New Town Hall (Bad Kissingen)

Heussleinscher Hof, since 1929 the new town hall

The New Town Hall , formerly Heussleinscher Hof or Heussleinsches Schloss , is a former aristocratic residence built in 1709 in the Bavarian spa town of Bad Kissingen ( Rathausplatz 1 ), the major district town of the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen .

The New Town Hall is one of the Bad Kissingen architectural monuments and is registered in the Bavarian Monument List under the number D-6-72-114-81 .

history

As an inscription plaque on the gateway testifies, the "Schlettensche Kemenate", built by Christoph von Schletten and his wife Maria von Erthal, was built in 1590 at the location of today's New Town Hall. In 1634 the property became the property of the Heusslein von Eußenheim family . Heinrich Christoph Heusslein von Eußenheim (May 2, 1656 - August 31, 1719) commissioned the architect Johann Dientzenhofer to build the Heusslein Castle in 1707 , as the “Schlettensche Kemenate” no longer met his requirements. At that time, his family had a residence, which has since disappeared, around the current location of the Wahler brewery in Bachstrasse near Heussleinschen Hof. Heinrich Christoph Heusslein von Eußenheim most likely turned to Dientzenhofer on the recommendation or perhaps even on the mediation of his cousin Heinrich Freiherr von und zu der Tann.

In addition to the Ullstadt palace complex designed by Dientzenhofer, the palace built for the Heusslein von Eußenheim family is the master builder's only project for which such extensive designs have been handed down. Dietzenhofer's drafts can be divided into three stages, namely the “initial project”, the “approved project” and the “improved project”. The “initial project” includes a “plan to the main facade”, a “floor plan to the first floor” and a “floor plan to the second floor”. In the second draft, the “approved project”, the floor plans for the two floors differ most clearly from the first draft, the “initial project”, in that the main front is extended by five axes. In the third draft, the “improved project”, weaknesses in the planning of the second floor compared to the “approved project” were eliminated.

In the 1860s, lord of the castle Philipp von Heusslein reported a ghost apparition in the castle. At the same time, the Kissinger Marienkapelle , on whose chapel cemetery the family crypt was erected, is said to have been brightly lit for three nights.

When the Eußenheim family died out after the death of Baron Karl Heusslein von Eußenheim, the names and coats of arms of the von Lochner and von Heusslein families were merged by decree by King Ludwig II . The decree was based on an application by Christian von Lochner on November 1, 1870. In the 1880s, the flat dormers were replaced by gable-shaped dormer windows and the attic rooms on the second floor were expanded. In 1887 the estate was visited by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck , who took a lot of pleasure in the baroque cabinet by the lord of the palace, Christian von Lochner, which was set up by the outside staircase.

Under Christian von Lochner's son Karl von Lochner, the palace was renovated in 1907 and 1908 under the direction of architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg . a. modernized with central heating and electric light. Karl von Lochner set up his own doctor's practice on the mezzanine floor of the castle wing. In this context, in 1924, he added an external staircase to the castle courtyard, which no longer exists today, in order to save time in emergencies. In 1908 the garden had to give way to a newly built apartment building called the “New Castle”. In 1920 the castle cellar was expanded into today's wine bar.

Stumbling block for Otto Goldstein

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the castle was visited by personalities such as Daniela von Bülow (accompanied by Janusz Radziwiłł ), Raoul Koczalski , Max Reger and Hermine von Schoenaich-Carolath .

When Karl Lochner died on December 24, 1927, the coat of arms stone is said to have jumped out of its old signet ring and broken in two; In addition, the wound pocket watch is said to have stopped on the bedside table at 3:15 p.m., the time of death. Since his widow Bertha von Lochner was unable to keep the castle and her children were about to leave the city to study, she sold the property to the city in the spring of 1928. This was looking for a new town hall for the administration of Bad Kissingen, which had been growing in the present old town hall.

