Presidential Palace

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Presidential Palace on Bismarckplatz in Regensburg

The Presidential Palace is a classicist building on Bismarckplatz in the Upper Palatinate capital of Regensburg in Bavaria (Bismarckplatz 1).

history

The Napoleon- friendly Prince-Primate Karl Theodor von Dalberg had the presidential palace built by the court architect Emanuel Herigoyen in 1804/05 . It should the French charge d'affaires at the Perpetual Reichstag , Theobald Jacques Justin Baron de Bacher , serve as representative accommodation. After Regensburg became Bavarian and the seat of the Regenkreis in 1810 , the district president lived here ; therefore the name Presidential Palace emerged. The building later became the seat of the Lower Bavaria-Upper Palatinate state police department until 2009. In 2010 the building was bought by the city of Regensburg and extensively restored from 2011. The House of Music has been located here since the renovation . In addition to the planned singing and music school , the Regensburg Theater wants to set up a theater for children and young people . Groups of the free music scene and associations should also be able to use the Haus der Musik .

Bismarckplatz with the Presidential Palace in the background

Construction

The palace stands on a raised ground wave, which was called Rinderbühl before the beginning of the development because the cattle market was held there. On the site of the building over Bismarckplatz , which was then still united with Arnulfsplatz , the Arnulfinian city wall, erected around 920, ran. It was demolished around 1320 and its stones were reused in the construction of the medieval city wall, which ran further west. In 1358 a mang house was built here for drapers and dyers, which was replaced by a grain store in 1569 by the city of Regensburg. In the hallway on the ground floor of the palace, a plaque commemorates the builder Stefan Fugger and the other members of the city council.

On the west side of the Beraiterweg, following the granary, there was also the city stables , in which the horses stood for city service. When the decision to build the palace was made, at least some of these buildings had to be demolished to make room. To save costs, the master builder Herigoyen, commissioned by Dalberg, left the old walls as far as possible and incorporated them into the new building. This resulted in the partially irregular floor plan of the building. The year 1569 can be seen in the top of a gate on the west side, obviously a spoilage from the previous building. Dalberg transferred the interior design for the palace to his director, Jakob Guiollett .

The front of the building faces Bismarckplatz; this front has nine axes. In front of the building is a portico supported by six powerful columns with Corinthian capitals . The pillars rested on tall square pedestals. The coat of arms of the builder Carl von Dalberg is attached to the triangular gable. It is held by geniuses . Stucco griffins adorn the frieze between round holes. The ceiling of the portico is coffered. On the ground floor round windows are installed, the high window in the main floor are provided with rectangular a straight Hood Mold.

A wide flight of stairs leads to a modern fountain, which was created in 1980/81 after the underground car park was built.

literature

  • Karl Bauer : Regensburg. Art, culture and everyday history. 5th enlarged and improved edition. Mittelbayerische Druck- und Verlags-Gesellschaft, Regensburg 1997, ISBN 3-931904-19-9 , pp. 378–379.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Karl Bauer: Regensburg Art, Culture and Everyday History . 6th edition. MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, Regenstauf 2014, ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 , p. 329, 417, 423 .

Web links

Commons : Bismarckplatz (Regensburg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 5.1 ″  N , 12 ° 5 ′ 22.6 ″  E