Black Bear (Göttingen)

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The Black Bear in Göttingen

The Black Bear in Göttingen is a half-timbered house from the Renaissance period that housed the Zum Schwarzen Bären restaurant until 2011 . It is one of the oldest inns in Germany and is located at Kurzen Straße 12 . From 1764 to 1864 the address was Kurz Strasse 121 .

history

The black bear around 1910

The half-timbered building on Kurzen Strasse in Göttingen was built around 1580 as a residential building and has been used in gastronomy since 1637, at times as a cookshop .

The Black Bear was mentioned for the first time in 1592: From March 30th to April 2nd, 1592 negotiations took place there about the return of the Niedeck Castle near Göttingen, with the previous pledge holders of the castle, the Lords of Kerstlingerode , and the Lords Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig , represented by Chamber Councilor Joachim Götz von Olenhusen and Oberamtmann Heinrich Wissel from Göttingen.

In 1734 the house belonged to Heinrich Andreas Koch, who ran a cookshop there. This was particularly used by students at the university, which was newly founded in 1734. After there had already been guest rooms in the Black Bear, lucrative student apartments have now been set up. From 1755 the house belonged to Heinrich Arnold Koch, from 1775 the butcher Johann Heinrich Bleßmann is registered as owner, 1782 the merchant Heinrich Christian Werber, 1798 the bricklayer Johann Heinrich Meier, 1800 the baker Johann Andreas Koch, 1803 the coachman Justus Albrecht and from 1810 the baker Johann Justus Barthold Schepeler. Schepeler ran a lodging and catering business, but died in 1818. His wife was the second marriage to the goldsmith Lorenz Kollmann, who continued to run the pub.

In the 1830s there were up to seven student quarters in the house. In 1837, the Black Bear was touted as a recommended inn for the university's centenary celebrations. But the heyday of the Black Bear did not begin until 1848, after the Hanoverian government decreed April 27, 1848, when foreign beers were allowed to be served in all restaurants in Göttingen. Until then, only Göttingen beer was allowed to be served, although it was not particularly popular. With the start of serving real Bavarian beer, the Black Bear secured a large number of particularly discerning guests, including notables from the city and the university. And so the inn became known in the 1850s for its good and genuine Bavarian beer and was popular with students.

From November 5, 1857, the Bear Club , made up of young scholars from Göttingen , met in the Black Bear until 1872. Its founders were Heinrich von Stein , Ernst von Meier , Hans von Mangoldt , Leo Meyer , August Kluckhohn . Lectures were heard and given weekly. The members included over 133 people, including Klinkerfues , Carl Ludwig von Bar , Hermann Schultz , Theodor Mithoff , Rudolph Sohm , Adolf Wach and Felix Klein . On December 20, 1857, the bear community was founded as the Göttingen Citizens' Stammtisch, which still exists today.

The black bear in the coat of arms of a student union
The bear pub of the Holzminda fraternity in 1909

From 1854 to 1928, the Black Bear hosted numerous Göttingen student associations . The Bärenfriesen , part of today's Corps Frisia , met around 1854 in the Bären, which was to be the traditional hangout for the Frisians until 1915 and was used as a pub again from 1910 to 1919. The Black Bear also served the Lunaburgia association , founded in 1859, as a hangout for 50 years; it was included in the corporation's coat of arms. The Lüneburgers moved into their pub on the first floor of the Black Bear until they moved into their own house in 1909. On November 10, 1860, the Holzminda fraternity was founded in the Black Bear . Before moving to her own house in 1910, Holzminda had rented her own Kneip room in the Black Bear , in which Kneip pictures of all members were hung and regular pubs, convents and game evenings were held. In 1900, Holzminda rented another room. The black bear was also incorporated into the coat of arms of this student union. The Mündenia gymnastics club also maintained their pub in the Black Bear for several years until they moved into their own house in 1928. In the 1870s, another union of students came into being in the Black Bear, the Bärenblase .

In 1934 the house became the property of the municipal brewery and belonged to the Einbeck brewery until 2011 . During renovation work in 2002, a vaulted cellar from the 14th century was discovered. The building was gutted in 2014. According to Hauschild, a two-story Gothic hall from the time the house was built around 1580 was discovered.

