Altenstein Palace

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Altenstein Palace

The Palais Altenstein is an 18th century city ​​palace in the baroque quarter of Fulda in East Hesse .

It is named after its client, the Fulda Privy Councilor and Court Marshal Christian Adam Ludwig Freiherr Stein zu Altenstein .

The long rectangular, originally four, two-storey Palais Altenstein with a basement and a mansard hipped roof as well as two entrance portals with gables and open stairs is listed as a " single cultural monument of outstanding importance" in the "monument topography Germany - cultural monuments in Hesse - city of Fulda".

history

Building in the baroque style

Between 1701 and 1704, according to the dendrochronological dating of the roof beams, the core building of today's Palais Altenstein was built in Baroque style on the site of the Alte Cantzley . The location on the corner of Schlossstrasse / Nonnengasse, opposite the old residence of the prince abbot ( city ​​palace ), suggests that it initially served as a residence or as the official residence of a higher court official . In 1727 the building was first mentioned in a document as the seat of the Chancellor of the Fulda Monastery.

Rococo conversion

In 1750, Baron Christian Adam Ludwig Stein zu Altenstein acquired the building. He had it expanded, rebuilt and redesigned in several stages in the Rococo style. The plans were probably drawn up by the Princely Fulda building and road inspector Karl Philipp Arnd (1723–1797). In 1774, the Fulda court plasterer Johann Michael Hoys decorated the large rococo hall on the first floor. The cartouches he created in the coves of the ceiling show allegories of the four seasons. With that the Palais Altenstein was completed.

Changes in the 20th century

The palace was damaged in the bombing of World War II .

In order to be able to create the bus station at the Heertor, the Altenstein Palace had to be shortened by two window axes on the castle side in 1961 .

Use in the 19th and 20th centuries

After the secularization of the Fulda Monastery in 1802, the Altenstein Palace initially served as an elegant inn . From 1824 it was mainly used as an administration and court building; As a so-called "college building", it became the headquarters of various state authorities. The following were temporarily housed there: the Hessian Higher Court of Fulda , the main government treasury of the province of Fulda ("Staatsfilialkasse") and other offices of the Hessian provincial government, the Hessian State Archives Fulda (until 1875, then transferred to the Marburg State Archives ), later the District Office of the Fulda District , the Fulda police department and finally (after the Second World War, until 1994) the Fulda public prosecutor's office .

At the same time, the Palais Altenstein remained a meeting place for the civil society of Fulda in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Fulda Reading Society founded by Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray had set up its library there and held its reading, lecture and discussion evenings. Festive receptions and concerts were held in the Rococo Hall.

Since the public prosecutor's office moved out, the Fulda city administration has been using Palais Altenstein, not least for the registry office . From 2014 to 2016 it was completely renovated .

literature

  • Michael Kiel: Palais Altenstein - hidden jewel of the Rococo . In: Susanne Bohl and others (ed.): Fulda. 50 treasures and specialties . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7319-0425-0 , pp. 116-118.

Web link

Commons : Palais Altenstein (Fulda)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Sustainable urban development in Hessen: The Palais Altenstein - A place of culture and administration , accessed on January 3, 2020.
  2. ↑ Hannah Günther: Palais Altenstein shines in new splendor - renovation completed . In: Osthessen-Zeitung , Fulda edition, December 3, 2016, accessed on January 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Michael Kiel: Palais Altenstein - Hidden Jewel of the Rococo , p. 116
  4. ^ Michael Kiel: Palais Altenstein - Hidden Jewel of the Rococo , pp. 116-117
  5. ↑ Michael Kiel: Palais Altenstein - Hidden Jewel of the Rococo , p. 118
  6. ↑ a b Michael Kiel: Palais Altenstein - hidden jewel of the Rococo , p. 117
  7. ^ Aloys Jestaedt: Alt-Fulda. Town houses and aristocratic palaces. Essays on the city's history from 1938 to 1976 . Ed .: Thomas Martin. Parzeller, Fulda 1989, ISBN 3-7900-0181-3 , p. 226
  8. ↑ Michael Kiel: Palais Altenstein - hidden jewel of the Rococo , pp. 117-118
  9. ^ Chronicle of the Palais Altenstein . In: Fuldaer Zeitung , December 2, 2016, accessed on January 3, 2020.

Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 12.1 "  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 34.7"  E