	Residential building	City villa, home of the architect Karl Behlert .
On the middle lawn 8	villa	City villa, architect: Karl Behlert .
On the powder lawn 1	school	School on the powder lawn : built in 1911 as a new citizen school, from 1914 on Prince Friedrich School (named after Friedrich von Sachsen-Meiningen ), with clock and bell tower, teaching pool and adjoining sports hall in the same architectural style, architects chief building officer Eduard Fritze and land planning officer Otto Schubert , today elementary and regular school.
Anton-Ulrich-Strasse 49	Residential and commercial building	Built in 1738 as a municipal fish house in front of the Upper Gate, from 1810 to 1867 military hospital, since then residential and commercial building.
Anton-Ulrich-Strasse 56	villa	Commercial building, built in 1895, today the seat of Diakonie Meiningen, architect: Carl Göbel .
On the middle lawn 9	Sports facility	Stadtbad: Built in 1906 by Karl Behlert as an Art Nouveau indoor pool and steam washing facility, was used as a swimming pool until 2001, after being converted in 2008 as a school sports hall.
Bernhardstrasse	Fountain	Drachenbrunnen: Cast iron plate fountain from 1846 at the entrance to Die Fitz and Schlosspark
Bernhardstrasse 1	palace	Large Palace : the former Wittum and Hereditary Prince Palace of the Dukes of Saxony-Meiningen , built by Johann Andreas Schaubach in 1821–1823 and rebuilt in 1863 , today a health center.
Bernhardstrasse 2	palace	Small Palace : Princesses Palace built between 1821 and 1823 for the Sachsen-Meiningen house, today a bank building, architect: Johann Andreas Schaubach .
Bernhardstrasse 2a	Residential building
Bernhardstrasse 3	Culture and school buildings	Classicist building built in 1831 as a Jewish department store, then several extensions, today the theater's chamber plays, a gallery and an educational institution are located here.
Bernhardstrasse 4	villa	Palatial residential and commercial building built by Behlert in 1909 for the banker Gustav Strupp .
Bernhardstrasse 5	Theater building	The Meininger Theater , neoclassical building, built in 1908/09 by architect Karl Behlert , general renovation 2010/11.
Bernhardstrasse 6-8	Palace	Business duplex
Bernhardstrasse 8	school	Half-timbered house in the backyard, former Kniesel school
Charlottenstrasse 1	Administration building	Formerly the seat of the Werra Railway Company and the Deutsche Reichsbahn, today a bank and office building, architect: Erwin Theodor Döbner .
Charlottenstrasse 2	Administration building	Formerly the seat of the Meiningen state credit institution , today the tax office and state authority.
Charlottenstrasse 3	Commercial building	City villa
Charlottenstrasse 4	Palace	Former home of Hans von Bülow
Charlottenstrasse 5	Residential building	City villa built around 1860, clinic from 1949–2005, today residential community for senior citizens.
Charlottenstrasse 6	Residential building	City villa
Charlottenstrasse 7	Commercial building	City Palace
The Fitz 26	Residential building	Former ducal "tea house"
Georgstrasse 1	hotel	Hotel Sächsischer Hof : Built 1798–1802, expanded several times and rebuilt in 1900 by Eduard Fritze in the style that still exists today.
Georgstrasse 1	Waterworks	Historic waterworks at the → Bleichgräben
Georgstrasse / Karlsallee	Fountain	Goose man fountain from 1854, sandstone basin with bronze figure, several changes of location, in this place since 1991.
Georgstrasse 16	Fountain	Fish thief fountain from 1935, limestone basin with bronze figure.
Leipziger Strasse 2	Commercial building	The building of the bank for Thuringia built by Karl Behlert in 1909 , later Deutsche Bank , used as a district court building from 1945, currently vacant.
Leipziger Strasse 4	Commercial building	Dominant building of the Deutsche Hypothekenbank , built in 1899 in eclectic style , today the headquarters of the Rhön-Rennsteig-Sparkasse , architect: Eduard Fritze .
Lindenallee 1	railway station	Entrance building of the Meiningen train station in the historicism style , built in 1858
Marienstrasse	Fountain	Swan fountain: Cast iron fountain with two water-spouting swans from 1835, at a south entrance to the English Garden.
Marienstrasse 5	Community center	Former private clinic
Marienstraße 6	Community center	Former home of Max Reger , today the youth center "Max 'Inn".
Marienstraße 7/8	Palace	Double house, currently vacant
Marienstrasse 9	Residential building
Marienstraße 10	Administration building	Amtshaus: Built in 1878 by Otto Hoppe in the historicist style as a district administration office, it was provided with six statues of the emperor by Ferdinand Müller , destroyed in 1951 by iconoclasm.
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 1	Community center	Former home of Ludwig Bechstein , still home today.
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 6	Lodge house	Former seat of the Freemason Lodge Charlotte zu den Drei Nelken , built in 1905 by Karl Behlert, today a commercial building.
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 8	Administration building	Former private clinic, today a commercial building, architect: Karl Behlert.
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 11	villa	Former home of court building officer Erwin Theodor Döbner
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 12a	Residential building
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 12b	Residential building
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 13	Residential building
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 21	school	Pestalozzi School: Built in 1832 as a former Georgen Hospital, then a private secondary school for girls and extended secondary school , today a school for the learning disabled.
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 25	Residential building
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 29	Residential building
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 31	Sports facility	Built in 1956 as a movie theater “Volkslichtspiele”, today a fitness and health park.
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 33	Residential building	villa
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 37	Residential building	Currently vacant
Neu-Ulmer-Strasse 43	Residential and commercial building	City villa
Wettiner Strasse 1b	Movie theater	Casino: Former civil casino company, converted into a cinema in 1919, today a modern multiplex cinema with six halls, architect Otto Schubert .
Wettiner Strasse 2a	Residential building	Rheingold: Large half-timbered house built around 1900 in the local style , formerly a hotel and dance hall.

Monument ensembles

address	designation	description
Charlottenstrasse	Course of the road	Row of houses in the classical style north of the English Garden, built from 1859.
Bernhardstrasse	Course of the road	Representative public buildings in predominantly classical style, laid out at the beginning of the 19th century.
Leipziger Street	Course of the road	300 m long street section between Bernhardstraße and Feodorenstraße built on with dominant buildings in the style of historicism.
Marienstrasse	Course of the road	Classicist row of houses opposite the English Garden, built from 1831 to 1839.

Soil monuments - garden monuments

address	designation	description	image
English garden	Park	Garden monument : English landscape park of around twelve hectares , created from 1782.
Castle Park	Park	Garden monument: English landscape park, initially laid out as a baroque garden from 1692 to 1770 .

literature

Karl Thränhardt, Hartmut Pfannschmidt: Architecture in Meiningen. Verlag Resch, Meiningen 2010, ISBN 978-3-940295-08-8 .
Kuratorium Meiningen (Hrsg.): Lexicon for the history of the city of Meiningen. Bielsteinverlag, Meiningen 2008, ISBN 978-3-9809504-4-2 .
Ingrid Reissland, Axel Schneider: Meininger views. State Museums , Meiningen 1982, OCLC 248763065 .

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List of monuments of the Lower Monument Protection Authority of the District Office Meiningen. February 2010.
Ingrid Reissland, Axel Schneider: Meiningen - monuments of the city center. Kulturbund der DDR , 1982.

Web links

Commons : Buildings in Meiningen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files