Mendelssohnruhe

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Mendelssohnrest with memorial stone

The Mendelssohnruhe is a memorial in honor of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847) in Frankfurt am Main . The memorial stone with bronze plaque donated in 1909 is in the Frankfurt city forest . He recalls a festival held there in July 1839 in honor of Mendelssohn Bartholdy, during which some of his choral works were premiered .

location

The Mendelssohnruhe is somewhat isolated from roads open to public traffic on a forest path in the Oberwald, called the eastern part of the Frankfurt city forest. The village is located in the district of the south of the Main river located district of Sachsenhausen . The memorial is located there near the Oberschweinstiege, on the Rindspfad in Gewann 81, between Welschem Weg and Isenburger Schneise . The location is about halfway between the Jacobi pond, which was built in the 20th century, in the north and the northern city limits of Neu-Isenburg in the south of the location.

history

In July 1839, Frankfurt citizens held a festival in the city forest in honor of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The composer is said to have been inspired to some of his compositions by taking walks in the city forest, including singing some of the six songs laid out as three song cycles outdoors (→ works for mixed choir or solo ensemble by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy ) . Several of these songs were premiered by a choir at the celebration in the forest . The composer took part in the festival himself and reported about it later in letters.

Bronze plaque on the memorial stone

To commemorate the event, the Jeanrenaud family , family of Mendelssohn's wife Cécile Charlotte Sophie Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1817-1853), donated a memorial stone in 1909 - a boulder made of syenite , almost one meter high , which was also contributed by an unknown artist a brick base and a bronze plaque with an inscription. The inscription on the plaque attached to the memorial stone reads: "In memory of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy [,] in whose honor a festival was celebrated here in July 1839 by Frankfurt families."

The Mendelssohnruhe was destroyed in 1934, during the time of National Socialism , and the memorial stone was buried on the spot by forest workers. In 1948, after the end of World War II , the stone was dug up again and the memorial was restored on site.

Transport links

Due to its location on an unpaved path in the middle of the forest, the Mendelssohnruhe can only be reached directly on foot, by bike or on horseback. The nearest stop on tram line 17 is Oberschweinstiege . From there the Welscher Weg leads south-east towards Neu-Isenburg. The first forest path that branches off diagonally to the right in a southerly direction leads directly past the Mendelssohnruhe. The distance to be covered is about one kilometer. The next parking lot is about one kilometer northwest of the Mendelssohnruhe on a side path of the Isenburg aisle . A contrast to the name of the memorial ("rest") is the fact that, depending on the wind direction, aircraft noise from the entry and exit lanes of Frankfurt Airport can be heard there.

literature

  • Frank Berger, Christian Setzepfandt : 101 non-locations in Frankfurt . Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt 2011. ISBN 978-3-7973-1248-8
  • City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (Ed.): The Green Belt Leisure Card . 7th edition, 2011

Web links

Commons : Mendelssohnruhe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ^ A b Die Mendelssohnruhe on the website kunst-im-oefflichen-raum-frankfurt.de
  2. ↑ a b City of Frankfurt am Main, Environment Agency (ed.): The Green Belt Leisure Card
  3. ^ Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed three song cycles between 1834 and 1843 with the title Six Songs to Sing in the Open (op. 41, 48 and 59). It is not known which of these songs were premiered at the celebration in the Frankfurt city forest; the cycle op.48, dated 1839, the year of the celebration, comes into question most likely.
  4. ↑ Berger, Setzepfandt: 101 Unorte in Frankfurt, p. 16 f.
  5. ↑ The text on the bronze plaque is set in the standard font DIN 1451 developed during the 1920s (typeface Engschrift ). This rules out that the plaque on the memorial stone is the original donated in 1909.
  6. ↑ a b Mendelssohnruhe at par.frankfurt.de , the former website of the city of Frankfurt am Main

Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 56.6 ″  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 9.8 ″  E