Palais Boisserée

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Palais Boisserée on Karlsplatz in Heidelberg

The Palais Boisserée is a listed building on the north side of Karlsplatz in the old town of Heidelberg . His address is Hauptstrasse 209.

history

Johann Ferdinand von Sickingen

The Palais Boisserée was built from 1703 to 1705 by Franz von Sickingen († 1715), President of the Electoral Palatinate, as the noble court of the von Sickingen family . It was then inhabited by his son, the Electoral Palatinate minister and diplomat Johann Ferdinand von Sickingen (1664–1719), who also died here.

It became famous through the brothers Sulpiz and Melchior Boisserée, who housed their collection of paintings in it from 1810 to 1819. This collection of old German paintings can be seen today in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich . In 1826 the Baden state acquired the building and used it as an administrative building. In 1923 it became the seat of the district office and from 1933 to 1937 the seat of the police headquarters. Today the German Department of Heidelberg University is housed there.

meaning

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited the house in 1814 and 1815 and stayed with the art collectors for several weeks. After the recognition by the great poet, the house became a political and social meeting place. The collection was of great importance to the Heidelberg Romanticism . A plaque on the building commemorates Goethe's visits.

architecture

The elongated building was built in the Baroque style. After it was taken over by the state, it was rebuilt from 1826 to 1838 in a classicistic style by Johann Thierry .

literature

  • Bernd Müller: Architectural Guide Heidelberg. Buildings around 1000-2000 . Mannheim 1998, p. 76.
  • Max Stopmann: Heidelberg on the Neckar . Art publisher Edm. von König, Heidelberg / Dielheim 1998, ISBN 3-921934-15-X , p. 52.
  • State Office for Monument Preservation (publisher): Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, city district of Heidelberg , Thorbecke-Verlag, Sigmaringen 2013, ISBN 978-3-7995-0426-3

Web links

Commons : Palais Boisserée  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Benz: Johann Ferdinand von und zu Sickingen (1664–1719) , in: Blätter für Pfälzische Kirchengeschichte und Religiöse Volkskunde , 53 year, 1986, pp. 255–264

Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 44.9 "  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 44.4"  E