Bear hosts / owners (incomplete)

The black bear with marked pub of the connection Lunaburgia (1880)
The black bear and various student utensils (around 1894)
  • Ulrich Steinher (around 1592)
  • Heinrich Andreas Koch (around 1734)
  • Heinrich Arnold Koch (from 1755)
  • Johann Heinrich Bleßmann (from 1775)
  • Heinrich Christian Werber (from 1782)
  • Johann Heinrich Meier (from 1798)
  • Johann Andreas Koch (from 1800)
  • Justus Albrecht (1803-1810)
  • Johann Justus Barthold Schepeler (1810-1818)
  • Widow Schepeler (1818 until she married Lorenz Kollmann)
  • Lorenz Kollmann (around 1820)
  • Dorothea Schepeler (from 1842); she was affectionately called the mother bear by the students.
  • Wilhelm Schepeler (around 1870)
  • Hermann Emme (January 2, 1897 to July 1, 1935)
  • Municipal brewery in Göttingen (taken over in 1934 and reopened in 1935)
  • Ulrich and Cordula Buhtz (September 4, 1987 to July 15, 2011)
  • Helmut Turck (September 2011 to July 2012)
  • Henning Hauschild (since July 2012 or 2013)

Göttingen memorial plaques

A Göttingen memorial plaque for Doctor Eisenbarth
A Göttingen memorial plaque for Levin Schücking

There are memorial plaques for the following famous personalities on the facade of the house :

literature

  • From the history of the "Black Bear" in Göttingen in: R. Lies (Hrsg.): Mitteilungsblatt des Verein Alter Holzminder zu Göttingen e. V. Hannover May 1936, pp. 6-10 and September 1936 pp. 8-10.

Web links

Commons : Schwarzer Bär in Göttingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. a b Göttinger Tageblatt : Old Hall discovered while gutting the Göttingen Black Bear , March 18, 2014, last accessed: August 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Brüning, Quaet-Faslem, Nicol: History of the Corps Bremensia. 1812-1912. Göttingen 1914, p. 477.
  3. OT-Depesche No. 76. 1998, p. 11.
  4. ↑ On this: The split of Frisia 1854 and the "Friesenkneipe im Bären" up to the Schiller year 1859. In: Alfred Wandsleb: Frisia Gottingensis 1811–1931 , Heide 1931, pp. 119–127.
  5. Hansheiner Schumacher (ed.): Fraternity Holzminda Göttingen. Contributions to its history 1860–1985. Göttingen 1985, p. 7.
  6. Hansheiner Schumacher (ed.): Fraternity Holzminda Göttingen. Contributions to its history 1860–1985. Göttingen 1985, p. 10.
  7. Hansheiner Schumacher (ed.): Fraternity Holzminda Göttingen. Contributions to its history 1860–1985. Göttingen 1985, p. 17.
  8. ^ Herbert Hoffmann-Loss (ed.): Day and twilight of a German bourgeois world. Rudolf Mücke (1849–1930) Memoirs. Meckenheim 2009, p. 44.
  9. ^ Herbert Hoffmann-Loss (ed.): Day and twilight of a German bourgeois world. Rudolf Mücke (1849–1930) Memoirs. Meckenheim 2009, p. 58.
  10. Black Bear - Hibernation in the Bear Park Göttinger Tageblatt, October 7, 2011, accessed on August 29, 2019
  11. Helmut Turck buys the Black Bear Göttinger Tageblatt from September 23, 2011, accessed on August 29, 2019
  12. Turck has restaurant renovated for 1.5 million euros Göttinger Tageblatt of November 22, 2012, accessed on August 29, 2019
  13. Schwarzer Bär is being renovated and reopened in 2012 ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) ingoettingen-magazin.de, on September 23, 2011 (in the archive), accessed on August 29, 2019
  14. a b "Black Bear" in Göttingen changes hands stadtradio-goettingen.de from July 18, 2012, accessed on August 29, 2019
  15. Investor threatens to tear down goettinger-tageblatt.de from July 16, 2017, accessed on August 29, 2019

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '52.6 "  N , 9 ° 56' 7.8"  E