Olivandenhof

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Olivandenhof - southeast view (August 2008).

Olivandenhof is the name of a shopping arcade in Cologne's old town north , on the corner of Zeppelinstrasse 9 and Richmodstrasse 10.

Previous buildings

The origin of the name “Olivandenhof” is controversial. Since 1286 the "domus ad olvont" is mentioned for the first time at the place in today's Streitzeuggasse ("Stritgaß") / Am alten Posthof, it is called "Olunt" in 1290, in 1291 the house "Olvunde" (to the elephant) is acquired for the first time, but it is also called “ad camelum” (to the camel). The purchase of the house was financed by the beggar Johann von der Greekspforte and Jakob von Schlebusch. Since 1291 the Begardenkonvent has been called "Haus zur Olvunde" (zume Oluünde), from which the name Olivengasse is derived. In 1299 the convent "zum Olvunde" was moved into. According to another opinion, the building had a camel as a symbol, which is called "Olivant" in Low German; therefore it was called "zum Oliphant" or "Olvunden". There are indications that the monastery was in the possession of the Knights Templar , which was dissolved in March 1312 , and that it was then transferred to a brotherhood of St. Margareta passed over. The brothers "zur Olvhunde" settled here as early as 1311, and in 1328 the Begardenkonvent adopted the third order rule of Francis ; around 1550 only one brother lived in the house. This was followed by a sound shift of the monastery name from "Olipunde" to "Olipanden".

Olivandenhof (1914)

Since June 28, 1589 the monastery " Conventus ad olivas" of the Franciscan Observants existed , which also had a sacrament chapel, called " Portiuncula Chapel". The Cologne organ builder Ludwig König installed an organ for the monastery from 1753–1755 on behalf of the “Franciscaneren Recollecten ad Olivas binnen Collen”, a sign that the monastery was still inhabited. The monastery was dissolved during the French period as part of the secularization in 1802, served as a flat for veterans until 1813 and was rededicated as a grain store in 1816; the other buildings served as barracks from 1818. From 1910 the buildings had to give way to the breakthrough in Zeppelinstrasse. In 1912 Hermann Eberhard Pflaume jr. (1869–1921) the previous building of today's Olivandenhof, completed in 1913, an energetically profiled building whose fragments damaged by the war moved into the May furniture store in 1945.

New building as a shopping center

On behalf of the new property owner, Colonia-Versicherung , Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partner designed a new building in 1986 for building costs of 80 million DM, which included parts of the facade of the previous building that had been destroyed in the war, using the preserved building drawing for the "Olivandenhof". The building, which opened on September 29, 1988, features a glass dome with an oval atrium, which is crossed by 12 escalators . The sales area of ​​9,507 m² (of which 7,500 m² is retail space, the rest is office space), spread over 4 floors, is Cologne's smallest shopping center. It offers space for 46 retail and catering businesses.

A footbridge connects the Olivandenhof with the Karstadt department store opposite at a height of 12.50 meters and a length of 68 meters. There is also a glass roof between the two buildings over Zeppelinstrasse.

Since June 1998 Colonia Lebensversicherung has been carrying out renovations at a construction cost of DM 21 million. A basement level with 12 new shops, connections to the neighboring Neumarkt-Galerie and Karstadt were added and the number of escalators was halved to 6. After the renovation work was completed, the Olivandenhof reopened on September 24, 1998.

Between September 1992 and July 2007 the private radio RPR1 was in the Olivandenhof and then moved to the “ Capitol-Kino ” on Friesenplatz .

Conversion as a commercial building

Under the architect Prof. Moths Architekten, the planning and construction was carried out from 2004 to 2006 from a shopping center to a commercial building for the outdoor clothing retailer Globetrotter gear . For this purpose, all escalators were removed and replaced by a spacious staircase that acts as a resting point through jungle noises. The atrium in the middle of the building has been converted into a pool where water sports equipment can be tested. An unusual adventure world with a climbing wall, a rain and cold chamber and a plunge pool enables the outdoor items to be tested by means of adventure shopping. The opening took place in March 2006 and with 7,000 m² it is the largest outdoor specialist store in Europe.

