Moated Castle (Hamburg)
.jpg)
The moated castle , also called Wasserschlösschen , is a historic building in Hamburg's Speicherstadt .
location
.hf.phb.ajb.jpg)
The moated castle is located on a peninsula in an exposed position between two canals : at the confluence of the Wandrahmsfleet and Holländischbrookfleet. The official address is: Dienerreihe 4, 20457 Hamburg. The street servant row connects the streets Alter Wandrahm and Brooktorkai . The next underground station is the Meßberg station . The moated castle has been a listed building since 1991. In the Hamburg monument list the house is listed as: residential building / administration building (service building), ID: 12455, dating: 1899/1912.
architecture
The four-story building was built between 1905 and 1907 as part of the third construction phase of the Speicherstadt (1899 to 1912) and is one of the best-known landmarks and oldest buildings in the historic warehouse complex.
The design was probably based on designs by the two Hamburg architects Bernhard Georg Hanssen and Wilhelm Emil Meerwein , who were also involved in the designs for the Hamburg City Hall . The facade is in the style of North German brick expressionism and was equipped with glass tile strips and granite structures. Other features are the green copper roof, high arched windows and round bay windows. The only tower is a clock tower with decorative bands made of green glazed bricks and red granite stones. The flat water-side extension at the back of the Wasserschlösschen is not part of the original structure, but was built from rubble stones in the post-war period. Until recently, the building housed offices and storage rooms.
use
Originally the moated castle was used as accommodation and workshop for the dock workers who carried out the maintenance and repair of the hydraulic accumulator winches. They were called winch keepers or winch guards and had - along with other technical staff - the privilege of living in the Speicherstadt.
The winches were an important part of the warehouse: There were - and still are today - no freight elevators . All goods were pulled to and from the storage floors by winches on the outside of the facades.
The partly heavy spare parts required for the maintenance work could be transported from here via the streets and canals. By water via two cranes on the east side of the building, on land via an old cobblestone street that leads directly into the building and ends behind the large double doors of the Wasserschlösschen.
Nowadays the building is used commercially. On the ground floor there is a commercial space for the tea trade with an attached restaurant. An oxygen therapy provider is located on the first floor . Because of its location and architecture, it was also used as a backdrop for television productions , for example for the children's TV series “ Die Pfefferkörner ”.
The Wasserschlösschen also operates as the “Außenentraustelle” of the Hamburg-Mitte registry office .
Individual evidence
- ^ New life in the castle ( memento from September 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Quartier-Magazin No. 16 (12 / 2011-02 / 2012), accessed on August 18, 2016
- ↑ Wait and have tea - the moated castle in the Speicherstadt , Hamburger Abendblatt from March 11, 2014, accessed on August 18, 2016
Web links
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '44.1 " N , 10 ° 0' 0.5" E