Villa Hammerstein

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Villa Hammerstein around 1850 (in the background, on the hill)

The Villa Hammerstein ( also Haus Hammerstein ) is a preserved historical villa in the Wuppertal district of Vohwinkel ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

history

Villa Hammerstein 2008 (from Buchenhofener Strasse)

1825 from acquired Unterbarmen originating merchant Johann Christian Jung the manor Hammerstein with its extensive property including a mill on Sonnborner Wupper arc . The purchase included the right to fish and hunt .

A short time later he had the villa built on the heights of the Sonnenberg . A foundation stone with a year in the center aisle of the basement is dated 1826. Daniel Braches is accepted as the builder . From Düsseldorf court gardener Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe originates landscape park in the English style , which was created 1828th Within the park, the six-story factory building for the Hammerstein weaving and cotton spinning mill was built on the Wupper from 1835 to 1837 .

On a Vohwinkel map of the address book for the Mettmann district from 1895, the area is labeled as "Schloss Hammerstein" and is marked with an adjoining park on the western side. At the time, the “Herminghaus und Co.” cloth factory was located on the eastern side. At that time the house was inhabited by the owner of the Homann-Werke, it was still used as a summer bar with a hall and other common rooms.

The building ensemble , consisting of the two buildings Hammersteiner Allee 51 and 53 and the farm building Hammersteiner Allee 55 , was recognized as a monument on October 2, 1987 .

Todays use

The Villa Hammerstein is now a socio-therapeutic facility for 50 adult patients who are alcohol-dependent and who in some cases have a double diagnosis . The carrier is the Simmering Verwaltungs GmbH. However, the buildings at Hammersteiner Allee 51, 53 and 57 have nothing to do with the facility and stand on their own.

photos

Individual evidence

  1. a b Hella Nussbaum: The zoo district in Wuppertal: Thiergarten, stadium and picturesque living around the fairytale fountain Müller and Busmann, Wuppertal 2004, ISBN 3-928766-63-5
  2. Schloss Hammerstein (September 17, 2006), accessed November 2008
  3. ^ Villa Hammerstein (December 13, 2006) Accessed November 2008
  4. ^ Haus Hammerstein and Villa Hammerstein, accessed November 2008

Web links

Commons : Villa Hammerstein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '0.5 "  N , 7 ° 5' 26.4"  E