Volkshaus (Bremen)
The Volkshaus on Hans-Böckler-Strasse (formerly Nordstrasse ) on the corner of Auf dem Kamp in the Walle district of Bremen is a former trade union building built in 1928 . The building, which was damaged in the war and rebuilt after the end of the Second World War, is now used as an authority building and has been used by the Bremen Office for Social Services since a building renovation that took place in the mid-2000s .
history
After the Bremen trade unions were initially housed in a house on Faulenstraße , a large new building with over 400 rooms was built on Nordstraße from 1926 to 1928 according to plans by architect Richard Jansen . In the building there was space for the union secretariats, a library, the Chamber of Labor , a workers' bench and a youth home. There was also business premises for a hotel, a restaurant, a bowling alley and a non-profit funeral home. On the brick facade of the building there were eight sculptures by Bernhard Hoetger , from the cycle of life under the stigma of work , which depicted oppressed workers.
As a result of the seizure of power , the Volkshaus was searched by the police in April 1933. She arrested several union and chamber officials. The Hoetger figures were removed by resolution of the Bremen Senate on March 29, 1933 and melted down “in the interests of public safety and order”. The building was then taken over by the National Socialist German Labor Front . In 1938 the city bought the Volkshaus and used it for various authorities during the Second World War. In July 1944 the building was badly damaged in an air raid , but rebuilt after the war - with minor changes. In 1979 six of the Hoetger figures were reattached in a replica by the sculptor Manfred Lohrengel .
The Volkshaus is a listed building . After an extensive renovation of the building between 2005 and 2007, the building is used again by the Office for Social Services.
Views of the Hoetger sculptures
literature
- Heidrun Gode-Luerßen: The Volkshaus in Bremen, built 1926–1928. Verlag Atelier im Bauernhaus, Fischerhude 1985, ISBN 3-88132-171-3 .
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
- Thorsten Wübbena: The Volkshaus and Bernhard Hoetger's sculptures. Delmenhorst 2001, ISBN 3-932292-23-5 .
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Coordinates: 53 ° 5 ′ 10 ″ N , 8 ° 47 ′ 30 ″ E