List of cultural monuments in Ilmenau

This list collects the cultural monuments of the city of Ilmenau in Thuringia . The list could be incomplete, as possible cultural monuments of the districts incorporated in 2018 have not yet been incorporated. The same applies to the districts of Frauenwald and Stützerbach, which were incorporated in 2019 .

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Monument protection

In Ilmenau there are around 110 individual objects under monument protection . In addition, there are six complexes that form a monument ensemble (a coherent area that is worth protecting due to its overall appearance ): large parts of the spa district under the name "bath complex", the Wilhelminian-era area Homburger Platz / Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse, the complex of Festival hall with city park, the Fischerhütte (a former glassworks) with its outbuildings, the cemetery and the historic old town between Poststrasse, Erfurter Strasse, Rasen, Lindenstrasse and Mühlgraben.

The oldest buildings in Ilmenau date from the late 18th century, mostly from the phase after the city fire of 1752, when the Weimar court architect Gottfried Heinrich Krohne drew up the plans for the reconstruction of the city. Since that time, buildings from all eras have been placed under monument protection, with a particularly large number of villas from the time of the German Empire (1871 to 1914) being included. From the time after the First World War, only a few buildings were placed under monument protection, here particularly typical buildings of Bauhaus architecture. In particular, hardly any buildings from the period after 1930 have been listed. The city's second villa district on the Sturmheide, in which there are fewer Art Nouveau and more Heimatstil villas than in the spa district, is neither protected as an ensemble nor as an individual monument.

After the city fire of 1752, Ilmenau did not experience any major catastrophes that would have destroyed large parts of the building fabric. The building fabric also survived the Second World War unscathed. During the GDR era, the old town of Ilmenau also fell into disrepair, although this was not as drastic as in many of the larger GDR cities. Nevertheless, individual, mostly small and old buildings in the old town were demolished during this time without changing the cityscape. After reunification, the old factory buildings in particular, most of which were from before the First World War, were demolished, with Ilmenau losing a considerable part of its industrial structure, although individual factories have been preserved and have been converted. However, these (such as the Fischer porcelain factory) are still not under monument protection. In the old town center, too, a few buildings were demolished after reunification and replaced by new ones, but mostly these were buildings that were of insignificant architectural history. The preservation of the old building fabric is particularly difficult in the upper town (western part of the old town), since the fabric from the 18th and early 19th centuries was of inferior quality from the start (poorer people also lived here than in the commercial buildings along the Main streets, mostly miners, artisans or workers about the porcelain factory founded here in 1777). In addition, there are the unfavorable terrain conditions with small, steep plots and small, built-up houses, which further reduce their value on the real estate market, so that a thorough renovation is often out of proportion to the costs.

