Rodenhof (good)

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The Rodenhof in 2012

The Rodenhof is a former agricultural estate from the 18th century at Grühlingstraße 91 in the Saarbrücken district of Rodenhof . The only remaining building is a listed monument.

history

Prince Ludwig von Nassau-Saarbrücken had the Rodenhof built around 1765 as an agricultural property. The courtyard building served a lordly forester as an official residence until 1793, when the courtyard became the property of the city of Malstatt-Burbach . In the 19th century the city sold the farm again. The Thieriet and Kaiser families lived here in the mid-19th century. In 1872 George Heckel was named as the owner of the Rodenhof, which he acquired through his marriage to Marie Thierit. Heckel stated “Wirth” as his profession. Presumably, therefore, there was already an inn in the Rodenhof at that time.

After the death of the wife in 1896, at the latest after Heckel's death in 1899, the courtyard buildings and the property belonging to them went into the possession of the “General Poor Fund” under the administration of the city to establish a foundation. However, this project was probably not realized, as the farm was leased to a farmer as early as 1900, who also continued to run the inn. Later, the industrialist family Sehmer acquired the estate with its land and in 1926 built the "Villa Sehmer" (later "Villa Breit") north of it. The family also tried to upgrade the popular excursion eatery and built a bowling alley in 1925. In 1928 an application was made to rebuild the former forest school and an annex was built next to the courtyard building, which was used not only as a school but also for summer catering.

Various tenants continued to run the inn in the 20th century. Until 2006, the "Historische Rodenhof" was a popular restaurant with a beer garden. During this time, the restaurant was repeatedly rebuilt and expanded. After disputes between the house owner and the last tenant, he terminated the lease. The building has been empty since then. In April 2018, work on the renovation of the building was resumed. The client is the Globus Foundation . A counseling center for women in need will be housed in the building from 2019.

architecture

The elongated Baroque building with a crooked hipped roof and attic was built around 1765 in the Baroque style, but is less magnificent than the buildings by Friedrich Joachim Stengels in the city center. The originally narrow base, which resulted from the north-south slope of the building, is now only visible on the south side. Due to a long, newer extension on the northeast corner, the original number of window axes is no longer preserved. While the windows in the attic are axially symmetrical, the ground floor is asymmetrically offset slightly to the south. The entrance to the house is between two segmented arched windows. Windows and doors are framed here in sandstone. The attic is covered with slate, the roof with red tiles. Both in the north and in the west, the core building was supplemented by extensions. The farm buildings behind the house are no longer preserved.

Remarks

  1. ↑ As early as 1683, Countess Eleonore Klara reported in a letter to the Reunionskammer of the French king in Metz about a count's estate Rodenhof (also "Grafenhof") with Switzerland , sheep and a leaseholder with his own ban , fields and meadows. This is not identical to the Rodenhof described here, but arose in the area of ​​the city of Saarbrücken (today Alt-Saarbrücken ), into whose ownership this farm passed in the 17th century. See Adolph Köllner : History of the cities of Saarbrücken and St. Johann . Volume 1, Siebert Verlag, Saarbrücken 1861, pp. 213, 321, 366 and Fritz Kloevekorn : Saarbrücken's past in pictures . (= Volume 1 of the Saar area's past in the picture ). Gebr. Hofer, Saarbrücken 1934, p. 108

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Saarbrücken sub-monument list ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , List of monuments of the Saarland, Landesdenkmalamt Saar, p. 71 (PDF) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saarland.de
  2. ↑ a b The historic Rodenhof  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , City district documentation Rodenhof, City of Saarbrücken@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.saarbruecken.de  
  3. ↑ Silvia Buss: Not just any inn. The future of the historic Rodenhof is unclear - unrealistic asking prices . Saarbrücker Zeitung. June 23, 2010
  4. ↑ Matthias Zimmermann: New life in the old walls. In: Online edition of the Saarbrücker Zeitung. Retrieved October 24, 2018 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 9.1 ″  N , 6 ° 59 ′ 43.3 ″  E