Town hall Treptow

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Town hall Treptow
Treptow Town Hall, June 2014

Treptow Town Hall, June 2014

Data
place Berlin-Plänterwald
architect Georg Süßenguth ,
Heinrich Reinhardt
Client Rural community of Treptow
Architectural style Neo-renaissance
Construction year 1909-1910
Floor space 1761 m²
Coordinates 52 ° 29 '1 "  N , 13 ° 28' 47"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 29 '1 "  N , 13 ° 28' 47"  E
particularities
Plastered building in neo-renaissance style with high, pointed roof and clock tower

The Treptow Town Hall is located at Neue Krugallee 4 in the Berlin district of Treptow-Köpenick , Plänterwald district .

The monument in the neo-renaissance style was built from 1909 to 1910 for the then rural community Treptow based on designs by architects Georg Süßenguth and Heinrich Reinhardt on the edge of Treptower Park and covers an area of ​​1761 m².

The town hall Treptow was the incorporation of Treptow 1920 in Greater Berlin to the district merger with Koepenick to Treptow-Koepenick on 1 January 2001 the seat of the district administration and the district mayor of the Berlin district of Treptow .

history

Treptow official building from 1876
Main part of the town hall with BVV hall on the 2nd floor
Foyer area 1st floor in front of the old mayor's room
Foyer area on the 2nd floor in front of the BVV hall
Interior shot of the BVV hall

In 1876, an official building for the young rural community of Treptow was built at Neue Krugallee 8, which is still right next to the town hall today. Due to the increasing number of inhabitants , which increased sixfold from 1895 to 1907, the community tasks and thus the number of community employees also grew. In 1898 the building was increased by one floor and an official apartment for the mayor was established.

In 1907, the municipal council passed the resolution for a new town hall building. The architectural planning was carried out in 1908 by the architects Süßenguth and Reinhardt, who are experienced in the field.

Both Charlottenburg architects were already responsible for the construction of the Steglitz town hall and the Charlottenburg town hall in what is now Berlin and then took over the Spandau town hall . In addition, the church of the father's house is located nearby in the Baumschulenweg district as another building. The building site previously belonged to the large farmer and innkeeper August Weinhold, who had run a dance hall with a beer garden on this site.

The planning provided for a three-storey administration building with additional rooms on the top floor. The mayor's official apartment was located in the south wing. The centerpiece of the building was to be a representative council chamber with a balcony. Above that, a tower with the town hall clock was arranged on the roof.

On October 3, 1909, the then mayor Paul Schablow laid the foundation stone , and on October 26, 1910, after just one year of construction, the Treptow town hall was inaugurated. The construction costs, excluding architect and site management fees, amounted to 736,000 marks (adjusted for purchasing power in today's currency: around 4 million euros). Another 105,000 marks had to be spent on the interior.

A document with Schablow's address, lists of the members of the municipal bodies, the honorary officials, the paid officials, the guests present at the celebration as well as a collection of local statutes and police regulations, a map of Treptow and a piece of the then circulating were walled into the foundation stone Money.

Originally it was planned to put the main entrance on the west side (towards today's Bulgarian street). However, since there was still a reversing tram loop there at that time, which could not be relocated in a timely manner, it was relocated to Neue Krugallee.

On the west side there has been a fountain with the figure of Stralauer Fischer (also called Fischerbrunnen ) based on a design by Reinhold Felderhoff since 1925 .

During the Second World War , the town hall suffered minor damage, particularly in the roof area.

In 1995, an extension of the Treptow town hall with a modern extension to the courtyard was planned. The implementation of the already decided design by the architects Lambea-Venzke-Voigt was to begin in 1996 with 4500 m² of office space and costs of around 25 million marks . The L-shaped structure would have been converted into a rectangle around the town hall courtyard. This was not realized because the city of Berlin was initially in a budgetary emergency, then the district merger was resolved by the House of Representatives , the Treptow district thus lost its independence and no longer needed its own town hall. The administrative reform should save costs for personnel and buildings in the districts.

In 1998 the sculpture Karpfenjule , the fictional figure of a fisherwoman, who symbolically embodied the Treptow district, was erected in front of the town hall entrance . In the run-up to the district merger, a counterpart to the sculpture of Captain von Köpenick standing in front of the Köpenick town hall was attempted with it.

In 2006, the historic district ordinance hall (council hall) was largely reconstructed according to historical monument protection documents. For cost reasons, the old ceiling construction was not restored in favor of the solution from the 1950s. Further reconstruction work is planned for the centenary of the Treptow town hall.

Architectural features

It is a plastered building in neo-Renaissance style with a high, pointed roof and a clock tower on an angular floor plan. Above the main entrance, allegorical figures by the sculptor Johann M. Bossard symbolize the civil virtues of diligence , justice , courage (strength) and wisdom . Pilaster decorations and semicircular bay windows are intended to give the facade nobility and dignity. The main entrance is decorated with putti holding a coat of arms medallion.

The northern gable is decorated with the inscription (which is difficult to read today):

"Lord bless this house, graciously protect it from fire, storm, wind and water hardship.
Dear God, let the whole community be graciously commanded you. "

To the right of the main entrance there was a council cellar in the basement , which has not been used as such since 1991.

Todays use

The Treptow Town Hall is today the seat and conference venue of the District Council Assembly (BVV) Treptow-Köpenick and is home to parts of the District Office , essentially the Building Construction Office, the Environment Office, the service building administration and the head offices of the District Councilors for Education, Citizens Services and Sport as well as Environment, Greenery and Real Estate Management.

The representative, former mayor's room has been used again since 2007 by the head of the district council (currently: Siegfried Stock ).

There is also a gallery in the town hall .

Mayor in the Treptow town hall

From To Surname Political party
1921 1933 Julius Grunow USPD / SPD
1933 1945 Julius Koehne ( NSDAP )
1945 1945 Paul May KPD
1945 1946 Paul Donner KPD / SED
1946 1948 Erwin G. Bennewitz SPD
1948 1951 Paul Ickert SED
1951 1952 Elfriede Dallmann NDPD
1952 1959 Paul Graefe SED
1959 1961 Joachim Hoffmann SED
1961 1963 Walter Sack SED
1963 1965 Fritz Strutzke SED
1965 1967 Horst Stranz SED
1967 1974 Walter Sack SED
1974 1977 Franz Stengl SED
1977 1981 Günter Scheel SED
1981 1986 Günther Manow SED
1986 1989 Günter Polauke SED
1990 1998 Michael Brückner SPD
1998 2000 Siegfried Stock SPD

Since the district merger in 2001, the district mayors have been based in the Köpenick town hall.

literature

Web links

Commons : Rathaus Treptow  - Collection of images, videos and audio files