Stentzler's court
Stentzlers Hof is a commercial building in Leipzig . The former trade fair building forms the corner of Petersstrasse and Peterskirchhof . It is a listed building .
architecture
Stentzlers Hof is a five-storey structure with reinforced concrete skeleton construction as a four-wing structure around a courtyard with access from Petersstrasse and the Peterskirchhof. Nine window axes point to Petersstrasse, twelve to Peterskirchhof. The third to fifth floors of the limestone facade are divided by pilaster strips . The console stones on the main cornice represent lion heads. The first roof floor is developed as a gallery floor.
Peterskirchhof entrance
Roland figure on the corner
Box oriel from 1690
The windows on the first floor are highlighted like a bay window and separated by allegorical figure decorations. On the corner there is Leipzig's only Roland figure with a sword and Leipzig city arms. The owl between the legs is supposed to point to the wisdom of the people of Leipzig. Below is the saying: "Unity makes you strong".
The gable on the steep gable roof , which is easily visible from the beginning of Petersstraße, is reminiscent of the Leipzig Renaissance building tradition of the 16th century. It shows the inscription: "Built in the war years 1914-16". A second gable further on in the Peterskirchhof is much simpler.
In the glass-roofed, approximately 80 m² inner courtyard hangs a wooden box bay window from the 17th century , which extends over two floors and is equipped with slug panes . It comes from the previous building and shows, in addition to floral motifs, two eagles in the upper parapet. There is also a deer relief in the courtyard, the hallmark of the former neighboring house, the Goldener Hirsch . The stairwell walls have ceramic plates in black and yellow with inlaid relief plates. A staircase leads from the courtyard to the basement.
history
In 1914, the Leipzig architect Leopold Stentzler had the houses in his possession at Petersstrasse 39 and 41 demolished in order to build a trade fair building, which he was both builder and architect. He had the historic wooden bay window from house no. 39 installed in the courtyard of his new house. The construction jewelry made of artificial stone comes from the workshop of the Leipzig sculptor Bruno Wollstädter . The first exhibitors moved in for the spring fair in 1916. Mainly paper goods were exhibited. Stentzler's farm was only slightly affected by the destruction in World War II , so that trade fair operations could soon be resumed. It ended in 1990 with the transition to trade fairs.
The house was extensively renovated by the heirs of the builder from 1994 to 1996. The glass roof was installed over the courtyard and its access from Petersstraße was reopened, so that a covered passage-like passage from Petersstraße to Peterskirchhof was possible, whereby Stentzler's court can be added to the Leipziger Passagen. Stentzlers Hof is used for trade, commerce and gastronomy.
literature
- Horst Riedel, Thomas Nabert (ed.): Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . 1st edition. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , pp. 572 .
- Wolfgang Hocquél : Leipzig - Architecture from the Romanesque to the present . 1st edition. Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-932900-54-5 , p. 85 .
- Wolfgang Hocquél: Brühl Arcade . In: The Leipziger Passagen & Höfe. Architecture of European standing . Sax-Verlag Beucha, Markkleeberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86729-087-6 , pp. 60/61.
Web links
- Stentzlers Hof exhibition center. In: architecture-blicklicht. Retrieved July 31, 2018 .
- Stentzlers Hof - oriel as an eye-catcher in the "Messpalast". In: LVZ series Leipziger Passagen. Retrieved July 31, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ^ List of cultural monuments in the center of Leipzig , ID number 09298389
- ↑ Wolfgang Hocquél: Leipzig - Architecture from the Romanesque to the Present , p. 572.
Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 14.5 " N , 12 ° 22 ′ 30.7" E