Stucco factory Gebr. Strobel
| Stucco factory Gebr. Strobel | |
|---|---|
| legal form | KG |
| founding | 1903 |
| resolution | September 27, 1935 |
| Seat | Detmold |
| management | Albert & Karl Strobel |
| Branch | Stucco elements for the building sector |
In the early 20th century, the stucco factory Gebr. Strobel & Co. was the second largest stucco manufacturer in Germany after the stucco factory Albert Lauermann . Up until a fire in 2008, the factory building including its equipment was registered as a monument in the list of monuments of the city of Detmold in the Lippe district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
history
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In 1903 the technician Carl Breil and the businessman Albert Strobel, a former manager of the stucco factory Lauermann, got together and founded the "Deutsche Stuckfabrik Strobel, Breil und Cie., Kommanditgesellschaft". After Breil's death in 1904, Albert Strobel brought his brother Karl into the company as a partner, which from then on appeared as the "Deutsche Stuckfabrik Gebr. Strobel & Co."
The construction of the factory, office and residential buildings on Orbker Strasse (today Industriestrasse) also began in 1903 and were ready for occupancy the following year. Planned and completed extensions are a sign of the company's initial success.
In the earlier years of their collaboration, the brothers acquired a villa built in 1887 on Arminstrasse, which they moved into with their families. Unlike the factory buildings, the house is still in good condition today.
Various factors soon led to the decline of the stucco industry in general and the Strobel company in particular. On the one hand, this was the First World War , which led to a significant slump in building projects, and on the other, the change in building design towards the modern age, which no longer placed any value on superfluous ornamentation. In this context, Adolf Loos became known with his pamphlet Ornament und Verbrechen from 1908.
The brothers managed the stucco factory together until September 27, 1935, then they founded their own companies and the stucco factory was deleted from the commercial register. Karl Strobel founded the "German hard stucco industry", which manufactured decorative elements and wall panels. Albert Strobel primarily made mannequins in his "Plastic Art Institute, Albert Strobel".
Karl Strobel was probably killed in an air raid in March 1945, and his brother died soon after the end of the war.
architecture
Only parts of the main building of the factory are preserved today, the storage shed and workshop have since been demolished.
The two-storey building with a gable roof was divided into a manufacturing section in the east and a living area in the west. The ground floor is solid over the entire width, while the upper and attic floors are only made of solid construction in the living area, whereas in the production area they are made of timber. Also in the framework construction are the lucarnes above the living area. On the south side, the framework was mostly plastered. The fabrication part has three segment-arched windows with iron bars on each eaves side, an additional corner projecting with hipped roof on the north side, and an entrance gate with twin windows on the south side. The segmented arched windows of the living area are decorated with stucco decorations.
The rich stucco decoration in the office and living rooms was essential for the monument value.
After the building had been neglected for years and threatened to be demolished several times due to expansion plans by the neighboring company, the ruins are now no longer under monument protection after a fire in June 2008 and the associated destruction of the facility.
literature
- Nadine Behrmann: The Strobel stucco factory . In: Lippe messages from history and regional studies . 79th volume. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-89534-849-5 , p. 192-211 .
Web links
- Monument register of the city of Detmold. Retrieved August 25, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Committee for Urban Development, meeting May 11, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2016 .
- ↑ The old stucco factory is to be withdrawn from monument status. In: Lippische Landes-Zeitung. April 11, 2011, accessed August 25, 2012 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '34.8 " N , 8 ° 52' 12.8" E