Riederberg restoration

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The Rietherberg restoration was a formerly well-known pub with a beer cellar on today's Riederberg in the district of Wiesbaden-Nordost of the Hessian state capital Wiesbaden. At the end of the 19th century, the catering business was given up and fell into oblivion. The site was not built until after the Second World War. In 2013, during excavation work for an underground car park on the corner of Philippsbergstrasse and Rothstrasse, the supposedly “unknown vaulted cellar” was rediscovered.

1831, the beginnings of the Riedberg excursion restaurant

The atlas of the city of Wiesbaden contains the following information on the construction of the first inn: “Outside the city, […] the construction of the oldest Riederberghaus, in 1831 (popular excursion destination, economy) and the establishment of the new cemetery on the side of Platter Strasse, in 1832, is closed note. "

At that time Wiesbaden was still a small town and had less than 9,000 inhabitants. The location and the restaurant on the Riederberg were considered by many contemporary witnesses as a special local recreation area and was already praised as a "place of relaxation" with a panoramic view : "From here the eye could see freely over gardens and meadows, fields and forests, valley and hills", westward to Schläferskopf and Hohe Wurzel , southward over the Rhine into the Rhine-Hessian hinterland , eastward to the Maine Plain and the Odenwald foothills with the over 500 meter high Melibokus mountain .

In 1852, miners created the beer cellar

"The commercial buildings of Chr. Bücher in Wiesbaden", beer cellar zum Riether-Berg 1854, lithograph by Wilhelm Zingel jun.

The Wiesbaden farmer and carter Friedrich Ludwig Burk (1787–1866) kept a diary from 1806 until his death, with the help of which some errors in Wiesbaden historiography could be corrected. With regard to the Rietherberger beer cellar, he noted in 1852: “The beer brewer [Christian] Büger [books (1801–1867)] from the Nonnehof has built a cellar on the Überräther Berg [Überriether Berg]. Which by miners who hauled the earth out with reels like in mines and arched the whole cellar without digging up and made it completely ready. "

As recently as 1944, the Wiesbadener Zeitung reported that the cellar “leads into the mountain about 50 m deep in two high tunnels that are connected by two cross passages. Thick walls and strong vaults absorb side pressure and ceiling thrust. The state of the brewery and the natural ice storage required extensive storage rooms. The ice was poured in through several shafts. ”In the fall of 1853, Bücher had a house built over the cellar. It lay on a four- acre property, in the midst of “fruit trees, gardens and flowery meadows.” It was an “elongated, single-storey building, in the middle of which a gable broke the strict horizontal line. Residential and farm buildings behind completed the property. "

"A friend of economic interests"

The following advertisement appeared in the Mittelrheinische Zeitung in 1853 as an “announcement”: “It has not escaped the observer of economic interests how the consumption of beer has increased significantly for several decades in southern Germany, even in so-called wine countries. The reason for this was not only the improvement in the quality of this branch of industry, but also the conviction that a daily consumption of spirits in a good beer is more healthy, and that the increased needs in a cheaper drink than wine found an economic balance a more nutritious drink diminished the consumption of brandy . This explains that even in Wiesbaden, the gateway to the world-famous Rheingau, beer consumption has recently spread to the most distinguished circles and that several breweries, beer taverns and restaurants have grown out of the needs. We are happy to be able to draw the public's attention to a new phenomenon in this industry in the 'Bierkeller zum Riethenberg' by Christian Bücher […] […] From the bustle of the great Curstadt [] […] many lovely walks lead to him down. [...] We look forward with special appreciation to the further execution of this public interest and therefore meritorious company, especially since it should still contain various embellishments and new forms of business. "

Different tenants

The "Riether-Berg restoration with beer cellar" has been leased several times. For example, Ernst Günther ran it as "Wirth" in 1856/57. In 1864 he employed four assistants, a waiter, a cook, a maid and a servant, and rented 16 rooms. He was estimated at 800 florins in tax capital. In 1860 Johann Balt. [Hasar] Schenk was the host of 'Zum Rietherberg'.

