Villa Kröckel
| Villa Kröckel | |
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 Villa Kröckel photographed from the city park |
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| place | Kaiserslautern |
| architect | Carl Sparrow |
| Client | Leonhard Kröckel |
| Architectural style | Neo-renaissance |
| Construction year | 1886 |
The Villa Kröckel is a listed building in Kaiserslautern (Pirmasenser Straße 59). The villa is in an exposed location directly opposite the city park.
The building in the form of the neo-renaissance was built in 1886 for the Kaiserslautern builder Leonhard Kröckel based on a design by the architect Carl Spatz and was then family-owned for several generations. Kröckel owned the sandstone quarry, which is now part of the garden show , so he could afford to decorate his villa with many sculptures. The plastered facade is adorned with many sandstone structures, especially on the street side. The building appears lighter due to the varied roof landscape. The garden is still surrounded by the original fencing from the construction period and is preserved and maintained in a style that matches the villa. In 2001 the building was renovated and partially rebuilt.
Today it is used, among other things, for a dental practice and a restaurant.
In the forecourt of the villa is the dolphin rider , a fountain that was set up there in 1978. The bowl and plastic of the fountain date from the 19th century and were originally created for the Mannheim Paradeplatz by the Munich artist Johannes Hoffart .
literature
- Georg Dehio (†): Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland. (= Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler .) Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7 , p. 418.
- Wolfgang Brönner : A prince, a winemaker, a builder. Examples of decorative plastic in the 19th century. in: Baudenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz 2004. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3552-0 , pp. 99-102.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Seminar Architectural Theory Kaiserslautern. Architecture of a city. Retrieved July 22, 2020 .
- ^ Brunnenchronik 08 ( Memento from June 22, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Villa Kröckel at Paraplex.de ( Memento from February 5, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 20 ″ N , 7 ° 45 ′ 49 ″ E