Moritzhof (Erfurt)
The Moritzhof is a listed residential complex built in 1921 in Erfurt's Andreasviertel and belongs to the overall structure of the old town . The building complex is kept in the Neobiedermeier style, characteristic are elements such as wide cornices , double-stepped blind arches and the fully applied external plaster.
The first plans to replace demolished houses in the Andreasviertel with new rental apartments go back to the time before the First World War to 1912. Under city planning officer Paul Peters, the city building authority presented plans in 1913 to build on the street along the southern Moritzstrasse to the Webergasse confluence as part of a concept for the renovation of the old town. The aim was to alleviate the housing shortage that resulted from the population growth in the city of Erfurt. Initially, the plans provided for a block perimeter development with two rear wings. As part of an architecture competition in 1918, the concept was changed so that the front part of Webergasse should also be included in the perimeter block development and an inner courtyard should be developed. The inner courtyard was opened up by creating an internal street running at right angles along the inner courtyard buildings with access from Webergasse and Moritzstrasse. The Moritzhof was completed in 1921 under city planning officer Johannes Klass after ten months of construction.
Today there are furnace-heated rental apartments and a few small businesses in the so far only partially renovated complex .
literature
- Mark Escherich: Urban Self-Image and Structural Representation: Architecture and Urban Development in Erfurt 1918-1933 . Lukas Verlag , Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86732-062-7 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mark Escherich: Urban self-images and structural representation. P. 86
- ↑ a b Mark Escherich: Urban self-images and structural representation. P. 85
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Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 51.8 ″ N , 11 ° 1 ′ 31.6 ″ E