Individual monuments

address	Type	description	Construction time / style	image
Ackermannstrasse 1	Administration building	Today's police station used to be the seat of the local court.	1898 historicism
At market 1	Administration building	The Amtshaus is a city palace that served as a residence for the dukes of Saxe-Weimar when they were visiting the city. Today the office building houses the city museum, among other things. It was created according to plans by the builder Gottfried Heinrich Krohne .	1753 to 1756 baroque
At the market 7	Administration building	The town hall is the seat of the city administration. Like the neighboring office building, it was rebuilt according to plans by Gottfried Heinrich Krohne after it fell victim to the town fire of 1752.	1768 to 1786 baroque
At the Krebswiese 14	factory
Ash oven (Waldstrasse)	monument	Memorial stone for eight unknown concentration camp inmates.
Bahnhofstrasse 16	Residential building	The inconspicuous house from the 19th century has a stucco facade with playful and imaginative elements from Art Nouveau and Historicism .
Bahnhofstrasse 18	Residential building	The building is one of the oldest urban villas and has a tower structure on the corner of Bahnhofstrasse and Professor-Schmidt-Strasse.	historicism
Bahnhofstrasse 24	Residential building	The apartment building has unique window subdivisions in organic Art Nouveau forms.	Historicism / Art Nouveau
Burggasse 4	Residential building	The building is one of the larger houses in the upper town from the 18th century.
Eichicht	Mural	In the former dining room of the porcelain factory is the mural "Joy of Life" (11 × 2.5 m) by Franz Reiß .	1973
Fleischergasse 3	Residential building	former Burghof restaurant
graveyard	church	The Kreuzkirche serves as a cemetery church and its inventory is a listed building.	1852
graveyard	Mourning hall	The old mourning hall is one of the few classicist buildings in Ilmenau, renovated in accordance with monument regulations and now serves as a “columbarium”.	1836 classicism
graveyard	dig	Corona Schröter's grave .	1802
graveyard	dig	The grave of Johann Karl Wilhelm Voigt .	1821
graveyard	dig	Bergmeister Hecker's grave.
graveyard	Fountain	The Goethe fountain in the cemetery was created in 1931 by the town planning director Eberhard Stachura and inaugurated with the relief in the Goethe year 1932. It comes from the Bauhaus student Wilhelm Löber, who grew up in Ilmenau, and shows a deceased, mourned mother in an expressive design language. It was created under the zeitgeist background of the first industrially waged war of extermination with millions of dead and the resulting questions of human existence. Goethe's line “Die and be” is quoted from the west-east Divan . At the time of National Socialism, the relief was covered with boards as degenerate art .	1932 Classic Modernism
graveyard	monument	Soviet memorial, surrounded by 78 graves	1945 to 1946
graveyard	monument	Memorial stone for five unknown soldiers
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 2 (today: Bahndamm 16)	Office and residential building	Office and residential building of the forwarding company Hermann Klett from 1909 to 1953, then the seat of the former VEB Kraftverkehr until around 1990	1909
Friedrich-Hofmann-Strasse 1	Residential building	The representative residential and commercial building is an example of the architecture of the turn of the century.	1908 historicism
Friedrich-Hofmann-Strasse 7	Department store	The department store was created according to the design language of the Bauhaus.	1928 Classic Modernism
Goetheallee 6	Residential building
Goetheallee 10	Residential building
Herderstrasse 12	Residential building	The house used to house a glass factory.	1898 Art Nouveau
Herderstrasse 14	Residential building	The villa has a rich facade ornamentation.	historicism
Herderstrasse 27	Residential building
Herderstrasse 44	school	House I of the Goethe School was built in 1922 in a castle-like style.	1922 neoclassicism
Homburger Platz 1	Residential building	The apartment building has a magnificent Art Nouveau facade.	1904 Art Nouveau
Homburger Platz 2	Residential building	The villa mixes elements of local style and neo-renaissance.	Neo-Renaissance / Heimatstil
Homburger Platz 3/4	Residential building	The multi-family house was created from a stylistic mix of Heimat- und Jugendstil.	Art Nouveau / Heimatstil
Homburger Platz 3a	Residential building	The rear building served as a farm building and has a display frame from the turn of the century.	around 1900
Homburger Platz 7	Commercial building	The municipal power station was built in 1899 and is now used by the Sparkasse.	1899 historicism
Homburger Platz 11	Commercial building	The villa was the seat of the first savings bank.	historicism
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 10	Residential building	The building was built by Ernst Hüttenrauch and has wall paintings from the turn of the century in the gate passage as well as neo-baroque facade elements.	1901 historicism
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 25	factory	All that remains of the factory building of the Thuringian glass instrument factory Alt, Eberhardt & Jäger is the facade that was integrated into the shopping center during construction.	1892 and 1912 historicism
Karl-Zink-Strasse	monument	Monument to the resistance fighter Karl Zink , created by Erich Preiss	early GDR period
Karl-Zink-Strasse 1/3	Residential building	The poet Johann Peter Eckermann lived in the house in 1854.	Baroque
Karl-Zink-Strasse 18	school	The building of the Karl-Zink-Schule.	1874 historicism
Karl-Zink-Strasse 33	school	The Pestalozzi School building.	1923 neoclassicism
Kickelhahn	tower	The lookout tower on the Kickelhahn .	1855 historicism
Kickelhahn	hut	The Goethehäuschen is a small hunting lodge on the Kickelhahn. The faithful replica dates from 1874.	1783
church Square	Lantern	The Luther candelabra was set up in Henneberg on the occasion of the 375th anniversary of the Reformation.	1894 historicism
Church square 1	Rectory	The rectory is a simple baroque building.	1760s baroque
Church square 2	church	City Church of St. James	1760 to 1761 baroque
Langewiesener Strasse 6	Residential building
Lindenstrasse 4	Coat of arms stones	Two coat of arms stones from the former Endleichtor were integrated into the house facade. The left stone shows the Ilmenau city coat of arms, the right the coat of arms of the county of Henneberg , supplemented by a Saxon coat of arms in the middle.
