Lodge house Ferdinand for happiness

Lodge house

The Logenhaus Ferdinand zur Glückseligkeit is a listed building in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

It is located in Magdeburg's old town at Weitlingstrasse 1a on the corner of Weitlingstrasse and Julius-Bremer-Strasse.

Architecture and history

The three-storey plastered box house was built in 1902 based on a design by the architect Herz as a representative box house for the Masonic lodge Ferdinand zur Glückseligkeit . At its southwest corner there is a stair tower with a flat tail hood. The facade of the first floor is rusticated. The hall building facing Weitlingstrasse has a pilaster structure and high, large, two-part windows that are closed off in the form of lunettes . The stucco decor is designed in Baroque forms of Art Nouveau .

In 1933 the lodge was banned by the National Socialist regime . The house was sold to the city of Magdeburg and was used by the Magdeburg city library from 1934 . In 1998 the library moved to its new location on the Breite Weg.

In the local register of monuments , the building is listed under number 094 81870 as a connection house.

literature

• Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , page 549 f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , Magdeburg.pdf, page 2610

Coordinates: 52 ° 7 '59.8 "  N , 11 ° 38' 27.9"  E