Auction of the Riether-Berg property

In the Mittelrheinische Zeitung there is an announcement in 1867 that on Tuesday, June 25th, “the widow and heir of the deceased host Christ. Real estate that has been registered by Wiesbaden in the town hall there for the second time voluntarily auctioned for the sake of division: 1.) a two-story house [...], 2.) a two-story house (Gasthaus zum Nonnenhof) [...], 3.) a two-story cold store [...] , 4. a.) A one-story building with a front end and a beer cellar below, 61 'long, 21' deep; b.) a one-story extension 16½ 'long, 14½' deep; c.) a one-story rear end with knee stick , 81 'long, 15' deep; d.) a drinking hall, 20½ 'long, 12' deep and f.) holding courtyard 380 94 ', occupy Rietherberg 5r Gewann between a way and Georg Daniel Christmann with 310 40' garden land, arable land and 120 78 'ways. "

The Rietherberg restoration gradually disappeared

The atlas of the city of Wiesbaden uses the spelling “Riederberg” for “Rietherberg” for the first time in its map IX in 1879. As in the previous plans, the layout of the buildings remained unchanged. In contrast, the usual explanations “Rest.” [Aurant] and “Bierk.” [Eller] were conspicuously recorded as abbreviations. The next map also shows the floor plans of the buildings unchanged in 1888. But the letter is only "Riederberg". From this it can be concluded that the operation of the Riether-Berg restoration has now been discontinued. Two years later, in 1890, there is the message in the Rheinischer Kurier: “Mr. Fr. Bücher in Bierstadt” - probably an inheritance from Christian Bücher - “sold his property 'Zum Riether Berg' here and Mr Gust. [Av] Wolff his garden there together for 75,000 M to Mr. Retiree Louis Seel here. ”In a tourist guide from 1903 with a city map dated 1898, the floor plans of the buildings on the Riederberg site are still drawn, but they are no longer labeled. The plan shows Philippsbergstraße as a short fork from Platterstraße to the west with a continuation as a path up to the Riederberg site. It is noteworthy that this plan shows the stairway that was laid out "1897/98", which today still connects Philippsbergstrasse down to Riederbergstrasse and Emserstrasse as an extension of Knausstrasse .

Shaft exposed during construction work to the former beer cellar of the Riederberg restaurant, 2014

On map XI from 1900, in the atlas of the city of Wiesbaden, only one building can be seen from the Rietherberg location. This map, too, now shows the path that leads as an extension of Philippsbergstrasse to the Riederberg site. In 1910, the Riederberg site appears on Map XII without a building floor plan. As a result, none of the buildings existed at that time. The plot of land with a basement with the beer cellar is now on the developed Philippsbergstrasse, which overlaps the site of the former Riether-Berg restoration and leads east - today as Rothstrasse - up to Platterstrasse.

Decades later, the Wiesbadener Zeitung claimed on June 30, 1944 that the Riether-Berg beer cellar had “fallen victim” to the expansion of Philippsbergstraße and continues: “The restoration 'Unter den Eichen' has long been a fully valid replacement. After 1900 the outbuildings of the Riederberg restaurant also disappear. The place was used by the day care center for happy games. Today [1944] he is under the plow and spade again. "

Decades later, in 2013, in the course of excavation work for the underground car park at the corner of Philippsbergstrasse 55 and Rothstrasse 18 on the building site, the Rietherberg vaulted cellar restoration was "unexpectedly" rediscovered. In the meantime it has been filled with swelling concrete and has been built over since 2014.

