Peißnitzhaus
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The Peißnitzhaus is a building built in 1893 on the Peißnitzinsel in Halle (Saale) . In the register of monuments of the city of Halle it is recorded as a society house under registration number 094 96980.
History until 1900
Around the turn of the century, a number of large excursion restaurants were built in Giebichenstein , Kröllwitz and Dölauer Heide, and the Peißnitzhaus was one of them. With the repurchase of the idyllic Peißnitzinsel in 1884, the city of Halle planned to use the island as a place to relax for the population. The transformation of the island into a recreational park, which had already begun under the interim owner Barthels, was continued. The then very famous rock gate next to the Peißnitzhaus is said to have already existed.
In order to create comfortable access for visitors, a shuttle ferry with wire rope was set up in 1890 a little south of the current bridge over the ship's halls . Until then, there had been no access to the island through the main halls. The Peißnitz could only be reached in the south from the Mansfelder Straße from the former island of Sandanger over the Saubrücke and from the west over the Gutsbrücke. The Peißnitz bridge from the Ziegelwiese over the main hall, planned in 1885 , was not completed until 1899.
Also in 1890 the supervisor's house on the site of today's Peißnitzhaus was demolished and a provisional two-story inn was built. This building had two guest rooms on each floor. The provisional inn was soon to give way to a ball and social hall. At first there were several controversial and heated debates in the city council, because the construction of such a large society house seemed too expensive.
At the end of 1891, the city council decided to demolish the old inn and build the new large restoration building for it. The architect Anton Kreke (born in Bersenbrück, Lower Saxony, studied architecture in Hanover) provided the plans for the house on March 1, 1892. Construction began at short notice by the construction company Karl and Paul Klepzig. Only masters from Halle were employed on the construction. The material came from the Jordan Quarries near Brachwitz . In June 1892 the first floor was ready.
In the spring of 1893, the entire building was completed and could be inaugurated on April 1st, at the Easter weekend, under the then tenant and landlord Friedrich Klopffleisch. The Saale-Zeitung of April 4, 1893 reported a “true migration of peoples in the Saale valley” , which was “triggered by wonderful sunny weather and mild spring air” . The economy was leased for 25,000 marks in the first few years. Later the lease fell to 15,000 marks. The reason for this was a decline in sales, for which the municipality of Kröllwitz was responsible, among other things , because they had the Weinbergbrücke (now Schwanenbrücke) built from the Peißnitz to the Weinbergufer. So the guests who came by ferry could reach the other bank directly over the Peißnitz, through the Felsentor and over the new bridge and visit the vineyard and the local restaurants there. Since new openings and enlargements of other businesses - for example the Bergschenke - withdrew guests, the rent ultimately fell to 6,000 marks.
1900 to 1945
In 1900, after a new tender, Hermann Schroeter became the new tenant of the restoration. Schroeter ran the inn until the house was closed in 1923. In 1903 a large colonnade was built south of the social building. The building that bounded the beer garden in the south originally consisted of a hexagonal central pavilion, two square pavilions on the sides and two long structures that connected the three parts. The half-timbered construction was open to the house.
In 1921, the ordinary lease with Hermann Schroeter ended without notice. Due to official omissions, the contract was extended indefinitely by the rental agreement office. However, this was not in the interests of the city's magistrate, which in January 1922 planned a recreational sleep facility for children in the “Peißnitz-Wirtschaft” “for the purpose of preventive tuberculosis control”. The landlord Hermann Schroeter was sentenced to two weeks' imprisonment on December 22nd, 1922 due to the emergency, but forbidden, cutting of a tree at the Peißnitzhaus for the production of firewood. The city canceled the lease on April 1, 1923 because of “abuse of trust”. Despite Schroeter's contradiction, the inn was finally closed on this date.
As early as May 8, 1923, the magistrate granted approval for five classes in the so-called summer school, later also known as the forest and recreation school, on the Peißnitz. To this end, three apartments were set up on the upper floor in July of the same year. The school was housed there until 1934 and was then to move to Beesen (near Ammendorf). However, the school was probably closed as its trail is lost.
In 1934 the former restoration building was redesigned in order to create a "home" for the Hitler Youth in Halle . In the process, renovations were carried out for the "purposes of the young people": a false ceiling was put in in the large hall so that it can be used from both floors. Training and day rooms were created, bedrooms and showers were installed, and a large stage was set up in the upper hall. A new staircase was added to the tower to allow access to the upper hall. This meant that the tower could no longer be used separately as a lookout tower. The Peißnitz lost its Slavic name in 1934 and was officially called "Nightingale Island" from then on , although historians interviewed declared this to be the "romantic nickname" of the island. The former community center survived the Second World War without major damage.
In December 1945 the building was converted into a boarding school. The "School Community on the Peißnitz" looked after and supported young people who themselves or whose parents had become victims of the National Socialist tyranny. In 1946 there was renewed renovation work, during which hospital rooms were set up on the first floor.
post war period
On May 15, 1947, the city of Halle signed a lease agreement with the Soviet occupying power for the purpose of using the former Peißnitz economy as a cultural center for the Soviet armed forces. In 1950 the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED decided "to create palaces for children and schoolchildren". On the occasion of International Children's Day on June 1, 1950, the house and park were handed over by the Soviet Army to the pioneer organization as the first district pioneer house in the newly founded GDR. After further renovations, the building was reopened in 1952 as the state clubhouse of the Young Pioneers. The pioneer house, which was named "Fritz Weineck" in 1967, was extensively restored in 1966 over a long period of time, a measure that resulted in a military cabinet and the traffic garden.
Almost 1000 pioneers visited the working groups in the fields of natural sciences and technology, art, sport and tourism here every week, depending on their interests. In the course of time, a total of three pioneer ships (“Be Ready”, “Fritz Weineck I”, “Fritz Weineck II”) belonged to the house, which also took regular trips to pioneer and holiday camps and trained young sailors in working groups. In 1984 a large kitchen was set up on the ground floor for school meals in the then independent city of Halle-Neustadt.
In the summer of 1989, the pioneer house was closed due to an extensive complete renovation. The aim was to reopen the house on the 100th birthday of the house in 1993. The many working groups were distributed to schools and other institutions in the city. The best-known example is today's singing school at the Conservatory of the City of Halle, which with its children's and youth choir of the City of Halle has a central rehearsal stand and a. in the former pioneer house. At the beginning of 1990, the renovation work was probably stopped and the house was not structurally secured. After a short time, newspapers reported of broken windows, a broken roof, rotten beams and bloated parquet. The school lunch kitchen is closed in 1993.
Structural security and search for new users
It was not until 1995 that the city secured the building and had the windows and doors walled up. In the meantime, vandalism and looting had occurred several times, and there were three fires, but they did not cause any major damage. Despite this destruction, the building is in a relatively good condition, the beautiful wood-paneled ceiling of the hall has survived the past few years almost intact. The stucco ceilings have been partially destroyed by various water damage.
Since 1994 the city has tried to sell the house, which has been increasingly destroyed, to potential buyers. Among other things, the well-known pop singer Drafi Deutscher was interested in the house. Since 2003 the association Peißnitzhaus eV has been trying to revive the villa on the Peißnitz. In 2010 the association received the right of use for at least 20 years and began to renovate the house.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 38.6 ″ N , 11 ° 56 ′ 51.3 ″ E