Mettinger Strasse 46 (Esslingen)
The Villa Mettinger Straße 46 in Esslingen am Neckar is a historicist building .
History and description
Government architect Gustav Eisele built the villa for Karl Kugel in neo-Renaissance style in 1896 . The basement and ground floor of the villa, which is built on the hillside on the north side of Mettinger Straße, are solidly built and plastered, the upper floors have ornamental frameworks. A stand bay emphasizes the “old German” style of the building; its corners are adorned with pillars and pilasters , its parapet with family arms. The original stained glass windows on the ground floor of the stand bay window have been preserved. At the top, the bay window is closed by an arbor with a cantilevered hip roof over a half-timbered arch. At the rear of the villa, whose nested floor plan is designed to create a picturesque effect, there are two tower-like parts of the building with pointed tent roofs and weather vanes .
literature
Andrea Steudle et al., Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 1.2.1. City of Esslingen am Neckar , Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0834-6 , p. 190
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 35.6 " N , 9 ° 17 ′ 47.1" E