Reichsjägerhof "Hermann Göring"

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The Reichsjägerhof "Hermann Göring" in Riddagshausen near Braunschweig was one of two large forestry operations that were established during the Nazi era . It was intended primarily for meetings of the Gaujägermeister as well as for state hunts of the National Socialist leadership, in particular of the "Reichsjägermeister" Hermann Göring .

history

The Riddagshausen Reichsjägerhof was established in 1934 at the instigation of the then NSDAP - Prime Minister of the Free State of Braunschweig , Dietrich Klagges , who - together with his party comrade, Finance and Justice Minister Friedrich Alpers - wanted to secure the favor of the Reich leadership in Berlin. To achieve this goal, Klagges sought the proximity of Göring, whose passion for hunting was known. To this end, Klagges first created the “Jagdgau Braunschweig” and then appointed Alpers in 1934 as its “Gaujägermeister”. Subsequently, construction work began on the Reichsjägerhof in Buchhorst , the planning of which the Braunschweig architect Emil Herzig was responsible for. The Riddagshausen monastery with its extensive ponds was integrated into the complex. In addition, a pheasant farm , a falconry and a wildlife park were set up.

When it opened on May 5, 1935, Klagges handed the company over to Göring as a personal gift for his wedding to actress Emmy Sonnemann . In his acceptance speech, Göring created the name “Reichsjägerhof”. Göring stayed there twice on state hunts for foreign diplomats: first on November 4, 1935 and lastly in November 1938.

One project of the company was the research and settlement of the gyrfalcon . To this end, the Hermann Göring Foundation, which was established on March 31, 1935 especially for the management of the farm, financed the Herdemerten Greenland Expedition in 1938 , which brought five of these birds of prey to Germany.

This first Reichsjägerhof, which - as it was planned - was to serve as a prototype for other facilities of this type, was administered by the Hermann Göring Foundation until 1945.

architecture

"Fighting deer" at the entrance to the Reichsjägerhof.

Architect Herzig designed the building complex in the style of a Lower Saxony house in half-timbered construction. The Jägerhof consisted of a main building with Gaujägermeisteramt, conference and training rooms as well as work rooms and apartments for forest officials. There was also a separate apartment block for Göring, which he never used. Stables and farm buildings were attached to the building. Fasanerie and Falkenhof, which received the title “Reichsfalkenhof”, were located a little away from the building complex.

The nearby Grüner Jäger forest restaurant, built in 1740, was extensively rebuilt in 1936.

Transport links

In order to be prepared for the Reichsjägermeister and the expected numerous state guests and hunting participants, a representative and direct connection between the Braunschweig train station and the Reichsjägerhof in the form of a boulevard was planned from 1937 . For this purpose, an extra-wide lane should (originally) be created directly from the train station through the city and part of the Riddagshausen forest and the Prinzenpark , while at the same time the Luftflottenkommando 2 and the "SA field" located near the Nussberg should be connected. The overall plan was never implemented, however, only the connection through the Prinzenpark to the Reichsjägerhof was completed by the inauguration on November 7th and 8th, 1937 and named "Hermann-Göring-Allee".

post war period

After the end of the Second World War , the foundation was renamed the Jägerhof Foundation. The real estate of the Reichsjägerhof passed into the ownership of the city of Braunschweig on March 29, 1955, after the foundation was dissolved, and is now part of the Riddagshausen nature reserve and the Buchhorst nature reserve . Until the end of 2012 there was an integrative kindergarten of the Braunschweiger Lebenshilfe in the buildings . The green hunter is still a restaurant. In 1945 the avenue was first renamed "Hindenburg-Allee", then in 1950 it was baptized with the name it still bears today: "Ebertallee".

Second Reichsjägerhof

The Riddagshäuser Empire Jägerhof should serve as a model for other such installations in all the will of the Nazis districts serve. However, this idea could not prevail. Another - and last - Reichsjägerhof was built in 1936 in Rominter Heide , in northeastern East Prussia .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Neumärker, Knopf: Görings Revier: Jagd und Politik in der Rominter Heide , p. 205.
  2. ↑ Herdemerten, 1939. P. 9ff.
  3. ↑ a b c Hartmut Nickel: Reichsjägerhof , In: Camerer, Garzmann, Schuegraf, Pingel: Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon , Braunschweig 1992, p. 190.

Web links

Commons : Reichsjägerhof "Hermann Göring"  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 46.6 "  N , 10 ° 35 ′ 26.1"  E