Schweizerhaus (Cuxhaven)
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The Schweizerhaus in Cuxhaven in the castle park of Ritzebüttel Castle was built in 1847 as a tea house.
history
The Ritzebüttel Castle was the residence of the Hamburg officials during the time that Ritzebüttel belonged to Hamburg. In 1937 Ritzebüttel came to the Prussian province of Hanover . The palace and park could later be used by the public and were renovated by 1996.
The bailiff Eduard Sthamer had the two-storey, historicizing tea house in the palace gardens built in the Swiss style in 1847, at the same time as the gatehouse. This fashionable style was also used in many northern German towns in the 19th century. A park path leads around the castle. The house is halfway, right on the moat. The park and the house were not open to the public at the time.
An open-air stage was built next to the house in 1935. Both facilities were temporarily used together. Use was restricted after 1939, and the house fell into disrepair, increasingly in the 1990s. When the thatched roof collapsed, private initiatives and donations as well as security measures since 2002 have stopped the building from decaying. At the end of 2003 the association for the preservation of the Swiss house was founded. In 2004 the city and the association signed a license agreement. Then the house was renovated and it was given a tiled roof. The development association maintains the building and organizes various events. The Schweizerhaus can be used for civil weddings.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Cuxhavener Nachrichten of September 8, 2004: The "Schweizerhaus" is taking on more and more shape .
Coordinates: 53 ° 51 ′ 25.3 " N , 8 ° 41 ′ 49.3" E