Reichenbach-Lessonitz Palace

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Palace of Countess E. von Reichenbach in Frankfurt am Main, architects L. Neher and A. v. Kauffmann Frankfurt, main facade, plate 48, kick volume II.jpg
Countess Amélie von Reichenbach-Lessonitz

The Palais Reichenbach-Lessonitz was a palace at Taunusanlage 14 in Frankfurt am Main ; it was built for Countess Amélie von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (nee Reichsfreiin Amélie Göler von Ravensburg).

history

The neo-baroque city ​​palace was built in 1891/92 by the architects Ludwig von Neher and Aage von Kauffmann from Frankfurt for the widowed daughter-in-law Amélie of Countess Emilie von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (1791–1843) as a "castle-like property in neo-baroque forms as a widow's residence ". Amélie's husband, Count Wilhelm von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (born June 29, 1824 in Kassel , † January 19, 1866 in Neuchâtel ), son of Elector Wilhelm II of Hesse-Kassel , had died 25 years earlier. Amélie herself died in 1912. After her death, it passed into the possession of the still living daughter Pauline zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1858–1927) and her husband Alfred zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg . It was then called the Löwenstein Palace .

The palace only stood for 53 years. It was confiscated from an SS headquarters during the Third Reich and burned down by bombs in 1944.

In 1953 the heirs sold the ruined property to the Accumulatoren-Fabrik Hagen (VARTA), which built an office building on this site. In 1979 Deutsche Bank bought the site and built its headquarters here, the Deutsche Bank high-rise with the two distinctive twin towers ("Debit and Credit"). The two stone lions from the gable alone are reminiscent of the old palace on the high-rise base to this day.

literature

  • Wilhelm Kick (Ed.): Modern new buildings. 2nd year. Stuttgart architecture publishing house Kick, Stuttgart 1898.

Web links

Commons : Palais Reichenbach-Lessonitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Frankfurter Rundschau : Special series FR history (The development of Frankfurt for reading - in five issues): Claudia Michels: Die Wandelbare , online , from October 26, 2010, accessed on January 28, 2016

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 49 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 5 ″  E