Besenval Palace

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The Besenval Palace on the banks of the Aare
The palace in front of St. Ursus Cathedral around 1850

The Palais Besenval is a baroque palace at Kronengasse 1 in the Swiss city ​​of Solothurn .

history

The palace is named after the brothers Johann Viktor II. Besenval (1671–1736) and Peter Joseph Besenval (1675–1736), on whose behalf the building was built. It was built between 1703 and 1706 as the Hôtel entre cour et jardin, modeled on French townhouses of the nobility, directly on the Aare . From east to west, the complex consists of the courtyard of honor ( Cour d'honneur ), the main wing ( Corps de Logis ) and the baroque garden. The south facade of the two-storey palace facing the Aare is designed almost symmetrically.

After the Besenval brothers' death in 1736, the palace passed to Peter Joseph's daughter Maria Johanna Margaritha Viktoria Besenval (1704–1793). She married the later mayor Franz Viktor Augustin von Roll (1700–1773), whereby the palace came to the von Roll family. Her only son Franz Joseph von Roll (1743-1815) took over the inheritance in 1793 and passed it on to his youngest son Friedrich von Roll (1773-1845) in 1815. During the von Roll era, the Besenval coat of arms on the south facade gable was removed.

The canton of Solothurn bought the property in 1829 and the building became the residence of the Bishop of Basel . He resided in the palace until the “Kulturkampf” in 1873. From 1879 it served as a school canteen for the Solothurn canton school . After a public discussion about a possible demolition, the building was renovated and restored from 1950 to 1952 and then used by the cantonal administration. In 1988/89 the palace was renovated to be used as a cantonal cultural center . In 2005/06 it was rebuilt and has been used as a restaurant and seminar center since then. Before this conversion, an archaeological study of the area was carried out, which brought to light a section of the medieval city wall.

literature

  • Stefan Blank, Markus Hochstrasser: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Solothurn, Volume II: The City of Solothurn II: Secular Buildings . In: The art monuments of Switzerland . tape 113 . GSK, Bern 2008, ISBN 978-3-906131-88-7 , Kronengasse 1: Palais Besenval, p. 178-185 .
  • Andrea Nold, with contributions by Ylva Backman, Stefan Blank, Susanne Frey-Kupper , Patrick Huber, André Rehazek: Archaeological excavations in the garden of the Palais Besenval in Solothurn: A quarter on the Aare from the Middle Ages to modern times . In: Articles on archeology and monument preservation in the Canton of Solothurn . Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology, Solothurn 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523216-3-8 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Palais Besenval  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Stefan Blank: "An ornament for the local place" - On the history and significance of the Palais Besenval in Solothurn . In: Andrea Nold (Ed.): Archaeological excavations in the garden of the Palais Besenval in Solothurn: A quarter on the Aare from the Middle Ages to the modern age . Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology, Solothurn 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523216-3-8 , p. 81-91 ( online [PDF]).


Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '24.4 "  N , 7 ° 32' 19.7"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and seven thousand five hundred and ninety  /  228430