Market hall (Braunschweig)

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Site of the former market hall, as it was in 2017 (still enclosed by three old walls)
Market tavern, condition 2004
Aerial view of the market hall and the palace in June 1945
Location of the market hall

The urban market hall in Braunschweig was on a back lot, north of Hagen market in the precincts of Hagen . The hall was used from 1897 to 1976, and to a limited extent until 1985. After being badly damaged in World War II , the site is currently used as a parking lot for around 155 vehicles.

history

The market hall was opened on October 1, 1897. In this context, the weekly market on the Hagenmarkt was already closed on September 28, 1897 .

The construction of the market hall began in 1895. For this, the Oker or the castle mill moat was probably piped in this area beforehand. The 100 m long, 40 m wide and 7.3 m high covered market hall for 128 permanent stalls was built on various plots according to plans by the Brunswick architects Ludwig Winter and Max Osterloh . So in the large garden of the Palais von Schleinitz and the house of the Braunschweig merchant family Huch (Hagenmarkt 13), as well as parts of the Wendenstrasse and Werder . The Schleinitz Palace was sold by the Huchs in 1886 and came into the hands of the city. To allow access to the market hall, a passage through the dales was created on the ground floor of the palace. In addition to this main entrance, there was another entrance on the north side over the Werder. The facade of the market hall consisted of unplastered red brick walls, which stood on a base made of natural stone. The walls were glazed white on the inside up to a height of 2.30 meters. The hall was spanned by a steel roof structure, which was largely interrupted by glass surfaces. On the west side there was a 100 m long windowed facade. There was no upper floor and there was a 1000 m² cellar in the southwest corner. In the fragmented old town, the hall was one of the largest structures. During the "inflation riots" in the city on August 12, 1922, the market hall was also looted.

The market hall, especially its roof, was damaged by the numerous air raids in World War II, especially the bombing of October 15, 1944 . In the post-war period the hall remained without a roof and with partially dismantled side walls. These were gradually dismantled for reasons of stability. The roof structure was completely dismantled. In the hall there were then small, roofed, massive market stalls, with which market operations could be maintained again from 1947. The front building on Hagenmarkt had been badly damaged and was therefore torn down. This gave the market hall an entrance from the Hagenmarkt.

At the beginning of the 1970s, the market decreased noticeably, so in 1975 there were only 30 stands. At the beginning of June 1976, the previous operation of the market hall was discontinued. In order to be able to organize a weekly market there in the future, which until then had been held on the Werder, redesign work began. The shops were torn down. Only a few shops remained on the walls. On September 22, 1976 the area was reopened. Outside of the weekly market, the courtyard has since been used for parking. When the Hagenmarkt and the Hagenbrücke were built in the late 1970s, direct access to the Hagenmarkt was built and a new passage was created in the form of a passage from the Hagenbrücke to the market hall, which also led to a decline in sales. The weekly market was operated there until April 1985 and moved back to Werder on April 27th. The remaining stalls were also torn down, but the market tavern remained until 2007. In the spring of 2000, the weekly market was relocated again from Werder to the square in front of the Alte Waage . Since the closure of the market hall, the area has been used entirely as a public car park. On February 1, 1989, Braunschweig's first parking ticket machine went into operation there.

In 2008 there were plans to build a sports hall on the market hall area. However, the plans were not implemented. For a long time, the desire for a new market hall for Braunschweig has been expressed, but no plans in this direction have been implemented so far. Various new locations were proposed as well as the construction of a market hall at the old location.

literature

Web links

Commons : Markthalle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Pingel: Market hall. P. 153.
  2. ↑ City Council: template 3175/00, laying the weekly market Werder to the old scale
  3. ^ Braunschweiger Zeitung : New market hall at the old location - politics favors the Great Court

Remarks

  1. ↑ See for example: Ricarda Huch and Rudolf Huch .

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 5.4 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 21.6 ″  E