Maxhaus
The Maxhaus is a Catholic meeting place and event location in Düsseldorf . The building is located at Schulstrasse 11 in the Carlstadt district . It is named after the neighboring Maxkirche , with which it forms a building complex.
Building history
Originally this was baroque brick building a monastery of the Franciscans . It was built on the citadel , a 16th century bastion of the city of Düsseldorf, and completed in 1661. The land on which the fortress governor von Norprath's estate was previously located was given to the Franciscans by Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg after he had given them permission to settle in Düsseldorf in 1651. The measure of the Catholic converted belief sovereign was aimed, as well as in its countries in the capital of the duchies of Jülich-Berg , the recatholicization promote (→ Counter-Reformation ). In addition to the monastery, the monastery church of St. Antonius was built in a simple Franciscan style between 1662 and 1668 , as the predecessor of today's baroque church of St. Maximilian (Maxkirche). The monastery building and church were already in disrepair in 1724, which was due in particular to the difficult building site. In addition, the church had become too small for the growing population. Therefore, the monastery complex was renovated and expanded until 1737. As part of this, a hexagonal turret with a bell tower was erected on the roof of the church. Elector Karl III. Philip of the Palatinate had made the former ducal orangery available to the order for the expansion and expansion of its monastery complex . In the course of the Seven Years' War , five hundred soldiers were quartered in the monastery in 1756, and they were deployed in the Battle of Krefeld in 1758 . It then served as a hospital for 1,800 wounded until 1760 ; after that, the monastery and church were again in need of renovation.
With the secularization , the building lost its function as a monastery in 1803 and parts were converted into a school, which Heinrich Heine attended from 1807 to 1814 . From 1805 the physicist, geodesist and publicist Johann Friedrich Benzenberg worked there as a professor of physics and astronomy. When the Düsseldorf Lyceum was relocated to the new building on Alleestraße in 1833 , the municipal secondary school opened here on Citadellstraße in 1838 . The monastery church, which the sovereign Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria had also been given by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and which he initially wanted to sell, was rededicated as the parish church of St. Maximilian due to an intervention by the citizens of Düsseldorf. The Electoral Palatinate Academy of Painters, Sculpture and Architecture was temporarily housed in the monastery building. Other parts of the monastery were converted into apartments. Franz Grashof , co-founder of the Association of German Engineers, was born there in 1826 . Pastor Jääsch , who became known as Düsseldorf prison pastor and city original, lived for a long time in the former monastery complex. During the Second World War the buildings including the Maxkirche were damaged. After the war damage had been repaired, the complex could continue to be used.
In 1999 the decision was made to convert the former monastery building into a meeting and event location. Due to the preservation of historical monuments, the extensive renovation dragged on for around six years. A striking feature of the redesign is the complete roofing of the inner courtyard within the cloister with an open construction made of glass and steel, similar to that in the nearby estate that was converted five years earlier . The complex, now known as the Maxhaus - Katholisches Stadthaus in Düsseldorf , was reopened on September 22, 2006 and has since won several architecture prizes.
Building description
In Nice old Düsseldorf , Heinz Peters mentions the refectory of the monastery, which deserves special attention because of its excellent stucco ceiling. The detail of the stucco ceiling in the Antoniussaal shows a “cyclical representation, only north of the Alps, from the life of St. Anthony of Padua. A scene from the legend of St. Anthony of Padua: Anthony raises a dead man to life as a witness ”. The work is attributed to the school around the Italian plasterers based in Düsseldorf. Josef Kleesattel describes this in the picture in Alt-Düsseldorf as follows:
“A special art treasure [...] is the baroque stucco ceiling of a room in the former Franciscan monastery (now a primary school). It is wonderful to see with what extraordinary skill, with what great taste the figurative representations and the ornamental additions to the ceiling have been treated. On the other hand, it is regrettable that this room is used for gymnastics purposes, as it has suffered and lost tremendously when the gymnastics equipment was installed. "
As part of the 2003-2006 renovation, the stucco ceiling in the Antoniussaal (ground floor, south wing of the Maxhaus), which is now used as the parish hall of the St. Maximilian Church , was extensively restored:
Architecture awards
A jury of the Association of German Architects (BDA) in Düsseldorf awarded the renovation as part of the “Award for Good Buildings 2010 of the BDA Düsseldorf” with a “Recognition” and evaluated a. a .: "The harmonious interplay of historical substance and modern architectural elements is pleasant."
