Hellikon school building

The Hellikon school building is a listed school building in Hellikon in the canton of Aargau , built according to plans by the architect Joseph Caspar Jeuch . The 1st to 6th grade of primary school are taught .

It is a simple, classical building with seven longitudinal and three transverse axes. The cuboid, brick-built structure with a slightly sloping hipped roof and turret has three floors, which are accessed via a central staircase . The windows framed with reed sandstone frames and edge rails have arched arches on the bottom floor , otherwise they are rectangular. Structures are made by cornices and a base made of red sandstone. The central axis of the street front is emphasized by a portal niche, windows that are twice as wide and a small clapboard tower.

In 1863, the school council of the Rheinfelden district asked the Hellikon community to build a new schoolhouse because the old one no longer met the requirements. The construction work was essentially completed in October 1865, and in the following year the roof turret with a clock and two bells was put on.

On Christmas Day 1875, the Hellikon school building became famous throughout Switzerland due to a tragic accident. The non-profit women's association organized a Christmas party. Since it was raining, many people waited tightly packed on the stairs. Shortly before the hall opened at 6:30 p.m., the stairwell collapsed. Dozens of visitors were buried under rubble and rubble. The accident left 76 dead, including numerous children. The dead were buried in the Wegenstetten cemetery, where a memorial erected in 1877 commemorates them. The following investigation revealed serious construction defects that the construction company had accepted for reasons of cost.

A memorial created by Heinrich Rudolf Meili to honor the victims in the Wegenstetten cemetery

literature

Edith Hunziker, Peter Hoegger: The art monuments of the canton of Aargau . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History . Volume IX, Rheinfelden district. Bern 2011, ISBN 978-3-906131-94-8 , pp. 285-286 .

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Meyer-Kuhn: An old national border, a serious misfortune and deep holes. (PDF, 2.5 MB) Rütihof Chronicle Group, June 25, 2011, accessed on May 10, 2019 .

47.50895 7.922Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '32.2 " N , 7 ° 55' 19.2" E ; CH1903: 636 415 / two hundred and sixty-two thousand one hundred thirty-four

[1] Peter Meyer-Kuhn: An old national border, a serious misfortune and deep holes. (PDF, 2.5 MB) Rütihof Chronicle Group, June 25, 2011, accessed on May 10, 2019 .