Magdeburg slaughterhouse
The Magdeburg slaughterhouse was the central urban slaughterhouse in the city of Magdeburg . Today the area, which is still known as the slaughterhouse, is an area characterized by commercial settlements with a mixed use of residential and commercial areas. Some of the old slaughterhouse buildings , some of which are under monument protection , are used here. The entire facility is an important testimony to the industrial architecture .
history
Up until the end of the 19th century, house slaughter dominated Magdeburg . Due to the associated unfavorable hygienic conditions, the city planned to build a municipal slaughterhouse as early as 1863. Due to the limited space in the old town , which was constricted by a fortress belt , there was no suitable space.
The Prussian slaughterhouse laws (decrees of 1868 and 1881) then made slaughterhouse compulsory. The construction of a municipal slaughterhouse was therefore also necessary in Magdeburg. Since the rayon regulations of the fortifications were relaxed, it was decided to build the slaughterhouse on an 11 hectare urban plot in front of the fortifications, which had a railway connection.
Construction began in 1889 and it was opened on May 29, 1893. The building ensemble was characterized by yellow brick buildings with steel roof structures. The design of the building was done in a reduced historical way. These plans, which were modern for the time, came from city planning officer Otto Peters and city planning inspector Reinhard Beer . Various cattle market halls, slaughterhouses, stable buildings, a cattle exchange and a three-storey administration building were built.
From 1924 onwards, the slaughterhouse was expanded under the direction of Johannes Göderitz, the city councilor . The expansion had become necessary due to the significantly increased population of Magdeburg. Göderitz created buildings that took up the traditional yellow brick construction and combined it with the modern forms and materials of the New Building , in particular the reinforced concrete construction . Various extensions, a coal bunker and civil servants' houses were built on Schlachthofstrasse . A cold store was built in the northeast corner of the site .
The slaughterhouse was in operation for almost 100 years until after 1990. After the slaughterhouse was closed, some buildings were rented to new users. Other building complexes fell into disrepair. In January 1997, the Gewerbegrund Projektierungsgesellschaft mbH Munich took over the site. In cooperation with the city, a new overall concept was created, which provides for a mixed use of residential and commercial. Various of the old listed buildings have been renovated and given new uses. The old laboratory building (house 42) and the administration building (house 29) became modern office buildings. The old pigsties (house 21) became workshops and storage rooms. Other buildings were demolished. The area was given a lot of life by the establishment of a large Kaufland supermarket in the former pig market.
Some of the old factory roads have now become public roads. This is how the city council named the streets Zur Viehbörse , Zum Handelshof and Johann-Gottlieb-Schoch-Straße .
Location / structure of the system
The facility was located at Liebknechtstrasse 35, but is now accessible through the former factory roads.
The slaughterhouse buildings were arranged in a cross shape. This was due to the cattle drive, which took place from south to north, and the division of the facility into a cattle yard in the east and a slaughterhouse in the west.
literature
- Sabine Ullrich: Magdeburg - architecture and urban development. Halle 2001, ISBN 3-929330-33-4
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 20.3 " N , 11 ° 36 ′ 44.5" E