Union Exhibition Center

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Union Exhibition Center (1924)

The Union Messehaus was an exhibition building of the Leipziger Messe , which occupied the west side of the street Am Hallischen Tor and continued around the corner on Richard-Wagner-Straße .

history

The Union exhibition center was built in 1923 and 1924. The plans came from the Leipzig architects Kleitz & Zimmer. The building owner was the Aktiengesellschaft Meßhaus Union AG , founded in 1921 . The buildings that were demolished for the Union exhibition center were the Börsen Café (No. 1), the Hotel Goldenes Sieb (No. 3, first mentioned in 1599) and the Gasthof Halber Mond (No. 5, possibly after Halleschen ) at Hallisches Tor City arms named).

The previous buildings

The first exhibitors were the toy, Christmas tree decorations and joke article industries, as well as the metal goods, household and kitchen appliances, strollers, wicker and artificial flowers industries.

The house was badly damaged in the air raid on Leipzig on December 4, 1943 , and the part on Richard-Wagner-Strasse was totally destroyed. The part at the Hallisches Tor could already be used again for the spring fair in 1948. From now on, furniture and lights were exhibited here.

In 1968 the furniture fair moved to Hall 15 on the site of the Technical Fair , because the Union exhibition center was demolished in order to build three ten-story apartment blocks between Brühl and Richard-Wagner-Straße. From 2007 these had to give way to the courtyards at Brühl .

architecture

The Union Exhibition Center was a reinforced concrete structure with six storeys in its side wings. The rounded connecting part was only five storeys high due to the larger storeys. In contrast to the plastered side wings, it was clad with natural stone. Ornamental architectural decorations and groups of windows slightly curved outwards between struts created a lively facade. The wing after the Hallisches Tor had allegorical figures on the first floor and eight gables above. On the unadorned wing facing Richard-Wagner-Strasse, continuous window sills created a horizontal structure.

literature

  • Peter Schwarz: Millennial Leipzig . From the beginning of the 20th century to the present. 1st edition. tape 3 . Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-945027-13-4 , pp. 56 .
  • Werner Starke: At the Halle Gate . In: The Leipzig trade fair buildings , Leipziger Messeamt ​​1962

Web links

Commons : Messehaus Union  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b share of the Messhaus Union AG. Retrieved October 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Ernst Müller: The house names of old Leipzig . (Writings of the Association for the History of Leipzig, Volume 15). Leipzig 1931, reprint Ferdinand Hirt 1990, ISBN 3-7470-0001-0 , p. 32
  3. ^ Peter Schwarz: The millennial Leipzig . From the beginning of the 20th century to the present. 1st edition. tape 3 . Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-945027-13-4 , pp. 192/193 (map) .
  4. ↑ Leipzig for the third time. In: Spiegel online, March 6, 1948. Retrieved October 24, 2018 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 37.3 "  N , 12 ° 22 ′ 35.9"  E