Volksgartenstrasse 54
| Villa Stollwerck | |
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| place | Volksgartenstrasse 54, Cologne, Germany |
| architect | Bruno Schmitz |
| Client | Carl Stollwerck |
| Construction year | 1899/1900 |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 55 '22.7 " N , 6 ° 56' 49.1" E |
The Villa Volksgartenstrasse 54 in Cologne was built in the neo-baroque style in 1899/1900 according to plans by the architect Bruno Schmitz for the chocolate manufacturer Carl Stollwerck . Originally the villa had the address Volksgartenstr. 58 , around 1912 it was renumbered to 54. The building was demolished in 1935.
Exterior
The Villa Stollwerck was a corner house with fronts to Volksgartenstrasse and Hardefuststrasse. The main facade was oriented towards Volksgartenstrasse. This main facade was adorned with two busts, above which there were two figures on the main cornice next to an oval mansard window, who embodied trade and wealth. There was a veranda with three arches on the front and back of the villa. On the narrow side of the house facing Hardefuststrasse was the apse of the music hall adorned with cupids and vases, the other narrow side was taken up by a winter garden. There was a stable building in the garden; the property was surrounded by an iron fence.
The critic Adolf Brüning said:
““ Despite many excellent details, Villa Stollwerck does not guarantee pure enjoyment in its external appearance. It seems that the space available here was too small for the creative force that piled up those Cyclops-like imperial monuments. One has the feeling as if the building is still half stuck in the ground, as if it has to grow and widen, in order to then distribute its ornament of bursting power over larger areas and areas. ""
Interior
One entered the villa from the entrance on Volksgartenstrasse and came first into an anteroom lined with white marble, then into the two-story hall, then into various common rooms. There was a music room, two salons, a dining room, a billiard room and other rooms on the ground floor. The family's living quarters and a guest apartment were on the upper floor.
The ceiling paintings and stained glass windows came from August Unger .
Representation rooms
The hall was partly paneled with oak; At an angle behind the entrance, a curved staircase led up to the upper floors, forming a platform that was adorned by a stained glass window. This window showed the figures of faith, love and hope in a ship in front of the rising sun. Under the pedestal, part of the hall could be converted into a smaller reception room with curtains. Above the chimney in the hall was the inscription Mein Wort und Ehr '- my hoard and defense . Coats of arms from Cologne and Paris and allegorical figures depicting Germany and France adorned the hall and indicated the origin of the owner couple. A huge octagonal lantern completed the hall's furnishings.
The music hall was separated from this hall by glass doors. Its walls were covered with onyx and the ceiling was gilded. In the apse, which was decorated with a gold mosaic and a stained glass window, stood a wing. The window showed a portrait of poetry surrounded by twelve composers on a blue background. The ceiling painting on the golden barrel vault showed the figures of harmony and dance, four round pictures with Götterdämmerung, Siegfried, Walküre and Rheingold. A band of text ran around the room below the ceiling; it carried text and notes from The Heavens Boast of Eternal Honor from Joseph Haydn's Seasons. Putti with wreaths could be seen on the walls. The long sides of the music hall took up benches covered with blue velvet, decorated with armrests in the shape of a lion and swan embroidery.
The salon adjoining the music hall was paneled in red-brown, the furniture was upholstered in purple, the fireplace was made of black and white marble, and the ceiling was decorated with gold paintings by Unger. Adjacent to this salon was a ladies' room, which had a white stucco ceiling and was lined with gray-green rep. Embodiments of art and science, trade and industry could be seen in the corners of the ceiling.
The dining room was paneled in green and also had a marble fireplace and a white stucco ceiling. In the spandrels between the stitch caps stood six female figures, from whom ribbons ran out, which encircled three rosettes on the ceiling, from which lamps with teardrop-shaped curtains made of opalescent glass hung. Opposite the buffet were three arched windows, on which Ceres was depicted between a farmer sowing and harvesting. From the dining room there was also access to the veranda and the winter garden. The passage there was adorned with two women with horns of plenty; there were two wall fountains in the winter garden.
The billiard room was paneled with gray-stained oak. In flat carved reliefs, depictions of animals and hunting with Gothic and Romanesque elements could be seen.
Private rooms
Unger had painted the corridor, which adjoined the hall on the upper floor, with gothic tendrils. The breakfast room was decorated with silk embroidery by Marie Kirschner . Brüning finally judged the house and its furnishings: "Despite all the splendor, the expression of dignified refinement prevails everywhere without any obtrusive pomp, an effect that was created in the interests of the client as well as the architect."
literature
- Wilhelm Kick (Hrsg.): Modern new buildings , 4th year, Stuttgarter Architektur-Verlag Kick, Stuttgart 1902, plate 83.
- Adolf Brüning: Villa Stollwerck. Built by Bruno Schmitz, architect in Charlottenburg. In: Berliner Architekturwelt , 5th year 1903, Issue 5, pp. 149–152 (text), pp. 153–178 (illustrations).
- Willy Weyres , Albrecht Mann : Handbook on Rhenish Architecture of the 19th Century 1800–1880. Cologne 1968, p. 92.
- Hiltrud Kier : The Cologne Neustadt. Planning, creation, use. (= Contributions to architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland , Volume 23.) Schwann, Düsseldorf 1978, p. 182. (Street directory: Volksgartenstraße No. 54: Villa Stollwerck, 1899/1900 by Bruno Schmitz / Berlin, Fig. 509) , P. 201 (register of architects: Schmitz Bruno … 1899/1900 Volksgartenstr. 54, fig. 509) , p. 229 (list of figures: figure no. 509 … Volksgartenstraße 54, Villa Stollwerck, 1899/1900 by B. Schmitz, drawing 1899)
- Barbara Edle von Germersheim: entrepreneur villas from the imperial era (1871–1914). Quotes from traditional architecture by the bearers of industrial progress. (Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 1987.) (= contributions to art history , volume 25.) Scaneg, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-89235-025-6 , p. 58 ff.
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Brüning: Villa Stollwerck. Built by Bruno Schmitz, architect in Charlottenburg. In: Berliner Architekturwelt, 5th year 1903, issue 5, pp. 149–152 (text).
- ↑ http://www.archive.org/stream/berlinerarchite00archgoog#page/n171/mode/1up
- ↑ http://www.archive.org/stream/berlinerarchite00berlgoog/berlinerarchite00berlgoog_djvu.txt