Osteiner Hof

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Osteiner Hof

The Osteiner Hof in Mainz was built between 1747 and 1752 by Johann Valentin Thoman (1695–1777) for the Kurmainzer Oberamtmann Franz Wolfgang Damian von Ostein as a family farm. He was the brother of the Mainz Elector Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein (1689–1763), who ruled from 1743 to 1763 .

description

The palace was the representative, monumental end of the Thiermarkt (today's Schillerplatz ), lined with baroque aristocratic palaces. The three protruding vaults ( risalites ) in the middle of the facade and on the sides of the three-wing secular building are striking . The central projection arches the entrance gate and the oval ballroom to the outside. The gable tops above the risalits bear figures of putti and in the middle each a heraldic cartouche, which is crowned by an electoral hat, an indication of the outstanding position of the brother. The coat of arms is quartered and shows the Osteiner Greyhound and the Mainz wheel . Rococo cartridges over the window frames, like the symbols for the elements earth, air and water as well as Diana and Mars over the balcony doors, decorate the building as well as the reliefs with musical instruments on the two side walls of the driveway.

The family of the Counts of Ostein did not own this noble court for a long time . During the French Revolution, the French occupied the entire area on the left bank of the Rhine and made Mainz the capital of the Donnersberg département with the prefect Jeanbon St. André . Clergy and nobility were expropriated and fled. The Osteiner Hof became public property.

From the period from 1854 to 1859, when the future Kaiser Wilhelm I was governor in Mainz, the Mainz people used the synonym "Gouvernement" for the Osteiner Hof. At the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War , the government was the headquarters of Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia . In 1914, General Hugo von Kathen announced the outbreak of the First World War (1914–1918) from the central balcony of the Mainz population .

In the years from 1933 to 1936, this building was an important hub of the National Socialist government. On April 20, 1933 - Hitler's birthday - the city of Mainz handed the building over to the NSDAP. Just a few weeks later, it moved to the neighboring Schönborner Hof. In the following years, the Osteiner Hof housed the leadership of the SS and SA and, from 1937, the city command of the German Wehrmacht.

During the Second World War , this building also burned down completely during the air raids on Mainz , but was restored in 1947/48 at the instigation of the occupying power of France.

Until March 31, 2014 it served as the Bundeswehr headquarters . The farm is owned by the Federal Real Estate Agency . The Osteiner Hof has been regularly open to visitors since May 26, 2014 and offers space for young artists. Every year on November 11th at 11:11 am, the Mainz Carnival is proclaimed from the balcony.

At the southern entrance is the Fischweiberbrunnen. The fountain sculpture was created by Elsa Montag, bought by the city of Mainz in 1943 and placed next to Gaustraße in 1950 .

gallery

  • The Osteiner Hof at night, in front of it the illuminated carnival fountain

  • Coat of arms on the central projection: Palais Ostein

  • Detail Palais Ostein: Southern corner bay window

  • South entrance to Osteiner Hof, in Gaustraße

literature

Web links

Commons : Osteiner Hof  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christiane Reves: Building blocks for the history of the city of Mainz: Mainz Colloquium 2000 . Franz Steiner Verlag, Volume 55 2002, ISBN 978-3-515-08176-4 , pp. 142 .
  2. ↑ Dr. Kai-Michael Sprenger: Osteiner Hof: Brown House and City Command of the Wehrmacht (Schillerplatz). In: http://www.mainz1933-1945.de/startseite.html . Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on April 4, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Osteiner Hof in Mainz regularly open to visitors from May 26th - space for young artists by Michael Bermeitinger on Allgemeine-zeitung.de from May 17th, 2014.

Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 6 ″  E