Augsburg slaughterhouse and cattle yard
The slaughterhouse and cattle yard in Augsburg was located on Proviantbachstrasse in the textile district from its opening on October 8, 1900 until it was closed on March 28, 2004 and housed the city slaughterhouse .
history
The Augsburg city law of 1276 mentions a slaughterhouse in which all cattle had to be slaughtered. From 1355 a slaughterhouse next to the Maria Stern monastery is occupied. 1606/09 was Stadtmetzg of Elias Holl built. During this time, a slaughterhouse was built in the immediate vicinity, which was expanded in 1718 and replaced by a new building in Schlachthausgässchen 4 in 1850 under the direction of building officer Kollmann. However, since the space available for further expansion was limited in the old town, planning began in 1878.
East of the Proviantbach creek on the 6.05 hectare area of the former municipal construction magazine, the new slaughterhouse and cattle yard was built in 1898. The construction management was under the city planning officer Fritz Steinhäußer and the architect Gotthelf Stein . What was probably the most modern facility in the German Empire at the time was built for three million marks . The new slaughterhouse started operations in 1900.
A general renovation of the building took place between 1975 and 1981. The slaughterhouse and cattle yard became the second largest slaughterhouse in Bavaria ; in 1996, 218,163 slaughterings were carried out there.
The slaughterhouse and cattle yard had a connection to the Augsburg local railway . The track system was dismantled after the transport of cattle by rail had generally ceased.
Buildings
The complex of a total of 22 individual buildings was divided into three complexes: General Buildings, Cattle Yard and Slaughterhouse. The buildings in the entrance area of the slaughterhouse and cattle yard and the former cattle and calf market hall have been preserved.
Entrance area
In the entrance area on Proviantbachstrasse, three cubic structures have been preserved: the administration building, the restoration with a ground floor hall extension and the management with apartment.
Restoration building
Administration building
Service building
Calf shed
The most impressive building is the former cattle market hall, the so-called calf hall. The approximately 1700 m² building has a three-aisled floor plan in the basilica style and a basket arch-shaped iron structure as the roof. On the side aisles, the former cattle shelters are covered by pent roofs with wrought iron consoles . The two-tone bare brick facade is interrupted by arched windows . In front of the hall there is a large meadow with a 90-year-old chestnut tree . Inside the hall there are partially still original waiting bays made of wrought iron posts. The floor of the hall is made of Großhesseloher clinker.
Calf shed, 2013
Calf shed, 2004
Interior view of the calf hall, 2004
Todays use
A new compact slaughterhouse of Augsburger Schlachthof GmbH was put into operation on the southern part of the site in April 2004.
The remainder of the building and 15,000 m² of commercial space are currently owned by Dierig Textilwerke GmbH , which is planning , among other things, a gastronomic experience and the use of the calf hall as an “art and culture meeting point in the KU factory”.
literature
- Wilhelm Ruckdeschel: Industrial culture in Augsburg . Brigitte Settele Verlag, Augsburg 2004, ISBN 3-932939-44-1 .
- Bernt von Hagen, Angelika Wegener-Hüssen: Monuments in Bavaria . tape 83 : City of Augsburg . Karl M. Lipp, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-87490-572-1 .
- Günther Grünsteudel , Günter Hägele, Rudolf Frankenberger (eds.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon . 2nd Edition. Perlach, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-922769-28-4 .
- City of Augsburg (ed.): Open Monument Day 2003 . Wißner, 2003, ISBN 3-89639-406-1 , augsburg.de (PDF)
Web links
- immobilien-dierig.de Website of Dierig Immobilien
Individual evidence
- ↑ Augsburger Stadtlexikon , p. 786.
- ↑ Monuments in Bavaria / City of Augsburg , p. 364.
- ↑ Dierig website
Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '17.3 " N , 10 ° 55' 5.1" E