Lindenstrasse 11	hotel	The old Hotel Lindenhof.	between 1885 and 1901 neo-baroque
Lindenstrasse 10/12	post Office	The Saxon post office was housed in the Wenzel house.
Lindenstrasse 27	Residential building	Residential and commercial building. In 1998 the rear part was torn down, rebuilt and the entire building renovated.
Marketplace	Fountain	The hen fountain is the oldest preserved fountain in the city.	1732 baroque
Marktstrasse 1	Commercial building	City pharmacy
Marktstrasse 3	Residential building
Marktstrasse 4	Residential building
Marktstrasse 9	Residential building
Mill moat	Gerberhäuschen	The tanner's house is the last one in Ilmenau.
Mill gate 3	Residential building	The small sold house is a typical example of Ilmenau houses from the 18th and 19th centuries. Century.
Naumannstrasse	monument	Monument to Bruno Schulz . The memorial was inaugurated on November 14, 1926 and is located opposite the Ilmenau Bad train station. Schulz (1824–1890) was the founder and director of the trade school and a member of the city council. He was also committed to the cultural life of Ilmenau.	1926
Naumannstrasse 9	Residential building	The house was built between 1929 and 1932 by Arthur Schröder in the style of the Bauhaus.	1929 to 1932 Classical Modernism
New Marienstraße 9	Residential building
Obertorstrasse 2	Residential building	The building now belongs to the town hall and has a baroque portal.	Baroque
Obertorstrasse 4	Residential building
Obertorstrasse 5	Residential building	The building is one of the larger Baroque houses in the city.	Baroque
Oehrenstöcker Strasse 4	Residential building	Commercial building of the David Schröder company	1901 historicism
Paul-Löbe-Strasse 6	Residential building	The house is a typical example of an Ilmenau city villa.	1896 historicism
Paul-Löbe-Strasse 12	Residential building	The Mirzwa House is the city's first “high-rise”.	1930s classic modern
Pfortenstrasse 26	Residential building	The baroque house is completely slated and has an ornate wooden gate.	Baroque
Porzellanstrasse 3	Residential building
Porzellanstrasse 29	hospital	The city's former poor hospital and hospital
Poststrasse 2	post Office	Former main post office. The extension from the 1930s is also a listed building.	historicism
Ritzebühl 1	Residential building	Margarethe House
Schleusinger Allee	basement, cellar	Cellar vault of the former rock cellar	1809 to 1811
Schleusinger Allee 2	Residential building
Schleusinger Allee 11a	Residential building
Schwanitzstrasse 6	Residential building	Villa with elements of Neo-Renaissance and Art Nouveau	Neo-renaissance
city ​​Park	monument	The memorial was erected for the victims of National Socialism from the Ilmenau workers' movement based on designs by Wolfgang Rommel and Erich Wurzer .	1972
Pot Market 5	Residential building	The residential building is one of the largest on the Topfmarkt, but has not been renovated in accordance with the preservation order, so that its external appearance is falsified.
Lower mountain trench 2	chapel	The miners' chapel was used by the miners to pray in front of the entrance.	before 1739, probably 17th century
Lower mountain ditch 4	Residential building	The building is one of the last surviving miners' houses and was completely renovated in 2010/2011.	17th century
Unterpörlitzer Strasse 2	Administration building	The Thuringian State Office for Metrology and Calibration is based here.	1898 historicism
Unterpörlitzer Strasse 41	factory	The buildings of the Jäcklein brothers brewery .	1897 historicism
Vogelherd	Mural	In the former dining room of the laboratory technology there is a mural (11 × 2.5 m) by Elfriede Seibt and Gerhard Heinrich .	1974
Forest road	monument	The monument in honor of Joseph Victor von Scheffel .	1886 historicism
Waldstrasse 2	Reading room	The old reading hall in Lessingpark is also known as the Sophienlesehalle, because Grand Duchess Sophie paid for it to build it.	1869 Heimatstil
Waldstrasse 3	Residential building	Villa Elisabeth
Waldstrasse 4	Residential building	A villa in the pure forms of Art Nouveau.	Art Nouveau
Waldstrasse 7	Residential building	Residential house with garden pavilion
Waldstrasse 9	Residential building	Residential house with garden pavilion
Waldstrasse 14	Residential building	Villa Silvana with grotto room	1890 historicism
Waldstrasse 22	Residential building	Former youth hostel, most magnificent villa in Ilmenau	historicism
Waldstrasse 23	Hunting lodge	The Gabelbach hunting lodge	1783 baroque
Moat 7	City coin	former mint with cellar in the neighboring house	before 1691
Moat 8	school	former glass college, now district court	1914 neoclassicism
Weimarer Strasse 24	Residential building	The villa was the residence of the Ortloff family, who owned the neighboring porcelain factory Metzler & Ortloff .	Home style
Weimarer Strasse 25	university	The Curie building was the first building of the TU ("old technical center")	1895 historicism
Weimarer Strasse 28	factory	The Carl-August-Schacht was a copper slate mine, later the Metzler & Ortloff porcelain factory .	1856 classicism
Weimarer Strasse 32	university	The Faraday building was the second building of the TU ("New Technical Center")	1926 Neoclassicism / Classical Modernism
Weimarer Strasse 74/76	factory	The former municipal slaughterhouse (administration building and former production building).	Neo-Romanesque
Wenceslas Mountain 1	Residential building	The Prellerschlösschen belonged to the Pestalozzi School until it was closed.	Home style
Wenceslas Mountain 2	Residential building	One of the last miner's houses in the upper town.
Wetzlarer Platz 2	Administration building	The old forester's house was the seat of the forestry office and is the only remaining building from the burned down Ilmenau castle.	1733 baroque
Mine house 13	Residential building	The villa is a typical example of the Heimatstil villas that were built in the cities of the German low mountain range around the turn of the century. However, it is disfigured by asbestos paneling that was attached to it during the GDR era.	Home style
Colliery house 25	Administration building	The mine house was the seat of the Ilmenau Mining Authority and is one of the few buildings that survived the fire of 1752.	1730 baroque

