Lodge house Altenburg
The Logenhaus Altenburg is a 1804-built meeting hall in Altenburg , locust trench 12. It stands as a single monument under monument protection .
history
There has been a Masonic Lodge in Altenburg since 1742. She called herself " Archimedes to the three drawing boards " . From 1802 she had the existing box house on Johannisgraben built by the architect Heinrich Wilhelm Schmidt . It was inaugurated in 1804.
In the 19th century the lodge had up to 170 members. With the income obtained from membership fees, it primarily promoted social causes, including in favor of the Altenburg high school , the community school, the boys 'and girls' school and the child custody facility. Over 30 foundations and numerous non-profit associations were established in the lodge house.
In 1935 the lodge was dissolved by the National Socialists. During the GDR era , the property was owned by the city of Altenburg and, after the fall of the Wall, belonged to the technical college for social education.
The Grand Lodge of the Old Free and Accepted Masons of Germany , based in Berlin, has been the owner of the house since 1992 . She had the house renovated as a modern event venue and since 1999 she has also tried to re-establish the Altenburg Freemason tradition. Today the house is managed by Logenhaus Altenburg GmbH in Starkenberg .
architecture
The building is a single-storey hall building with nine window axes, arranged parallel to the street, and provided with a large hipped roof. The entrance is preceded by a two-storey central projection with four Tuscan half-columns, entablature and gable . In the pediment there is a relief with a figure of the seated Archimedes and an inscription with the last words ascribed to him: "NOLI TURBARE CIRCULOS" . The interior of the house from the construction period has been partially preserved.
Foundations and associations established in the lodge house
- Schönherr Foundation (1808)
- von Trützler Scholarship Foundation (1856)
- Lorenz's pen (1861)
- Dörffel Foundation (1882)
- Gnüchtel Foundation (1894)
- Bechstein Foundation (1894)
- Literary Society Altenburg eV
- Pomological Society eV
- Arts and Crafts Association Altenburg eV
- History and Antiquity Research Society of the Osterland eV
- Beekeeping Association Altenburg eV
- Savings Bank Association Altenburg eV "
literature
- Dehio-Vereinigung eV: Handbook of German Art Monuments: Thuringia, edit. by Achim Hubel and Stephanie Eißing, Dt. Kunstverlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-422-03050-6 , p. 23.
Web links
- Website of the Logenhaus Altenburg GmbH
- Johannis Masonic Lodge. In: loge-altenburg.de. Retrieved April 30, 2018 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 5.9 ″ N , 12 ° 25 ′ 44.7 ″ E