Prinz-Max-Palais (Karlsruhe)
The Prinz-Max-Palais , initially Palais Schmieder , is a villa in the Wilhelminian style in Karlsruhe . It is named after Prince Max von Baden , the last Chancellor of the German Empire .
history
The building was built between 1881 and 1884 according to plans by the architect Josef Durm . The client, the Karlsruhe-born entrepreneur August Schmieder (1824–1897), had the villa built as a retirement home. He had failed as a brewery owner in Karlsruhe before he made his fortune in mining and as a banker in Breslau from 1850 onwards . After Schmieder's death, Prince Max von Baden acquired the property and moved there in 1900.
In 1929 the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Karlsruhe and Baden took over the building, which it partly used itself and partly rented out. It was badly damaged in the air raids in World War II in 1944. After its reconstruction, it was the first official seat of the Federal Constitutional Court from 1951 to 1969 . The city of Karlsruhe acquired the palace in 1969 from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Karlsruhe University of Education was housed there until 1975 .
Since 1981 the Prinz-Max-Palais has been an urban cultural center with the Karlsruhe City Museum , the youth library of the Karlsruhe City Library , the Museum of Literature on the Upper Rhine and the seat of the Karlsruhe Literary Society . The Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe exhibited in the Prinz-Max-Palais until 1997 , before being given larger rooms in the Center for Art and Media .
The Greif bronze of the Leibgrenadierdenkmal , which was dismantled in 2010 as part of the combined solution as part of the construction of the tram tunnel , has been standing on the southeast corner of the garden since March 27, 2014 .
literature
- W. Kick: Modern new buildings , 2nd year. Stuttgart, Carl Ebner, 1895; Leaves 58 + 40.
Web links
- Prinz Max Palais published in immo-magazin issue 4/2012
- Palais Schmieder, later Prinz-Max-Palais in the database of cultural monuments of the city of Karlsruhe
- History of the Prinz-Max-Palais, the Literary Society (Scheffelbund) and the Museum for Literature on the Upper Rhine (PDF; 64 kB) - Working Group for Regional Studies / Regional History RP Karlsruhe
- Karlsruhe City Museum
- Museum for Literature on the Upper Rhine, Literary Society / Scheffelbund
- Prinz-Max-Palais in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 40.1 ″ N , 8 ° 23 ′ 41.9 ″ E