  • Olivandenhof - southwest view (August 2008) with new and old buildings

  • Olivandenhof - Am alten Posthof / Zeppelinstrasse (May 2011)

  • Olivandenhof - lettering on the south side, Am Alten Posthof (August 2008)

  • Olivandenhof - Atrium Globetrotter (August 2006)

  • Olivandenhof east entrance Jack Wolfskin

Change of manager and owner after 1996

In July 1996 the ECE Projektmanagement GmbH took over the administration, in October 2004 the "Hans-Jürgen Kleewald Projektentwicklungs-, Vermietungs- und Center Management GmbH" (Mönchengladbach-Rheydt) took over the facility management . Colonia-Lebensversicherung (now AXA Investment Managers Germany ) sold the Olivandenhof in December 2006 to the "Fonds K / S Olivandenhof Cologne" of Kristensen Properties A / S ( Aalborg ), which in turn sold it in October 2012 to "HIH Hamburgische Immobilien Handlung GmbH "was sold.

Location and importance

The Olivandenhof is located directly between the Breite Straße , Schildergasse and Neumarkt shopping centers and covers the triangle of the streets Zeppelinstraße 9 / Richmodstraße 10 / Am alten Posthof 3. The roofing of the Zeppelinstraße between Olivandenhof and Karstadt, which was installed at a height of 20 meters, was the first roofing of a street in Germany. Zeppelinstrasse has been a traffic-free pedestrian zone from September 1988 to Neumarkt . Underground entrances connect the Olivandenhof with the Neumarkt, the underground station there and Karstadt. The light rail Cologne serves the Olivandenhof by the subway station Neumarkt and appellhofplatz . It is home to Europe's largest outdoor specialist shop.

Web links

Commons : Olivandenhof  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Schützeichel / Rolf Bergmann / Heinrich Tiefenbach / Lothar Voetz, words and names: research history , 1987, p. 1453
  2. ↑ Helga Johag, The Relationships Between Clergy and Citizenship in Cologne between 1250 and 1350 , Volumes 103-104, 1977, p. 101
  3. ^ Hugo Stehkämper, Citizens and Churches in Cologne in the High Middle Ages , 2007, p. 137
  4. ↑ Helmut Signon , all roads led through Cologne , 2006, p 273
  5. ^ Eva Gertrud Neumann, Rheinisches Beginen- und Begardenwesen , 1960, p. 135
  6. ↑ Ludwig Röhrscheid, Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine , 1907, p. 55
  7. ^ Ferdinand Schöningh, Sources and Research from the Field of History , Volume 7, 1899, p. 201
  8. ↑ Chronik Köln 1997, p. 173
  9. ↑ Jürgen Wilhelm, Das Große Köln-Lexikon , p. 339
  10. ^ Paul Marie Guillaume Joseph de Wit / Hermann Karl Anton Matzke, Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau , Volume 49, 1928, p. 4
  11. ↑ Kölnischer Geschichtsverein, Jahrbuch , Volume 23, 1941, p. 44
  12. ↑ Gunter Quarg, Heidelbergiae nunc Coloniae , 1998, p. 13
  13. ^ Geographical Institute of the University of Cologne, Kölner Geografischearbeiten , Edition 82, 2004, p. 7
  14. ↑ http://www.moths-architekten.de/56-0-Globetrotter-Koeln.html (accessed on December 27, 2017)
  15. ↑ http://globetrotter-magazin.de/magazinartikel/globetrotter-koeln-die-dritte-dimension
  16. ↑ Time online from December 31, 1999, You can experience something there
  17. ↑ Der Baumeister, Journal for Architecture, Planning, Environment , Volume 85, 1988, p. 9

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 16.4 "  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 53.3"  E