The Ministry of Economics, Energy, Building, Housing and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Chamber of Architects honored the converted Maxhaus in the series "Exemplary Buildings of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 2010" and judged: "The additions and interventions by contemporary architecture show one courageous, modern handling of church buildings and demonstrate the potential in handling church architecture in an exemplary and inspiring way ".
Finally, in May 2011, the Düsseldorf Architects and Engineers Association (AIV) named the Maxhaus “Building of the Year 2010”. The press release quotes the AIV chairman Thomas Fürst: “The concept and execution are able to convey the dialogue between old and new in an extremely harmonious manner. Without making concessions to fashionable tendencies, the Maxhaus creates a temporal link between past, present and future. "
program
As a Catholic town house in Düsseldorf , the Maxhaus is increasingly aimed at the public and offers a gastronomic, artistic and musical program in addition to a religious one. During the day, a “Klosterhof Bistro ” is operated in the covered inner courtyard of the Maxhaus on weekdays .
Exhibitions
The permanent exhibition The Hidden Monastery was set up in the basement of the building, presenting the history of the building of the monastery and the history of the Franciscans in Düsseldorf. In addition, there are temporary exhibitions by various artists on the first floor of the cloister.
music
Concerts are held in the covered cloister courtyard of the Maxhaus as part of the series “Bach inspires” and “Jazz im Maxhaus”. The jazz series was launched after participating in the Düsseldorf Jazz Rally 2011 due to the great popularity of the audience.
religion
In Maxhaus since 1961 by find Carl Klinkhammer launched Düsseldorf Wednesday talks held at which current and theologically sound presentations will be held from different areas of theology. In addition, the Servitinnen offer a varied program, which also includes retreats and meditative dances. Participation in the night of the open church and other events round off the program.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maxhaus, Katholisches Stadthaus in Düsseldorf (ed.): The hidden monastery , brochure on the building history of the Maxhaus, undated
- ^ E. Rothert: History of the Realgymnasium. Foundation of the Düsseldorfer Realschule , in a commemorative publication for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Realgymnasium on May 28, 1838 , Voss, Düsseldorf, 1888, p. 3
- ^ Hugo Weidenhaupt: From the French to the Prussian times. In: Hugo Weidenhaupt: Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Schwann in Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-491-34222-8 , volume 2, page 397.
- ^ A b Heinz Peters: Beautiful old Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf 1960 ², No. 60.
- ^ Josef Kleesattel, Alt-Düsseldorf im Bild, Düsseldorf 1909, page 9.
- ^ Award of good buildings by the BDA Düsseldorf 2010. Jury and list of winners of the Association of German Architects (BDA) North Rhine-Westphalia . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 16, 2016 ; Retrieved April 2, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Maxhaus - Catholic town house in Düsseldorf. Internet article by the Association of German Architects (BDA) North Rhine-Westphalia . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved April 2, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Award for exemplary buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia 2010. Documentation from the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Building, Housing and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (PDF, 9.85 MB). December 9, 2010, p. 72 , accessed April 2, 2012 .
- ^ Building of the year 2010: The Maxhaus. (PDF; 29 kB) Press release from the Düsseldorf Architects and Engineers Association (PDF, 28 KB). (No longer available online.) May 5, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 2, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Internet site of the Servites
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 24.2 " N , 6 ° 46 ′ 16.2" E