Wendenstrasse chocolate factory

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Front of the Wendenstrasse chocolate factory with a glass roof over the inner courtyard (center) and a free-standing chimney (right)

The Wendenstrasse chocolate factory is a former factory in the Hammerbrook district of Hamburg , which serves as an office and residential complex.

Location and monument protection

The facility is located at Wendenstrasse 130 in the City Süd district , on the northern bank of the southern canal . It has been a cultural monument in accordance with the Hamburg Monument Protection Act (ID 29332) since 1994 . The protected ensemble includes the factory with the boiler house, the chimney of the boiler house, production and storage buildings as well as open spaces and an access road with historic paving.

history

The front from the east

Establishment

The chocolate, cocoa and sugar confectionery factory Reese & Wichmann, founded in 1831, had to give up its production site at Speersort 12/14 in 1908 due to the breakthrough in Mönckebergstrasse . Instead, the company had a factory built on Wendenstrasse. It was designed by the architecture and engineering office Theodor Speckbötel.

The property had 8925 m², of which 3340 m² were built on. A representative brick building was created, the parts of which were grouped around an inner courtyard with two doorways in the north and south. The east wing was approximately 47 × 9 meters. There were two cloakrooms, the box packing room and the expedition (shipping). The west wing was about 40 × 16 meters wider and slightly shorter. Among other things, it housed the mold and platelet room, the chocolate room and the engine room. On the back of the west wing facing the south channel there was a winch structure and a jetty where barges with cocoa sacks could be unloaded. To the west of the main building, the approx. 18 × 6 meter boiler house plus a 5 meter long coal room and a free-standing, decorated chimney were built.

At that time, the factory was equipped with modern devices such as a 300 HP operating steam engine, an electrical power and lighting system and a cooling machine. Around 300 people worked there.

Reconstruction and later commercial use

During the Second World War, the attic and the gable of the factory were destroyed. In 1952 the roof was renewed and the fourth floor of the main building was rebuilt.

The facility was used as a chocolate factory by CHL Gartmann GmbH until the 1990s. Most recently, the eyewear manufacturer Hoya Lens Germany was based there as a single user .

Back of the chocolate factory with the jetty on the southern canal

Conversion

From 1994 to 1997 the former factory was converted into commercial lofts, photo studios and residential studios and two storeys were added. Overall, the gross floor area increased to 7,750 m². While the facade of the lower floors was largely preserved, the structure was built in a modern style with a roof made of corrugated aluminum sheet, glass and steel. The inner courtyard was given a glass roof and stairs and pontoons were built along the south canal . The conversion was carried out by the architects v. Bismarck + Partner (Christian von Bismarck) planned and implemented. This created approx. 6000 m² of commercial space and 734 m² of living space, which Hollmann & Partner Vermögensverwaltung is offering for rent. The property will continue to be operated under the name “Chocolate Factory”.

literature

  • Hamburg and its buildings 1914. Volume 2, published by the Architects and Engineers Association of Hamburg, Hamburg 1914, pp. 527-528.
  • Karin von Behr, Egbert Kossak (ed.): Hamburg and its buildings, 1985-2000. Volume 8, Dölling and Galitz, 1999, p. 131.
  • Eckhard Freiwald, Gabriele Freiwald: Hamburg's old factories - then and now. Sutton Verlag GmbH, Erfurt 2014, ISBN 978-3-95400-515-4 , p. 123.

Web links

Commons : Schokoladenfabrik Wendenstraße  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments according to § 6 paragraph 1 Hamburg Monument Protection Act of April 5, 2013, (HmbGVBl p. 142), Hamburg Culture Authority, p. 4582
  2. ↑ Hamburg and its buildings 1914. Vol. 2, ed. from the Architects and Engineers Association of Hamburg, Hamburg 1914, pp. 527-528.
  3. ↑ Conversions of the office v. Bismarck note: 2. Click on the project.

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 51.4 ″  N , 10 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  E