Fritz Henkel house

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The Fritz Henkel house was located at Heinestrasse 11 (today Cantadorstrasse) in Düsseldorf .

history

The building was the residence of Friedrich Karl Henkel ("Fritz senior"). In the Düsseldorf address books for the years 1883, 1884, 1885, 1890, 1897, 1899 and 1900, Heinestrasse 11 is the apartment of the Henkel company founder.

In World War II the Heinestraße was completely destroyed. The main church of the Apostolic Community has been located there since 1959 .

architecture

The house was expanded according to a design by the architects Jacobs & Wehling . The Düsseldorf architects and engineers' association praised the facade design and the floor plan. The mezzanine floor contained the reception, living and dining room as well as the kitchen and veranda with skylight.

  • Elevation of the front facade

  • Floor plan mezzanine floor

Use by Fritz Henkel

Fritz Henkel's study

Fritz Henkel's study was “solid and dignified”. Henkel's admiration for the Chancellor of the Imperial Era was expressed in the selection of the wall decorations:

“The furnishings of the company's founder's office corresponded to Fritz Henkel's working method: solid and dignified. The wall decoration was a portrait of Chancellor Bismarck, whom he admired . "

- 100 years of Henkel: 1876–1976

The house was also the center of conviviality, where the company founder met with work colleagues and regulars:

“One of the oldest employees of the plant founder was the authorized representative Peter Schifferdecker, a man with a sense of humor and a friend of sociability. He emptied many a bottle of wine in the house at Heinestrasse No. 11, the residence of the 'old man', together with him and the regulars' table friends. "

- 100 years of Henkel: 1876–1976

References and comments

  1. ^ "Henkel, Fritz, sen., Factory owner, Kommerzienrat, Düsseldorf, Heinestr. 11 “in: Adolf von Harnack : Handbook of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science . Ed .: Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science . Published by Reimar Hobbing, Berlin 1928 (218 pages, books.google.com ).
  2. ↑ a b c Henkel & Cie GmbH (Ed.): 100 Years of Henkel: 1876–1976. Düsseldorf 1976
  3. ↑ Excerpts from the Düsseldorf address books: 1883 , 1884 , 1885 , 1890 , 1897 , 1899 , 1900
  4. ↑ According to the 1949 city map, there was not a single house left there.
  5. ↑ See list of sacred buildings in Düsseldorf
  6. ^ A b Architects and Engineers Association in Düsseldorf (ed.): Düsseldorf and its buildings. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1904

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 37.8 ″  N , 6 ° 47 ′ 28.4 ″  E