Stutterheim Palace

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The Stutterheimsche Palais (also called Stuterheim'sches Palais or Palais Stutterheim ) is the most important baroque aristocratic palace in Erlangen . It is located on the south side of the market square and was built between 1728 and 1730. Today it houses the Erlangen City Library and the Erlangen Art Palace .

Facade of the Stutterheimschen Palais on the market square, view from the north (2011)

description

The building, which is free-standing on three sides, forms the top of the building lines between Hauptstrasse and Einhornstrasse. The facade of the three-storey solid building has nine to five window axes and, with the exception of the architectural sculpture, is plastered. The footprint of the palace is approx. 31 × 16 meters. The upper floors are combined by Ionic corner pilasters with pieces of entablature that stand on jointed ground floor pilaster strips . The capitals of the pilasters are each decorated with festoons . The windows of the palace have a crooked frame and are additionally provided with a straight roof on the middle floor to emphasize this as the main floor. The vertical axes are also emphasized by parapets between the windows. A cornice forms the upper end of the facade . The building is crowned by a mansard hipped roof divided by dormers .

Main portal of the palace (2011)

The front side facing the market square is determined by a three-axis central projection with rounded corners, which is also framed by Ionic pilasters. A triangular gable decorated with vases, which contains the alliance coat of arms of the builder of Stutterheim and a clock, closes the risalit at the top. In the central axis, the main entrance of the building is a basket arch portal , which is flanked on both sides by Ionic free columns that support a blown triangular gable. The gable surface is decorated with cornucopia .

Two southern extensions belong to the listed building complex. A five-axis extension with three floors, later adjusted in the facade structure, is attached to the main street. It was built between 1885 and 1886 and used to house the main post office. Along Einhornstrasse, the palace is being extended by a two-storey extension with six window axes, which was built in 1890 and previously served as a police station with holding cells. Deep vaulted cellars lie under the palace.

Behind the risalit there is a transversely oval vestibule on the ground floor and a large hall on the first floor. In these and some other rooms, as well as on the ceiling above the staircases, a rich stucco decoration from the construction period has been preserved, which stylistically comes from the surroundings of the Bayreuth court plasterer Andrea Domenico Cadenazzi. The basic motif consists of ribbon and latticework decorations with vases, birds and other motifs. Access to the staircase on the side is made on all floors by basket arch arcades.

history

Originally, the town hall of the Neustadt Erlangen was to be built on the south side of the market square. Instead, the bread , meat and flour banks were located here until they were moved. It was not until 1728 that construction of the monumental palace for privy councilor and governor Christian Hieronymus von Stutterheim began, which was financially supported by Margrave Georg Friedrich Karl . The shell of the building was completed in 1730. The design for the palace probably came from Wenzel Perner , who was also involved in the construction of the old and new town church in Erlangen.

In 1755 the Stutterheim Palace became the property of Hofrat Johann Gottfried Groß . After the devastating fire in Erlangen Castle , the margrave widow Sophie Caroline Marie spent her final years here from 1814 to 1817. From 1836 the palace served as the city hall of Erlangen. In 1893 the Nuremberg painter Friedrich Wanderer made four glass paintings with motifs from Erlangen's history for the conference room , which are now in the possession of the Erlangen City Museum. A fire in 1921 damaged parts of the stucco furnishings, some of which had to be replaced afterwards. In the course of the nationwide pogroms against Jews, SA troops brought Jews from Erlangen and the surrounding area into the courtyard of the Erlangen town hall on November 10, 1938, where they had to stay outdoors for hours while their living and business premises were looted. The action was documented photographically by the National Socialists.

Since the move of the town hall to a new building in 1971, the palace has housed the Erlangen city library. The city gallery has been located on the ground floor since 1974 and now operates under the name Kunstpalais Erlangen . In addition, the palace provided space for the office and library of the Erlangen local history and history association until they moved to the so-called museum corner in Luitpoldstrasse.

Sources and literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation : Erlangen Monument List . Online at www.geodaten.bayern.de ; accessed on March 1, 2018 (PDF; 0.36 MB)

Coordinates: 49 ° 35 ′ 49.9 ″  N , 11 ° 0 ′ 13.2 ″  E