literature

  • C. Spielmann, F. Krake: The development of the soft image of the city of Wiesbaden since the end of the 18th century . Atlas with accompanying text, Frankfurt a. M. 1987.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Riederberg on a website of the city of Wiesbaden, accessed on August 1, 2014 .
  2. ↑ New construction of city villas on Riederberg on a GWW Wiesbaden website, accessed on August 1, 2014 .
  3. ↑ The contemporary spelling was "Riether-Berg".
  4. ↑ It is remarkable "because of its splendid location and beautiful plantings, as well as adorned by individual beautiful monuments by local and foreign sculptors, it is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Germany." Cf.: Ferdinand Hey'l : Wiesbaden and his surroundings, a reliable guide through the Curstadt and its surroundings . Wiesbaden 1868, p. 68.
  5. ↑ C. Spielmann, F. Krake: The development of the soft image of the city of Wiesbaden since the end of the 18th century . Atlas with accompanying text, Frankfurt a. M. 1987, p. 10, left side.
  6. ^ Berthold Bubner: Wiesbaden, architectural monuments and historical sites . Wiesbaden 1993, p. 18.
  7. ↑ Gr .: Miners created the cellar to the Riederberg. The becoming and passing of an old Wiesbaden restaurant . Wiesbadener Zeitung, No. 150, June 29, 1944.
  8. ↑ Illustration in: Robert Haas, Wiesbadener Curkalender, Wiesbaden 1854, o. P.
  9. ↑ Inn in Wiesbaden.
  10. ↑ Jochen Dollwett, Thomas Weichel (arrangement): The diary of Friedrich Burk. Notes of a Wiesbaden citizen and farmer 1806–1866 . Wiesbaden 1993, p. 172.
  11. ↑ Gr .: Miners created the cellar to the Riederberg. The becoming and passing of an old Wiesbaden restaurant . Wiesbadener Zeitung, No. 150, June 29, 1944.
  12. ↑ Gr .: Miners created the cellar to the Riederberg. The becoming and passing of an old Wiesbaden restaurant . Wiesbadener Zeitung, No. 150, June 29, 1944.
  13. ↑ Wiesbaden had 13 992 inhabitants in 1850, see: H. Brötz, A. Menne: The new tourist guide through Wiesbaden and the surrounding area . Wiesbaden 1903, p. 38.
  14. ↑ A friend of economic interests . Mittelrheinische Zeitung, Wiesbaden, Sunday, July 3rd, 1853.
  15. ↑ A friend of economic interests . Mittelrheinische Zeitung, Wiesbaden, Sunday, July 3rd, 1853.
  16. ^ Isolde Weichel: Address book of the city of Wiesbaden . Wiesbaden 1998/1992, p. 17, p. 48.
  17. ↑ Wiesbaden City Archives: Commercial Register 1811/64 No. 3186.
  18. ^ Wilhelm Joost: Address book of the capital and residence city of Wiesbaden for the years 1860/61 . P. 100.
  19. ↑ The sign  ' was the symbol for foot .
  20. ↑ The character  0 was the symbol for rod .
  21. ↑ Mittelrheinische Zeitung. Saturday June 8th 1867.
  22. ↑ C. Spielmann, F. Krake: The development of the soft image of the city of Wiesbaden since the end of the 18th century . Atlas with accompanying text, Frankfurt a. M. 1987, map IX.
  23. ↑ C. Spielmann, F. Krake: The development of the soft image of the city of Wiesbaden since the end of the 18th century . Atlas with accompanying text, Frankfurt a. M. 1987, map X.
  24. ^ Rheinischer Kurier: Mittelrheinische Zeitung, Friday, November 21, 1890.
  25. ^ H. Brötz, A. Menne: The new tourist guide through Wiesbaden and the surrounding area . City map from 1893, Wiesbaden 1903.
  26. ↑ Christian Spielmann and Julius Krake, Historical Atlas of the City of Wiesbaden, Twelve digitized city maps of Wiesbaden 1799–1910, CD-ROM and accompanying book, edited by Thomas Weichel with the collaboration of Rudolf Krämer, Wiesbaden 2002, p. 57.
  27. ↑ C. Spielmann, F. Krake: The development of the soft image of the city of Wiesbaden since the end of the 18th century. Atlas with accompanying text, Frankfurt a. M. 1987, map XI.
  28. ↑ C. Spielmann, F. Krake: The development of the soft image of the city of Wiesbaden since the end of the 18th century. Atlas with accompanying text, Frankfurt a. M. 1987, map XII.
  29. ↑ Bärbel Maul, Axel Ulrich: The Wiesbaden external command “Under the oaks” of the SS special camp / Hinzert concentration camp . Publisher: City Council of Wiesbaden, City Archives. Wiesbaden 2014.
  30. ↑ Gr .: Miners created the cellar for the Riederberg, the becoming and passing away of an old Wiesbaden restaurant . Wiesbadener Zeitung, No. 150, June 29, 1944.

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