Villa Adelmann

Villa Adelmann in Heilbronn

Detail of the side veranda at the side elevation

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The Villa Adelmann is a villa at Bahnhofstrasse 11 in Heilbronn . The facade of the historic building is a listed building .

history

The building was built in 1870 according to plans by the Stuttgart architect Robert von Reinhardt in the neo-renaissance style for the merchant Eugen Adelmann.

From 1950 at the latest, the building was owned by the paper wholesaler Nestle & Co., which used the ground floor, while Erich Nestle lived on the first floor. In 1961 nothing had changed in that regard.

Today the building houses the school for design of the Kolping educational institution , which otherwise also uses the old train station on the opposite side of Bahnhofstraße.

description

The historicist facade of the villa shows gabled living room windows on the first floor, it is structured by a side elevation and a specially decorated entrance axis. The side elevation is framed by pilasters , while the entrance axis shows a rich architectural sculpture and an artistic entrance portal. In the historical garden there is an ornamental fountain with a seated female figure, which was created in the 1st quarter of the 20th century.

Art historical significance

The building is considered one of the most important examples of historicism in Heilbronn and one of the few surviving works by Robert von Reinhardt.

literature

Julius Fekete , Simon Haag, Adelheid Hanke, Daniela Naumann: Heilbronn district . (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Volume I.5.). Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1988-3 , pp. 72 .
Bernhard Lattner with texts by Joachim J. Hennze: Silent contemporary witnesses. 500 years of Heilbronn architecture. Edition Lattner, Heilbronn 2005, ISBN 3-9807729-6-9 .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhofstraße 11 (Heilbronn) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Fekete et al .: Monument topography (see literature), p. 72.
^ City of Heilbronn (ed.): Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1950 , Heilbronn 1950.
^ City of Heilbronn (ed.): Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1961 , Heilbronn 1961.
↑ Lattner / Hennze, Stille Zeitzeugen ... (see literature), p. 32 and p. 33

49.142484989444 9.2124330997222Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 32.9 " N , 9 ° 12 ′ 44.8" E

[1] Fekete et al .: Monument topography (see literature), p. 72.

[2] City of Heilbronn (ed.): Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1950 , Heilbronn 1950.

[3] City of Heilbronn (ed.): Address book of the city of Heilbronn 1961 , Heilbronn 1961.

[lh3233-4] Lattner / Hennze, Stille Zeitzeugen ... (see literature), p. 32 and p. 33