Marstall (Coburg)
The former Marstall stands in the Upper Franconian town of Coburg on Schlossplatz , east of Ehrenburg . The Marstall is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian Monument List.
The building was built between 1685 and 1690 during the reign of Duke Albrecht III. and housed a horse stable, a coach house and a riding hall with spectator galleries. Parts of the outer city wall formed the base of the building. Over the centuries the elongated mansard roof has been redesigned several times. In 1835 Ernst I. had the length of the Marstall at the southern end reduced by 16 to 17 meters to improve the traffic situation in front of the Steintor. From 1882 to 1885 the architect Julius Hartmann redesigned the building, which is now 106 meters long and 15 meters high. The two gables and the central gable on the west facade were given neo-renaissance forms and a vaulted ceiling with cast iron supports was inserted. In 1920 the ceiling above the cellar was raised to preserve usable cellar rooms. In addition, apartments were built. The state land surveying office has been based in the former stables since 1921. In 1981, a renovation was carried out for around 2.35 million euros, which also included the installation of the pedestrian passage at the Steintor, and repairs. From 2010 to 2012 a fundamental renovation of the office building of the land surveying office in Coburg was carried out, in the frame of which cast iron columns and a brick vault were exposed.
The building, which is aligned parallel to the Ehrenburg in a north-south direction, has three components, each with two floors.
The north wing has five round arched gates on the west side on the ground floor, which have wedge stones with the emblem E of Duke Ernst II and a ducal hat. Small, raised windows are arranged between the gates. The northern gable facade on Schlossplatz has three axes and corner pilasters . On the sandstone ground floor there are two arched windows and a central portal with a skylight . The windows on the upper floor, above a cornice , correspond in geometry and design to the east and west facades. Above a double eaves cornice, three drilled windows are arranged in the ornamental gable, a pilaster-framed dormer crowns the gable. The east facade is poorly structured and consists of bricks with sandstone inclusions.
The middle wing corresponds to the northern part in terms of storey and vertical division. In the west it has a brick facade with sandstone structures and thirteen window axes, which consists of four outer axes, a five-axis central projection with a gable and another four outer axes. The east facade has seven axes and a pronounced cornice.
The seven-axis south wing is designed similar to the north wing and is marked in the gable by an arcade for a pedestrian passage.
literature
- Peter Morsbach, Otto Titz: City of Coburg. Ensembles-Architectural Monuments-Archaeological Monuments . Monuments in Bavaria. Volume IV.48. Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-87490-590-X , p. 332
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Coordinates: 50 ° 15 '28 " N , 10 ° 58' 5.8" E