Südviertel (Eisenach)

The four villa areas in the southern quarter of the core city of Eisenach:

Mariental

Marienhöhe

Karthäuserhöhe

Predigerberg / Hainstein

The listed villa colony Südviertel in the south of Eisenach is one of the large contiguous villa areas in Germany, which was created between 1862 and the First World War . At that time, Eisenach was a magnet for wealthy privy councilors, factory owners and the military, as well as pensioners and commoners in the region because of the beautiful scenic location on the Thuringian Forest , the historic Wartburg and the spa. More than 100 mostly stately villas in different architectural styles were built. The southern quarter includes the colonies of Predigerhöhe, Marienhöhe, Karthäuserhöhe, Mariental as well as areas at the rhododendron garden and the Waldschänke, the area below the Wartburg.

Architectural styles and villas

Examples

Predigerberg / Hainstein

Reutervilla

Predigerberg / Hainstein

Hainweg 20

Mariental

Wartburgallee 72

Mariental

Mariental 17

Karthäuserhöhe

Amalienstraße 1

Marienhöhe

Villa Fritz-Koch-Str. 38

The residential area has been almost completely preserved in its unity and its original character building to this day. Many of the villas are of great architectural importance, built in a variety of styles from late classicism to Bauhaus , but art nouveau and historicism dominate the image of the southern quarter. Many of the villas show an extraordinary variety of architectural details. Several famous architects have collaborated here such as B. Ludwig Bohnstedt .

Among the most famous villas in the city are:

• The " Reuter-Wagner-Museum ", Fritz Reuter's former residence , is a neo-renaissance villa , built between 1866 and 1868 by Ludwig Bohnstedt , which, at Reuter's request , was to represent a Roman villa.
• Karl Wichmanns had the rhododendron villa built in 1900 in Art Nouveau style. The specialty is the English style forest garden , where you can see a variety of rhododendrons and azaleas .
• Villa Kesselring, built in Art Nouveau in 1898 by the Eisenach bricklayer Gustav Stein.

Most of the villas are listed buildings. Today they are mainly used as single or multi-family houses for residential purposes, others accommodate offices or guest houses.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in the southern quarter (Eisenach)
• List of cultural monuments on the Marienhöhe (Eisenach)
• List of cultural monuments in Mariental (Eisenach)
• List of cultural monuments on the Karthäuserhöhe (Eisenach)
• List of cultural monuments on the Predigerberg (Eisenach)

Further architectural monuments in the south quarter

• Kartausgarten with foyer
• Art pavilion
• Prince pond
• Monument to the history of the German labor movement
• Goldschmiedenstrasse 8-10

literature

• Sabine Landmann, Stefan Wolter and Jensen Zlotowicz: Villas in Eisenach: Volume 1 , Rhino Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-932081-11-0
• Jensen Zlotowicz: Villas in Eisenach: Volume 2 , Rhino Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-932081-38-2
• Herlind Reiss: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany - cultural monuments in Thuringia: City of Eisenach, country houses and villas at the foot of the Wartburg , Reinhold, E. Verlag, October 2007, ISBN 3-937940-24-3

Web links

• Wartburg city - Eisenach. A picture book