Palais am Prinzenberg

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Palais am Prinzenberg, Helenenstift

The Palais am Prinzenberg , called "Helenenstift" until 2003, is a listed palace in the district town of Meiningen . The building was the widow's residence of Helene Freifrau von Heldburg , the third wife of Duke Georg II of Saxony-Meiningen .

Building

The Palais am Prinzenberg was built in 1891/92 as Helenenstift am Herrenberg according to plans by the architect and court builder Otto Hoppe . The architect Carl Göbel also had a strong influence on the design of the building , especially with the roof and framework. According to Duke Georg II's wishes, the palace was to serve as a widow's seat for his wife Helene Freifrau von Heldburg (until 1873 Ellen Franz) in the event of his earlier death.

The structure is a two-storey solid half-timbered building, some of which is clinkered in orange. One wing of the building was built as a half-timbered building in the so-called "Old English style", a neo-renaissance style based on the English half-timbering . In 1901/02 an extension followed by the architect and court builder Karl Behlert . The palace initially served as the Heldburg Foundation's orphanage from 1894 to 1933. Helene Freifrau von Heldburg used part of the property from 1918 until her death in 1923 as her retirement home. After 1933 a kindergarten of the National Socialist Welfare moved here.

At the end of the Second World War in 1944/45, the military command post for the defense of the town of Meiningen was housed in the Helenenstift. Even before the Americans arrived on April 5, 1945, the commanders under Colonel Rudelsdorff fled the city with some units. From 1950 the building belonged to the Institute for Teacher Education (IfL) established in Meiningen and Drei 30acker, which served as the teachers seminar of the Free State of Thuringia after 1989/90 until 2001 .

In 2003/2004 the property was renovated and modernized and the Helenenstift was given a new use. Under the new name Palais am Prinzenberg , it functions as the company headquarters and cultural center. Apartments were also set up and an open-air stage was built in the courtyard. In 2011 the owner received the Thuringian Monument Protection Prize for the restoration of the Helenenstift .

literature

  • Kuratorium Meiningen (Hrsg.): Lexicon for the history of the city of Meiningen. Bielsteinverlag, Meiningen 2008, ISBN 978-3-9809504-4-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tränhardt / Pfannschmidt: Architecture in Meiningen. Verlag Resch, 2010, ISBN 978-3-940295-08-8
  2. ↑ Kuratorium Meiningen (ed.): Lexicon for the history of the city of Meiningen. Bielsteinverlag, Meiningen 2008.
  3. ^ Thuringian Ministry for Education, Youth and Sport

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 10.5 ″  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 27.5 ″  E