During the Nazi era, Otto Goldstein was expelled from the city council in April 1933 because of his Jewish origins and committed suicide in August 1933. A stumbling block in front of the town hall reminds of him .

In 1962 the property at Rathausplatz 4 (formerly Füllbach'scher Hof ), and in 1976 the former rectory at Rathausplatz 2 was converted into an annex to the town hall.

Owner and owner of the castle

Owner and owner of the *Heussleinschen Hof*
Heinrich Christoph Heusslein von Eußenheim (born May 28, 1656; died August 31, 1719); married to Maria Charlotte Wilhelmine von Rothenhan (born 1699; died 1756)
Heinrich Hartmann Ignaz Donat Heusslein von Eußenheim (born February 17, 1720; died May 1788); married to Josepha Veronica Amalia Veronika von Münster (born [probably] 1715; died 1767)
Adam Joseph Maria Valentin Donat Heusslein von Eußenheim (born 1755; died November 11, 1830); married to Therese Philippine von Mauchenheim, called Bechtolsheim
Philipp Heinrich Christoph Aloys Donat Heusslein von Eußenheim (born June 28, 1808; died August 7, 1870); married to Mathilde Caroline von Syberg (born June 7, 1819; died 1887)
Adelheid Mathilde Philippina Heusslein von Eußenheim (born 1837; died 1907); married to Christian Anton Josef Justin Philipp Lochner von Hüttenbach
Karl Lochner von Heusslein, called Heusslein von Eußenheim (born 1868; died December 24, 1927); married to Bertha Elisabeth Zilliken (born 1886; died May 1978)
(since 1928) City of Bad Kissingen

literature

supporting documents

Hans-Jürgen Beck, Rudolf Walter: Jewish life in Bad Kissingen . Published by the city of Bad Kissingen, Bad Kissingen 1st edition: 1990
Denis André Chevalley, Stefan Gerlach: City of Bad Kissingen (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VI.75 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-87490-577-2 , p. 82 f .
Georg Dehio : Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bavaria I: Franconia: The administrative districts of Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia: BD I , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin, 2nd, revised and supplemented edition, 1999, p. 70
The (new) town hall of Bad Kissingen , in: Thomas Ahnert, Peter Weidisch (ed.): 1200 years Bad Kissingen, 801–2001, facets of a town's history . Festschrift for the anniversary year and accompanying volume for the exhibition of the same name. Special publication of the Bad Kissingen city archive. Verlag TA Schachenmayer, Bad Kissingen 2001, ISBN 3-929278-16-2 , p. 172f.
Bad Kissingen (ed.), Benno Dichtel: When the town hall was still a castle. From the history of a Franconian noble family - a family member remembers, edition version 06, Nov. 2012
Werner Bartsch: The town hall in Bad Kissingen - Johann Dientzenhofer's planning for Heussleinschen Castle , Bad Kissinger archive writings, ed. by Peter Weidisch, Volume 3, Michael-Imhof-Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86568-674-9

Web links

Commons : Rathaus Bad Kissingen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

New town hall Bad Kissingen . In: BadKissingen.de
New town hall Bad Kissingen . In: Bad-Kissingen.Bayern-online.de
Bernhard Peter: The New Town Hall of Bad Kissingen (Heussleinscher Hof) . In: Welt-der-Wappen.de

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Denis André Chevalley, Stefan Gerlach: City of Bad Kissingen (= Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments [ed.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VI.75 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-87490-577-2 , p. 84 f .
↑ Bad Kissingen (ed.), Benno Dichtel: When the town hall was still a castle. From the history of a Franconian noble family - a family member remembers, edition version 06, Nov. 2012, p. 58f.

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[Chevalley-84-1] A ^b Denis André Chevalley, Stefan Gerlach: City of Bad Kissingen (= Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments [ed.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VI.75 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-87490-577-2 , p. 84 f .

[2] Bad Kissingen (ed.), Benno Dichtel: When the town hall was still a castle. From the history of a Franconian noble family - a family member remembers, edition version 06, Nov. 2012, p. 58f.