Tattersall
Tattersall refers to a company for the accommodation and care of foreign horses , including the rental and sale of horses. The term is often used synonymously for riding arena or riding hall .
origin
The name goes back to the British stable master , horse trainer, betting shop owner and finally owner of the London daily Morning Post , Richard Tattersall (1724–1795), known as "Old Tatt". His stables with riding arena and riding lanes, opened in 1766, were located on the southeast corner of Hyde Park (Hyde Park Corner). In 1779 there were also two splendidly furnished lounges (“Subscription Rooms”) for the board members of the “ Jockey Club ”, in which London society could soon meet and place their bets. His direct descendants ran the company until 1865 and the company remained privately owned until 1936.
The auction house "Tattersalls", which is now established worldwide, still exists today. See section UK Auction House .
Tattersalls business idea has also been at the turn of the 20th century in Germany as a meeting place of the educated middle implemented, making it in today Bad Kissingen , Berlin , Bochum , Mannheim and Wiesbaden are rooms called "Tattersall", but these are now being used in other ways .
Berlin
Traditionally, there were several tattersalls in Berlin until the First World War , especially near the Great Tiergarten , for the morning ride of wealthy Berliners.
In Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt , a district in what is now the Mitte district , on a complex of land between Schiffbauerdamm 28 in the south and Luisenstraße 22-24 in the east, there was a neo-baroque brick building built by Berlin architects Richard Blumberg and Robert Schreiber for Tattersall AG for carriages and horses, which was used as a vehicle hall by the Berlin automobile company from the 1920s . The building was demolished in 1997 in favor of storage space for the government district.
Near Savignyplatz , on Grolmanstrasse in Berlin-Charlottenburg, there is the traditional, unchanged interior, former bar of heavyweight boxer Franz Diener from the " Golden Twenties " in a Tattersall built by August Ziechmann and Heinrich Mittag whose facade still has the inscriptions Tattersall des Westens and Reithalle . The stables of this Tattersall on Uhlandstrasse were demolished after the Second World War. All train travelers from Berlin to the west will see the large lettering shortly after leaving the Zoologischer Garten station on the left.
Mannheim
There was also a tattersall in Mannheim . Between 1884 and 1910, a large brick building owned by the Tattersall corporation was home to steeds and riders. Carriages could be rented and equestrian sports could be practiced. But business contacts were also made here. The Daimler-Benz AG garage later offered its services here: cars were cleaned and refueled, tires and oil were changed. At that time, the Tattersall was retrospectively described as follows: At the front right and left of the entrance to the riding arena, the equipment rooms, on the first floor the ladies' cloakrooms and in front of it the spectator stand; the wide hall with the stately dimensions of 19 × 40 meters; behind it stables for sixteen horses, three rooms for the “servants”; Not to forget a crockery room , a “ chaise lounge ” and of course the dung pit.
Before that, between 1840 and 1876, Mannheim's first passenger station was located in the immediate vicinity of what would later become the riding hall. Due to the chosen location, the palace garden could not be cut by railway lines, but the Rhine could not be crossed. In 1876 the new main train station was inaugurated, replacing the old one. So there was space for the riding arena.
Today, "Tattersall" is the official street name of a small square between the main train station and the water tower next to the former location of the Tattersall with a stop for tram lines 1, 6, 8 and 9. The square is the entrance to the Schwetzingerstadt district at its northwestern end , the intersection with the Kaiserring.
The Tattersall had been a tram stop since 1884. The waiting shelter in the New Objectivity style that still exists today dates from 1928 and is a listed building .
Bochum
The Tattersall in Bochum is still there today at Herner Straße 36. In 1906, the Bochum Tattersall Club, a riding club, was founded. At first he resided at “Backwinkel's Hof” in Ehrenfeld with a riding arena, but with the development of the district one was forced to look for a new riding arena. The proximity to the city park and its paths were ideal for “light passenger carriages”. A suitable piece of land was found on Herner Strasse in 1911 and the building contract was entrusted to August Schlechtweg. The architect designed a representative riding arena with a closed and an open grandstand for spectators, a music grandstand and rooms for the riding instructors. An "expansion on a ramp-shaped path" led from the riding arena to the underground horse stables, in which up to 50 horses could be accommodated. Next to the riding arena, a club room invited to an elegant get-together. There were washrooms and changing rooms on the first floor. The connected gastronomy made “the Tattersall” a popular destination for those interested in equestrian sports.