Monument ensembles

Surname	assigned structures	description	image
Entire facility "bath complex"	Waldstrasse (1–22), Goetheallee (1–39), Scheffelstrasse (2–16), Alter Kurpark, Lessingpark, Bad Bahnhof, Café Diana	The "bath complex" comprises the core of the Ilmenau spa district , a villa colony from the 19th century. Back then, Ilmenau was a spa, so many representative villas and small parks were built here.
Ensemble Homburger Platz / Karl-Liebknecht-Straße	Homburger Platz (1–8; 11), Karl-Liebknecht-Straße (2–18, even numbers [south side]), Gabelsbergerstraße (2)	This ensemble was created relatively simultaneously in the first ten years of the 20th century. It consists of tenement houses, which are characterized by typical historic facade ornamentation. There are also free-standing apartment buildings in Art Nouveau style on Homburger Platz.
Complete city culture house	Festival hall, park café, city park	The festival hall was built in 1938 and the city park was created at the same time. It is a typical National Socialist architecture with simple but massive ornamentation. The city park got its design in GDR times.
Entire facility Fischerhütte	Fisherman's hut and outbuildings	The Fischerhütte in Langewiesener Straße is the last remaining Ilmenau glassworks.
Entire cemetery complex	Cemetery (Erfurter Strasse)	The cemetery includes the typical buildings (church, funeral hall, etc.) as well as many historical graves from the 18th and 19th centuries. Century.
Monument ensemble "Core City Ilmenau"	inner old town area	The core city is the city center between Erfurter Straße in the north, Münzstraße in the east, Mühlgraben in the south and Wenzelsberg or Rasen in the west.

Cultural monuments that no longer exist

These are structures that were entered in the list of monuments in 1999, but are no longer available.

address	description	image
Erfurter Strasse	The old stone bridge over the railway line has since been demolished and replaced by a new one.
Karl-Zink-Strasse 31	The residential building from the 19th century was last vacant after it housed both apartments and classrooms from the Karl-Zink-Schule up until the 1990s. The demolition took place around 2008. Today the property is part of the school yard of the Pestalozzi School.
Poststrasse 16 and 18	The buildings were initially part of a toy factory, then were converted into residential buildings and were empty after reunification. Around 2005 they were demolished and replaced by new residential buildings. Building no. 16 cites the tower-like central building of its predecessor.

source

The list refers to a representation in the official bulletin of the Ilm district, edition 2/1999. It is pointed out that the registration of monuments in Ilmenau has not yet been completed.