Nikolai Memorial Hall

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The memorial courtyard, also known as the Nikolai memorial hall, in 1906 to the left of the undestroyed Nikolaikapelle used by the English community, on the far left the Hölty memorial
Postcard number 28 , with an automobile , by Ludwig Hemmer
The "English Church" with the monument hall behind raised ornamental grille and walkers;
Another postcard with the number 28 from Hemmer, collotype

The Nikolai Memorial Hall in Hanover , also known simply as the Memorial Courtyard , was a building erected north of the Nikolaikapelle at the end of the 19th century to protect valuable tombs from the weather and other hazards. For this purpose, cultural history and the city's history significant grave stones and monuments in a sealable Hall translocated and could still in the area of the site of the old St. Nicholas cemetery remain. Shortly before the turn of the 20th century unfolded the activities were for a first "conscious historic preservation dealing with Nikolai cemetery, his grave times and buildings as historic, preservation worthy cultural asset ."

History and description

In 1890 the Nikolai-Stift sold its old property on the Goseriede to the city of Hanover, including the cemetery property, which had been abandoned since 1866 . As a result, the Hanoverian city gardening director Julius Trip drew up various plans from 1896 to redesign the complex into a park landscape with plants and a path that broke the previous strict symmetry and was more based on the historical tombs.

In connection with the redesign of the Nikolai cemetery into a park, the memorial courtyard was also created, which the architect Otto Lüer designed in the historicism style. The high walls of the Nikolai Memorial Hall with their sweeping canopies then encompassed a courtyard-like area that could be entered through an entrance area designed with historicizing style elements. The archway was given a special design with a wrought-iron, perspective gate grille that could be closed to protect against unauthorized access.

In the course of the construction work for the monument courtyard, the Hölty monument was also created .

Numerous valuable tombs were erected in the Nikolai Memorial Hall, including works by the Renaissance sculptors Jeremias Sutel and Peter Köster . In the possession of the Historisches Museum Hannover there are several photographs of the memorial courtyard from the period "around 1900", which show the ensemble monument in the midst of lush green plants.

In the plans of Julius Trip and Otto Lüer, as well as their implementation, as the building historian Paul Zalewski later announced, the first “responsible and considerate thinking and acting” in dealing with Hanoverian cultural assets was revealed .

The memorial hall was destroyed during the air raids on Hanover in World War II.

In the post-war period , between 1950 and 1952 , Hanns Mahrenholtz and his wife carried out a careful and thorough inventory of all the gravestones found, including copies of the inscriptions and site sketches. Finally, in 1953, the nave of the Nikolaikapelle was partially demolished : In the course of the " car- friendly city ", the plans of urban planner Rudolf Hillebrecht had widened the Goseriede for traffic planning reasons , the lanes of which, like the extended Celler Strasse, now also cover parts of the Old St. Nikolai cemetery.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Nikolai-Denkmalhalle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Paul Zalewski: News about the oldest building in Hanover. For building research on the cemetery chapel in the old town Nikolaifriedhof. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series Volume 60 (2006), pp. 265–313; here: p. 300ff., v. a. 302f.
  2. ^ Helmut Knocke : Hillebracht, Rudolf. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 295f.

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 42 "  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 54.8"  E