Mendelssohn Remise

Entrance to the Mendelssohn Remise from the inner courtyard at Jägerstrasse 51

The Mendelssohn-Remise is a former coach house of the Mendelssohn family in the Jägerstraße in Berlin district of Mitte , which now houses a permanent exhibition about the Mendelssohn family and is used for events.

history

In 1890, the Mendelssohn banking house, which has been based since 1815, built a ticket hall with brick vaults and granite pillars on the property at Jägerstraße 51, which was soon converted into a carriage for the family's vehicle fleet. The property was acquired by family member Joseph Mendelssohn in 1839 and was also used for living.

After the bank was liquidated by the National Socialists in 1938, the property had to be sold to the Reich Ministry of Finance in 1939 . The architect Max Taut fundamentally rebuilt the building in May 1948 so that it could be used by DEFA and the Film Headquarters.In the GDR era, the remise was also used as a garage and car repair shop and the originally three-story building was expanded by two floors increased. After the fall of the Wall , the building was restored in 1989, returned to the heirs of the Mendelssohn family in 1998 and then became the property of Berliner Ärzteversorgung . In 2004 the Mendelssohn Remise, restored to its original structure, was shown to the public as part of the 18th Jewish Culture Days.

In April 2015 the bronze busts of Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy by the artist Lore Plietzsch were set up in front of the Remise.

use

Panorama in the exhibition room of the Mendelssohn Remise

Today the Mendelssohn Remise is run by the Mendelssohn Society , and the permanent exhibition “The Mendelssohns in Jägerstrasse” with an excursus entitled “The Religion of the Mendelssohns” is shown there. This exhibition focuses on the history of the bank and the bankers. There are also other exhibitions and cultural events in the tradition and in the spirit of the Mendelssohn family.

The Geschwister-Mendelssohn Medal is presented to the award winners every year by the Berlin Choir Association and the Mendelssohn Society in the Mendelssohn Remise .

Since September 2013 there has been a collaboration between the Mendelssohn Chamber Choir Berlin and the Mendelssohn Society, which will include premieres of compositions from the Mendelssohn family in the Mendelssohn Remise.

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  Plaster bust of Moses Mendelssohn in the Mendelssohn coach house

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  Bronze bust of Fanny Hensel in front of the Mendelssohn Remise

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  Bronze bust of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in front of the Mendelssohn Remise

Web links

• Mendelssohn Remise , berlin.de
• Mendelssohn-Remise , mendelssohn-remise.de
• Exhibition brochure of the Jewish Culture Days for the opening of the Mendelssohn Remise 2004 (PDF; 3.0 MB), jaegerstrasse.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Season opening concert of the Mendelssohn ChamberChor Berlin - At the beginning of the collaboration with the Mendelssohn Remise , September 8, 2013, 7 p.m., accessed online on September 16, 2013
2. ↑ Newsletter of the Mendelssohn Society  ( 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. (PDF; 116 kB), August 28, 2013, Berlin, accessed online on September 16, 2013  

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 52.9 ″  N , 13 ° 23 ′ 41.6 ″  E