Government Courtyard (Flensburg)

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The preserved crown of the gable of the government building, Holm No. 7
Prussian main hospital in the government courtyard 1864
The Ständehaus on the east side of the government courtyard

The government courtyard in Flensburg was a former merchant's courtyard , which was expanded in the 1950s for parliamentary tasks and state administrative purposes . due to the fact that Flensburg should serve as the capital for the Duchy of Schleswig . Since 1852, the court was initially the seat of the Schleswig assembly of estates . From 1882 to 1964 it served as a temporary replacement for the old Flensburg town hall .

history

The original merchant's yard was bought from the merchant Frieder Mommsen by the Danish government in 1850 for 90,000 gold marks. In 1851 the government of the Duchy of Schleswig was relocated to Flensburg. In the same year the notables met to discuss a constitution for the duchy. A year later, in May 1852, the London Protocol was passed. But the government building with the address Holm No. 7 was apparently only actually occupied in the said year 1852. A year later, in 1853, the so-called Ständehaus was built in the courtyard of the government building by the city architect Laurits Albert Winstrup , which faces the courtyard to the east completed and where the Schleswig Council of Estates has been sitting since then . Winstrup is also said to have given the front building to the Holm a new gable. The government courtyard, which stood on a double plot of land, also housed the appeal court and the central cash desk .

Since 1858, parts of the Schleswig collection of Nordic antiquities (also known as the Flensburg collection ) have been exhibited in the Ständehaus during the period when the Estates' Assembly was not in session. In 1861 the north wing of the government building was made permanently available for the collection, which meant that it had to be rebuilt. The collection, some of which was stored in a school, was gradually transferred there. It was there until 1864. Due to the German-Danish War , a small part of the collection ended up in Copenhagen . Most of the collection came to Kiel in the 1870s . Today most of the collection is in Gottorf Castle .

After the Prussian troops entered the city on February 7th, on February 28th 1864 German-minded Flensburgers damaged the Idstedt lion , which stood in the old cemetery . The Prussian administration had it dismantled to protect the monument. It was stored in the government courtyard until 1867, after which it was brought to Berlin. The lion later came to Copenhagen until it was returned to its original location in Flensburg in 2011.

Since April 1864, the Ständehaus and the not far away house of the Citizens' Association (today: Borgerforeningen) served as war hospitals (see German-Danish War ), in which Aachen Franciscan Sisters got involved with the support of the Order of Malta , with which the local St. Franziskus Hospital -Hospital was established and at the same time the Maltese's first hospital was established.

From 1868 to 1869 the Ständehaus was converted into an officers' mess and then used accordingly. The Flensburg professional fire brigade was set up in 1904 and housed in the former officer's mess. The government court also served the administration of justice for a while before it found its new purpose.

The government courtyard of the city of Flensburg had served as a provisional town hall since 1882 , as the old town hall , which stood on Thingplatz , had become too small for administrative tasks. Therefore, a large new building was planned and the government courtyard was only to be used for a short transition period. The old town hall was demolished shortly afterwards. As was to be expected, the premises of the government courtyard were soon no longer sufficient and the administration had to move into additional new premises in various parts of the city. An attempt was made to save the required sum for a new town hall, but without success. The Ständehaus served as a fire station until 1952 , after which it was relocated (see Flensburg Fire Department ).

At the beginning of the 1960s, the plans to build a new town hall became more concrete. After 1945, the Flensburg city center slowly began to be converted into a modern shopping street. The old buildings were often found to be disruptive and were torn down in favor of modern development. Well, in March 1960, the Hertie department store group offered the city ​​three million DM for the government courtyard to build a department store there. On March 17, 1960, the council decided to build the new town hall . As a result of the construction, the entire administration should be concentrated again in one place and, on the other hand, at that time the government courtyard was felt to be less representative and more hoped for a new building. A large plot of land by the street Am Pferdewasser was chosen as the building site . The move was completed on May 21, 1964. The government courtyard that had been sold to the department store group and had served as the town hall for over 80 years was demolished that same year. Previously, the city had entire building components of the complex stored. The old Ratskeller, today's Gnomenkeller (Holm no. 1) was also preserved from the then provisional town hall . In Eckener-house parts of the building to have been built in the government court. But at the beginning of the eighties, when many of the old merchants' courtyards were restored, people began to regret the demolition of the government courtyard.

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Flensburg - history of a border town. Edited by the Society for Flensburg City History. Flensburg 1966, page 149
  3. ↑ Jutta Glüsing : Rarity, A View of the Irreplaceable , in: Flensburger Tageblatt , November 7, 2013; Retrieved on: June 22, 2014
  4. ↑ Baltic Sea, Flensburg, history ; Retrieved on: June 22, 2014
  5. ^ Andreas Kunz (Ed.): Schleswig 1820-1864 , page 3 f .; Retrieved on: June 22, 2014
  6. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : 150 years of the Flensburger Tageblatt: A department store displaces the town hall , dated: September 13, 2015; Retrieved on: April 28, 2017
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (Hrsg.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 402.
  8. ^ A b c Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (Hrsg.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 44.
  9. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : 150 years of the Flensburger Tageblatt: A department store displaces the town hall , dated: September 13, 2015; Retrieved on: April 28, 2017
  10. ↑ Stine Wiell: Flensborgsamlingen 1852-1864 - Studieafdelingen og Arkivet , pages 331 and 332; Retrieved June 24, 2014
  11. ^ Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 403.
  12. ^ Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg !. Flensburg 2009, article: Idstedt-Löwe
  13. ↑ How the "Flensburg Lion" came to the Wannsee ; accessed on June 27, 2014
  14. ^ Carlo Jolly : From war hospital to hospital , in: Flensburger Tageblatt , February 7, 2014; Retrieved on: June 27, 2014
  15. ↑ Malteser St. Franziskus-Hospital ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved on: June 27, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geschichte-sh.de
  16. ↑ Heinrich Bernhard Wilhelm Flügel took over the construction management . See architects and artists ... Flügel, Heinrich Bernhard Wilhelm and Flensburg City Archives, Findbuch.net, Lauf. Number: 00048 ; each accessed on June 27, 2014
  17. ^ Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 123
  18. ↑ Der Spiegel : Städtebau, Aktiv Reue , March 3, 1980; Retrieved on: June 23, 2014
  19. ↑ a b c Cf. HW Flensburg : A town hall is to be sold , in: Die Zeit , March 11, 1960; Retrieved on: June 22, 2014
  20. ^ Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 32
  21. ^ Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg !. Flensburg 2009, article: Rathaus
  22. ↑ Der Spiegel : Städtebau, Aktiv Reue , March 3, 1980; Retrieved on: June 23, 2014

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