Villa Seyd

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Villa Seyd

The Villa Seyd is located in Wuppertal District Uellendahl-Katerberg , Adalbert Stifter Weg 54 (formerly Kohlenstraße 38), and one of the largest villas in Wuppertal. It was built from 1897 to 1899 on behalf of the manufacturer Carl Hermann Seyd based on a design by the Elberfeld architect Heinrich Plange . It was placed under protection as an architectural monument on December 19, 1984 and is listed in the Wuppertal monuments list under the number D227.

history

The builder

Carl Hermann Seyd (1850–1912) was the tenth child of the factory owner Friedrich Seyd († 1856) and Julie, born in the 1820s, who moved from Dortmund to Elberfeld. Cords. Initially employed as a businessman in his brother Carl's company, Friedrich and Julie Seyd founded the textile business "Friedrich Seyd" in 1828. Thanks to the great demand for fabrics, a large area on Hofauerstraße was purchased as early as 1832 and warehouse and operational buildings were built on. From the original retail business , the first textile wholesaler emerged in the area of ​​today's city of Wuppertal, which as such also remained a leader for many years. Starting in 1857, Julie Seyd took on her four sons one after the other as partners in what is now the Friedrich Seyd & Sons company. Most recently in 1872 Carl Hermann Seyd, who continued it as the sole owner from 1879.

Hermann Seyd was married twice, first to Elise, b. Ernst (1855–1889) and then with her sister Anna (1864–1947). Of the eight children, four from each marriage, Hermann Seyds, only the eldest son Gustav Seyd (1875–1930) had a greater interest in the further development of his father's company. It also flourished under him until the 1920s. After the Second World War , the company “Seyd & Söhne” was also the first textile wholesaler in Wuppertal, which had to close under the pressure of changing framework conditions. The company property at Hofauerstraße 56 was sold in 1957. Hermann Seyd was a supporting member of the "Elberfeld Beautification Association". In particular, he supported the improvement of the paths that led through the "Mirker Hain", which connected to his villa to the north.

The Villa

Even before today's Villa Seyd was built, there was a villa owned by the family on the site, which was probably used as a summer house. Last but not least, the building no longer corresponded to the increased representation obligations and probably no longer contemporary in view of its size was probably demolished around 1906.

The foundation stone to the resulting design by Planges new building was laid by a note Hermann Seyds on 21 July 1897th In June 1899, the Hermann Seyd family, now consisting of six, and five domestic workers (cook, housekeeper and three "girls") were able to move into the villa. Only a short time after the death of her husband, his second wife Anna Seyd moved to southern Germany . The son Friedrich remained the resident of the house until 1961, but up to this point he continued to reduce the original 130,000 m² park in favor of building land until finally only 2000 m² remained with the villa. He sold this in 1961 to the economic and tax advisor Lommerzheim, who finally intended to tear it down in 1984. The Lower Monument Authority , which became aware of the Seyd'sche Villa as a result , then arranged for it to be placed under protection. In 1991 a total renovation takes place under the Wuppertal architect Rudolf W. Hoppe . After a foreclosure auction in 2003, in which the property was previously estimated at 1,529,000 euros, the villa is now used as an apartment building. The 1426 m² of living space is distributed over 18 apartments.

architecture

According to the art historian Axel Kirchhoff, the spacious complex in the neo-baroque style is very close to the Erbdrostenhof in Münster , which was built (1753–1757) based on designs by Johann Conrad Schlaun . While supplicants were led into a reception room to the right of the entrance to present their concerns, the friends of the family were led through a double-leaf door into the large vestibule . The two-storey oval room is closed at the top with a skylight . This vestibule, which is also used as a ballroom, was used to access all of the adjoining rooms such as the living room or music room , billiard room or dining room . The lavish interior conveys a feeling of neo-baroque savoir-vivre and its design is reminiscent of baroque palace buildings as well as country mansions in Northern Italy .

  • Rear view to the north-east

  • Detail of the south side

  • Entrance portal on the north side

literature

  • Johannes Busmann : Architecture in Wuppertal. (Ed.) Bund Deutscher Architekten , Kreisgruppe Wuppertal, Müller + Busmann, Wuppertal 1993, ISBN 3-928766-06-6 .
  • Udo Garweg: Wuppertal artist directory. Von der Heydt – Museum Wuppertal, Wuppertal 2000, ISBN 3-89202-042-6 , S, 173.
  • Axel Kirchhoff: The architect Heinrich Plange 1857–1942. A builder of entrepreneurship in the Bergisch region. Müller + Busmann, Wuppertal 2010, ISBN 978-3-928766-93-7 , pp. 120–129 (also dissertation, Bergische Universität-Gesamtthochschule Wuppertal, Wuppertal 2004, pp. 217–228. Digitized ; PDF; 64.7 MB ).
  • Axel Kirchhoff: Heinrich Plange: The architect of the Bergisch bourgeoisie. In: Hermann J. Mahlberg , Hella Nussbaum (ed.): The departure around 1900 and the modern age in the architecture of the Wuppertal: the red of an epoch. (= Contributor to the Research Center for Architectural History, Monument Preservation and Industrial Culture of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Volume 15), Müller + Busmann, Wuppertal 2008, ISBN 978-3-928766-87-6 , pp. 144–148.

Web links

Commons : Villa Seyd  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Axel Kirchhoff: The architect Heinrich Plange 1857–1942. A builder of entrepreneurship in the Bergisch region.
  2. ↑ Udo Garweg: Wuppertal artist directory.
  3. ^ A b Axel Kirchhoff: Heinrich Plange: The architect of the Bergisch bourgeoisie.

Coordinates: 51 ° 16 '32.3 "  N , 7 ° 8' 46.2"  E