After the Second World War , the Tattersall served as a cinema and concert venue. In 1960, the large hall was converted into the first German bowling alley and soon produced the first German bowling master, Olaf Köster. In 1997 the building and the great hall were restored. In addition to the bowling alley, it now houses a restaurant in the front building and a discotheque in the basement under the great hall.
Wiesbaden
In 1905 a tattersall was built in Wiesbaden . The building is opposite the red brick walled mountain church that gives the whole district its name . Nowadays the Wiesbaden Tattersall is mainly used as a cultural and event venue.
Bad Kissingen
In Bad Kissingen there is since 1911 Tattersall , who was asked in 1987 by the City Council a listed building and is used for restoration and reconstruction since the 1990s for cultural events and congresses.
Leipzig
The grounds of the House of Leipzig , located in Leipziger Elsterstrasse, were built on until 1927 with a riding arena, the Leipziger Tattersall, built in 1888/1889. After its demolition, the building, which still exists today, was built on an area of 1500 m².
Brandenburg on the Havel
Tattersall, located on Packhofstrasse in Brandenburg an der Havel , was built around 1890 and acquired by the New Apostolic congregation in 1939. It was used as a church until 2008. In 2010 the building, which can still be seen in its old use, was sold to a private investor.
British auction house Tattersalls
Tattersalls is the largest racehorse auction house in the UK and Ireland . It was founded in 1766 by Richard Tattersall. His son Edmund Tattersall (1758–1810) expanded the business to France . Tattersalls has held auctions in Old Fairyhouse, County Meath , Ireland since 1988 . The Tattersalls Ltd auction house is based in Newmarket . The Irish subsidiary is independent. Tattersalls Ltd auctions around 10,000 thoroughbred English horses each year .
Australian Tattersall Lottery
In 1881, George Adams, owner of the Australian Tattersall's Family Hotel, in Sydney , New South Wales , organized the first public drawing of tickets as a ' Tattersall's Consultations' , or Tatts for short , which were given to the starting horses of specific horse races (English: sweep , also: sweepstake , consultation ).
The name was first chosen by Tattersall's Club Sydney, based on the London auction house for racehorses, and was later adopted by George Adams for his lottery.
After politically and morally motivated bans, he left New South Wales and in 1893 moved his lottery to the neighboring colony of Queensland in Brisbane . New bans forced another move to Hobart , Tasmania , in 1896 . In 1897 he received a lottery license from the Tasmanian government, but on the condition that no betting shops were to be opened and that his business would instead be carried out exclusively by post. From Hobart he developed a growing, multinational lottery business. Even after his death, the company continues to run today. On the occasion of a license renewal, the company's headquarters were relocated from Tasmania to Melbourne , the capital of the Australian state of Victoria, in 1954 . Another relocation of the company headquarters took place in 2013 and led the company again to Brisbane, meanwhile the capital of the Australian state of Queensland.
Others
The so-called " tattersall check " ( English : 'tattersall check') is an English shirt fabric with a small color check on a light background. A shirt manufacturer commented:
“The typical lattice check in light blue, lavender, brown, anthracite and gray on a cream-colored background was already seen at Richard Tattersall's horse market at the beginning of the 19th century. At that time it adorned the valuable horse blankets. Today this tattersall diamond is the symbol of English country life. It is usually combined with cashmere sweaters, tweed jackets, cord suits, moleskin pants and blue blazers. "
literature
- Friedrich Althaus: England's great national playhouse . In: The Gazebo . Issue 46, 1866, pp. 717-720 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tattersall Berlin-Mitte. District lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein .
- ^ About the district, buildings and facilities: Former. Tattersall of the West. District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.
- ↑ Neue Mannheimer Zeitung from 17./18. March 1934, page 11.
- ^ Rhein-Neckar industrial culture : Tattersall tram waiting hall in Mannheim. Retrieved June 19, 2015 .
- ↑ George Adams (born March 14, 1839, † September 23, 1904)
- ^ Glossary: Tattersall. Gallant-Horseman.com.
- ^ Viyella shirt ( Memento from December 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at Edelight.de