Villa Horion
The Villa Horion on Johannes-Rau-Platz in Düsseldorf - Carlstadt was built at the same time as the neighboring state house from 1909 to 1911 by the architect Hermann vom Endt in the neoclassical style. The listed building is located in the government district of the state capital. It is named after Johannes Horion , who resided here as governor of the Rhine province . It currently houses the "House of Parliamentary History" of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament .
description
The facade of Villa Horion is divided into nine axes, in the middle there is a gabled central risalit . In the central axis there is a portal decorated with columns . With the neighboring state house , which was also built as the administrative building of the provincial association of the Rhine province , the Villa Horion forms an ensemble of buildings, the parts of which appear representative to the outside as the seat of the actual administration and the official seat of its head. In this respect, it is comparable to the little presidential palace on the building of the Düsseldorf district government and to the court presidents palace of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court , which are located downstream at the Rheinpark Golzheim .
History of use
When it was completed, Villa Horion was the seat of the governor of the Provincial Union of the Rhine Province, and from 1945 to 1956 it served as the British officers' mess . A complete renovation took place from 1959, after which it was the official seat of the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1961 to 1999 . Since another thorough renovation in 2001, it has been used by the neighboring state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia as the seat of the permanent exhibition "House of Parliamentary History" and parts of the state administration.
House of Parliamentary History
In October 2016, the “House of Parliamentary History” was opened by the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament. In this exhibition, visitors go on a journey through time through more than 70 years of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament and state history - from the birth of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1946 to the present day. The four places where the state parliament has met since 1946 are also part of this:
- the Düsseldorf Opera House , where the first meeting took place on October 2, 1946,
- the Henkel works in Düsseldorf-Holthausen, where the members of parliament met from November 1946 to February 1949,
- the Ständehaus am Schwanenspiegel, the first permanent seat from March 1949 to October 1988,
- the new state parliament on the Rhine, which opened on October 2nd, 1988.
The exhibition gives an insight into the work of the MPs. It shows how the framework conditions for politics and politicians have changed since the provisional construction years. And she introduces the political actors. The tours end in the former cabinet room of the state government. The history of parliament is presented using original radio and television programs as well as furniture and exhibits from the past seven decades.
literature
- Roland Kanz, Jürgen Wiener (ed.): Architectural guide Düsseldorf. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01232-3 , p. 77 (object no.106).
- Ewald Grothe : From Catholic Day to the Festival of Generations. The history of the Landeshaus and Villa Horion 1909 to 2009. Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027862-4 . ( online as PDF, 8.2 MB)
gallery
Johannes Rau Monument
Staircase of the Villa Horion
Meeting room of the state government
Web links
- Text for the 100th anniversary
- Article in the city archive of Düsseldorf
- Entry in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
Individual evidence
- ^ House of Parliamentary History. State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on February 19, 2018 .
- ↑ The "House of Parliamentary History". In: State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 9.2 ″ N , 6 ° 46 ′ 2.9 ″ E