Villa Paul-Ehrlich-Weg 2

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Villa Paul-Ehrlich-Weg 2

The Villa Paul-Ehrlich-Weg 2 in the Bad Homburg district of Kirdorf is under monument protection for architectural and historical reasons and has an eventful past.

history

Around 1857 an approximately 100 m² building was built at the current location in Kirdorf. The private house was called Villa Victoria Kirdorf . After 1870 there was a comprehensive expansion in a simple, classical style in the form of a cube. The Villa Victoria now served as a spa pension, benefiting from its location near the spa gardens of Bad Homburg .

In 1884, 1907 and 1912 further extensions were made, with the villa being greatly expanded in volume. The front was completely rebuilt in the style of the Italian high renaissance . The facade is characterized by a vertical structure spanning all floors, which results from the colossal Ionic order set between the horizontal lines of the plinth and the cranked, gabled entablature . The monument topography notes that the overall effect would be significantly impaired by the extension placed in front of the ground floor.

From 1908 the villa was used as a sanatorium and from 1914 it was run as Villa Hildegard . During the First World War and in the post-war period, the spa system largely collapsed. The house was used as a guesthouse and then closed. In 1919 the district of Dinslaken acquired the villa and set up a children's home there for the district residents.

1935-1939 the house was a Müttergenesungsheim the National Socialist Women of Gaus food . During the Second World War it served as a reserve hospital.

After the war, the house with 28 rooms was confiscated by the US occupying forces and used as a residence for high-ranking military officials. Generals Lucius D. Clay , Clarence R. Huebner , Joseph T. McNarney and Duff as well as the Ambassador Robert Murphy lived there .

In 1953 the district received the villa back and sold it to a private person who sold it to the Hessen State Association of the War Blind in 1955 . Now it was one of twelve convalescent homes for war blind people in Germany.

In 1964 the building was increased for 180,000 DM (in today's purchasing power 377,000 €). In 1979 there was a further expansion (now to 75 beds) for 4.5 million DM (in today's purchasing power 5.2 million €). In the same name, the street at the spa facilities was given the current name Paul-Ehrlich-Weg.

On December 16, 1999, the Kur- und Kongress GmbH of the city of Bad Homburg bought the property for a price of 8 to 9 million DM and rented it to the federal government, which continued to operate the home for the blind. On November 8, 2002, the home for the blind was closed. The design of further use is a topic of local politics.

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Web links

Commons : Paul-Ehrlich-Weg 2 (Bad Homburg)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 52.2 "  N , 8 ° 37 ′ 24.4"  E