Villa Achterkerke
The Villa Achterkerke is one of the oldest existing villas of the resort architecture in the Baltic Sea resort of Heringsdorf on the island of Usedom in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It comes from the early days of spa tourism in the former fishing settlement of Heringsdorf.
history
In 1845 Georg Bernhard von Bülow (1768-1854) had the villa built on Kulm, a sandy elevation above the Heringsdorf beach. The owner of the Gothen manor had already had the White Castle built on Kulm and made the land available for the church in the forest in Heringsdorf, planned by Ludwig Persius and completed in 1848 .
The villa in the style of historicism with a risalit on the street front was not planned as a private residence, but from the beginning as a representative guest house. Special features are the carved decorations on the triangular gable and the Corinthian column capitals made of terracotta .
After the fall of the Wall , an entrepreneur from Braunschweig bought the building in 1998 and had it extensively renovated. On the property, from which a staircase leads down to the beach, he also built a modern residential building, which, like Villa Achterkerke, serves as a holiday home.
literature
- Hans-Ulrich Bauer: Bathers in suits and vests - from spa treatments to architecture . Igel Verlag, Heringsdorf 2006, ISBN 978-3-9810371-0-4 , pp. 68-69.
- Spa architecture, cultural enjoyment and history in the "3 imperial baths" . UTG-Usedom Tourismus GmbH (Ed.), Bansin 2007, p. 19.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 57 ′ 33 " N , 14 ° 9 ′ 50" E