Wiesensches house
The Wiesensche Haus was a town house from the time of the Weser Renaissance . It was located at Langen Strasse 34 in Nienburg / Weser and was demolished in 2012 because it was dilapidated.
location
The Wiesensche house stood on the east side of Langen Strasse not far from the historic town hall. In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period , Lange Straße was the most important street in the city. Above all wealthy citizens and merchants lived here, and had magnificent residential buildings built. The Gödecke Schünemann house on the corner of Weserstraße is considered to be the most important example of this today - after the loss of the Wiesens house. The special position of the Wiesensee house within the city plan is clear from the fact that it was located directly opposite the confluence of Weserstrasse and Lange Strasse. Thus it was the first building on Langen Strasse that was noticed by travelers who once came to the city via the Weser Bridge.
Building description
The Wiesens house was a two-story half - timbered house with a broad plastered front. It was named after the merchant Richard Wiesen, who ran a shop here for a long time. The building was marked in 1549 and was one of the oldest residential buildings in the city of Nienburg. In the middle of the street facade was a renewed arched portal , which could be reached via an outside staircase . The left half of the building was obscured by a shop window that was probably broken into at the beginning of the 20th century. The upper end was formed by a simple triangular gable , which was crowned by a ball. As the map of the city from 1634 made by Johannes Hamelmann shows, the gable used to be much more elaborate and decorated with volutes . The gable floors were once used to store goods. This was indicated by a crane beam that was once embedded in the upper part of the gable; In addition, one of the gable windows was enlarged like a door, as it apparently served as a loading hatch .
The building owes its special importance to the impressive standing bay to the right of the entrance, which is said to have been added towards the end of the 16th century. By adding this stand bay, which is also known as Aus or Utlucht in the Low German-speaking area, and the stone facade, the impression was created that it was a purely solid building. This clearly stood out from the neighboring buildings, which at the time were primarily made up of exposed frameworks. The window posts of the Utlucht, decorated with masks and fittings , were designed as pilasters . The parapet reliefs were decorated with depictions of the virtues (seen from left to right) TEMPERANTIA (TEMPERANTIA), FAITH (FIDES), MERCY (CAPITAS), HOPE (SPES) and JUSTITIA (JUSTITIA). The corresponding image program of the Utlucht on the town hall, which was renovated in 1585 and is within sight of the former Wiesens house , probably served as a model . The inscription GLORIA DEO SEMPITERNA (God be eternal glory) was placed on the upper entablature. The sandstone bay was last renovated in 1982/83 and the gray color was renewed based on a finding.
Together with the stables and barns on the rear property - the outbuildings enclosed a picturesque inner courtyard - the house formed a structural ensemble that was unique for Nienburg.
Decay and demolition
The building stood empty for almost 12 years, gradually fell into disrepair and suffered considerable structural damage. The previous owner filed for bankruptcy , so the property was auctioned off in 2010. The new owners applied for the demolition permit in 2011, submitting an economic unreasonableness calculation, which was also granted. In spring 2012 the house was demolished after the valuable Auslucht had previously been dismantled. Comprehensive building history documentation was drawn up about the house; archaeological investigations were also carried out on the property after the demolition .
Since the architectural and art-historical importance of the building was not recognized until the end - it was by far the most important surviving Renaissance town house in Nienburg - the preservation efforts concentrated solely on the bay window.
New building
In autumn 2014, the construction of a new residential and commercial building began on the property, which was completed in summer 2015. The simple plastered building with triangular gable is only roughly based on the historical predecessor building. The previously dismantled Utlucht was integrated into the facade, but it was moved to the left in favor of a new house entrance.
During the reconstruction, the base of the Utlucht was also not restored to its original height, so that the proportions have changed completely.
literature
- Gabriele Brasse: Street of the Weser Renaissance. An art travel guide. Hameln 1991, pages 33-34
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments Bremen / Lower Saxony. Munich / Berlin 1992, page 984
- Frank Thomas Gatter: Weser Renaissance in Nienburg. Weser Renaissance and Neo-Renaissance on the Mittelweser (Contributions to the Nienburg City History Series A, Volume 5), 2nd edition, Nienburg 1992, Fig. 47–49, Pages 58–60
- Frauke Krahé: Nienburg in old views. Frankfurt am Main 1982, page 35
- Herbert Kreft and Jürgen Soenke: The Weser Renaissance. 6th edition, Hameln 1986, page 303
- Hans Otto Schneegluth and Hermann Ziegler: Greetings from Nienburg. Our Weser city on old postcards. Nienburg 1983, pages 18-19
- Hermann Ziegler: Living history in stone. A tour through the old town of Nienburg. 2nd edition, Nienburg 1991, page 29.
Web links
- Photo of the house from 2006 on flickr.com
- Older photos of the building in the Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur
- Detailed view of the Auslucht at Mittelweser-tourismus.de
- Webcam from the former location of the house
References and comments
- ↑ See: Hermann Ziegler: Lebendige Geschichte in Stein. A tour through the old town of Nienburg. "2nd edition, Nienburg 1991, page 29.
- ↑ Information from Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments Bremen Lower Saxony , Munich / Berlin 1992, page 984.
- ↑ The loading hatch and crane beam can still be clearly seen in an older photo from the early 20th century, which can be found on page 35 of the book Nienburg in old views by Frauke Krahé.
- ↑ Dating from Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler Bremen Lower Saxony , Munich / Berlin 1992, page 984.
- ↑ See: Dehio, Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler Bremen Lower Saxony , Munich / Berlin 1992, page 984.
- ↑ Hans Herbert Möller (Ed.): Niedersächsische Denkmalpflege , Volume 11, Hanover 1984, page 232.
- ↑ Figure 49 from Thomas Gatter: Weser Renaissance in Nienburg. Weser Renaissance and Neo-Renaissance on the Mittelweser , Nienburg 1992, page 60
Coordinates: 52 ° 38 ′ 20.5 " N , 9 ° 12 ′ 19.7" E