Velthusen Palace

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The Velthusen Palace in Szczecin (2018)

The Velthusen Palace (also Pałac Velthusena , Pałac Klasycystyczny or Wolkenhauer House ) is located at the intersection of Staromłyńska and Łaziebna Streets in Szczecin . It was built from 1778 to 1779, destroyed in World War II and rebuilt from 1956. The building has been a listed building since 1954 and has been the seat of the Feliks Nowomiejski School of Music since 1963 .

history

Detail on the facade with vintage motifs (2009)

The site on which the palace was later built has belonged to the city of Szczecin since the 13th century. In 1559 Johann Eichorn received from Duke Barnim IX. the privilege of setting up the first printing shop in Szczecin at this point, which was run by Eichorn's son-in-law Andreas Kellner . At the beginning of the 18th century there were two simple rental houses on the property , which was divided into four parcels , which were destroyed in 1713 during the Northern War between Sweden and Russia during the siege of Szczecin by the Russian army . Probably around 1724 a larger, representative house was built there, in which several prominent Szczecin citizens lived one after the other. The Mill Street , in 1806 Luis street renamed, was at that time as one of the most representative streets of the city.

In 1778 the merchant Georg Ch. Velthusen (1742–1803) acquired the property and had a new building erected on it, the palace named after him, which still exists today. Velthusen was born in Wismar in 1742 and was of Dutch descent; In 1769 he came to Stettin. When he bought the corner house, he was not as wealthy as he was later, so he had to borrow 2,160 thalers from his father-in-law to build it. In the palace he set up a wine shop with a cellar . As a wine merchant, he supplied all of Pomerania, northern Poland and the Netherlands. In addition, he owned granaries and founded a tobacco - a sugar factory and a vinegar factory . He became very wealthy, was able to buy property in Mecklenburg and had magnificent English gardens laid out on the slopes of the Upper Vistula in Stettin with artificial ruins, pavilions, hermitages and caves. The park existed until 1840, when it had to give way to the construction of the railway.

The facade of the Palais Velthusen is to Staromlýnská , the rear part of the three-storey building extends about 40 meters along the Łaziebna . The composition and type of decorations are kept in a style that is a mixture of baroque and classicism. Art historians consider the palace to be one of the best examples of this style. It is believed that the building was designed by the architect Carl von Gontard , presumably based on the model of the Mauritshuis in The Hague . In the lintels there were busts of philosophers, including Socrates , Seneca and Hadrian , until World War II . On the tympanums of the building you can see scenes showing the grape harvest and the transport of wine barrels, relating to the original use of the building.

In 1874 the owner of the piano manufacturing company G. Wolkenhauer , Richard Wolkenhauer, bought the building. Until 1920, the piano shop and production facility were located in the Palais at L (o) uisenstr. 13, and Wolkenhauer also lived there privately. The photo studio of Eduard Kiewning and his successors Hermann Moellendorf and Christian Bachmann was located on the first floor until 1888; it probably had to move out because the prosperous piano company needed the space.

From 1922 to 1943 the Pomeranian Provincial Bank was located in the Velthusen Palace . On April 21, 1943, the building was destroyed by bombs, only the front outer walls and the cellar vaults remained. It was rebuilt between 1959 and 1962, now the street was called Staromłyńska . In 2010 the damp cellar vault was renovated, after 2014 the facade was renovated. The earlier busts of the philosophers were replaced by those of composers, including Frédéric Chopin , Bedřich Smetana , Igor Stravinsky , Giuseppe Verdi , Carl Loewe (Szczecin composer) and Edvard Grieg . The palace has been home to the Feliks Nowowiejski music school since 1963. The Velthusen Palace has been a listed building since 1954 (No. 660288) and is one of the sights of Szczecin.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barnim IX. In: German biography. Retrieved April 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Zespół Szkół Muzycznych w Szczecinie. In: zsm2.szczecin.pl. Retrieved April 25, 2020 (Polish).
  3. ^ Fr. Thiede: Chronicle of the City of Stettin: edited according to documents and the tried and tested historical news . Ferdinand Müller, Stettin 1849, p. 107 , note ** p. 396 ( books.google.de ): "The former Mühlenstrasse was only given the name Louisenstrasse at the end of the last century from the late Queen Louise "
  4. ↑ Повернутися на домашню сторінку - Music School Complex. In: polscha.travel. Retrieved April 27, 2020 (Ukrainian).
  5. ↑ a b Ryszard Hałabura: Moellendorf & Bachmann. In: zaklady-fotograficzne-stettin.com. October 25, 2019, accessed April 25, 2020 .
  6. ^ Remont i Modernizacja XVIII w. Pałacyke Velthusena (PDF file). Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  7. ↑ Urban Tourist Route. In: szczecin.eu. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 35.8 ″  N , 14 ° 33 ′ 16 ″  E