Orangery (Neustrelitz)
The classical orangery , colloquially "Ora" called, in the northeastern part of the palace gardens of Neustrelitz was built in 1755 as a single-storey building and in the years 1840 to 1842 by Friedrich Wilhelm Buttel expanded to the garden salon.
In order to restore the building's symmetry, some additions from the 20th century will be demolished as part of the construction and renovation work that will run until spring 2020. A garden restaurant will be built in place of the 1973 extension. In future, sanitary rooms and toilets will be located in the basement and will be barrier-free.
Building history
The first execution of the so-called Orange House as an elongated, single-storey building by the architect Martin Seydel dates back to 1755 . Buttel received the order for the redesign from the art-loving Grand Duke Georg of Strelitz in 1840 and thus created his most important building. The Grand Duke wanted to house the collection of ancient sculptures he had brought from Rome in the new orangery. Garden parties should also be celebrated there. The brothers Alexander von Humboldt and Wilhelm von Humboldt gave suggestions for the renovation during a visit in 1840. The Grand Duke also exchanged ideas with the Berlin classicists Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Christian Daniel Rauch about the plans, so that in Buttel's execution many different ones Ideas have found their expression.
Construction and renovation work on the orangery began in 2019 and is expected to be completed in 2020. The 1973 extension and part of the 1938 extensions will be demolished to restore the building's original symmetry. A massive pergola is to be built where the extension is now and a garden restaurant with 40 seats is to be set up. The foundations of the building are to be drained and the floors are to be renovated. Sanitary rooms and toilets will in future be located in the basement and, like all other rooms, will be barrier-free and easily accessible from the halls.
Design of the orangery
The orangery is a single-storey plastered building with a total of nineteen axes and a mansard roof . The three large halls were retained when they were converted into a garden salon. The three-axis central projection was raised by one storey and provided with arched windows. It is divided into four sections on the ground floor and with double pilasters on the sides of the upper floor . A flat triangular gable forms the end . A porch with pillars and a pergola were built on the garden side. Arcades and flat niches were added to the interior of the orangery . The three large halls are kept in the Mecklenburg state colors of red, blue and yellow. A representative spatial effect is achieved through ceiling paintings and arabesques in the Pompeian style by Bernhard Wilhelm Rosendahl , arched niches and console with antique sculptures as well as reliefs by classicist sculptors such as Christian Daniel Rauch and Bertel Thorvaldsen . The round porch on the forecourt was not added until 1937.
Redesign of the garden
In the course of the renovation work, the garden in the area of the orangery was also significantly changed. The horticultural architect Peter Joseph Lenné , who was already known for his spacious parks based on the model of English landscape gardens, was commissioned to do this . Its art consisted in visually connecting the individual parks with one another through visual axes and effectively setting the scene for the buildings. He laid out winding paths and garden areas with exotic plants.
A copy of the ancient bronze statue of the Praying Boy was placed in the middle of the garden on a Corinthian marble column . The original from around 300 BC The statue, created in the artistic tradition of the Greek sculptor Lysipp , is in the antiquities collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin . Found in Rhodes around 1500, it first came to Venice and then passed into the possession of the Finance Minister Louis XIV. He had the arms completed and placed the boy in his Vaux-le-Vicomte castle. In 1747 the Prussian King Friedrich II bought the statue for the Sanssouci Park . Today the original of the praying boy is in the Altes Museum in Berlin and welcomes visitors entering from the rotunda.
The marble children's fountain by Albert Wolff , also known as the fairy tale fountain , found its place in front of the wide entrance terrace of the orangery . The fountain, made by Wolff in 1844 based on a design by Eduard Stützel , was initially located in Sanssouci Park and then came to Neustrelitz as a gift from the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV to his uncle, Grand Duke Georg .
literature
- Melanie Ehler, Matthias Müller (ed.): Schinkel and his students . Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin 2004
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Orangery in Neustrelitz will be renovated from summer. In: Nordkurier-Online. May 10, 2019, accessed November 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Leaflet: City tour - experience Neustrelitz. Published by the City of Neustrelitz, as of 10/2010–30.
- ↑ a b Antikensammlung, Museuminsel Berlin
- ↑ a b Object 2179: Praying Boy (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) in Arachne - object database of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne; Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ↑ Nikolas Bernau: Original and Experiment . In: Berliner Zeitung , November 11, 1997.
- ^ Gerlinde Kienitz: Neustrelitz Castle Park. Ed .: Museum der Stadt Neustrelitz, p. 15 [illustrated with photographs by Horst – Günter Jung]
Coordinates: 53 ° 21 ′ 40 ″ N , 13 ° 3 ′ 27 ″ E