Retaining wall of the Herderschule
| Retaining wall of the Herderschule | |
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 Retaining wall of the Herderschule (2016) |
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| place | Darmstadt Bessungen |
| Client | City of Darmstadt |
| Construction year | 1906 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 '29.4 " N , 8 ° 38' 57.8" E |
The retaining wall of the Herderschule is a building in Darmstadt .
History and description
The retaining wall of the Herderschule was built from rubble stones in 1906 . The bastion-like retaining wall of the schoolyard at an exposed location in terms of urban planning , with its historic sandstone ornamentation, forms an architecturally distinctive corner formation. The corner pavilion on the retaining wall is reminiscent of the corner towers of Wilhelminian style buildings . The red sandstone corner pavilion has a slate roof. The solid, craftsmanship wrought iron fence lattice and trellis have been preserved intact.
Monument protection
The retaining wall of the Herderschule creates a distinctive urban accent and is a typical example of the architecture of the 1900s in Darmstadt-Bessungen. For architectural and city history reasons, the retaining wall is a cultural monument .
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. ( Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg Verlag , Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 440.