To the golden scales (Quedlinburg)

Heiligegeiststraße 10, the rest of the Masonic Temple on the back

Statues of two lodge brothers in Masonic clothing

The house at the golden scales was a listed building in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt . Parts of the originally contained Masonic temple have been preserved .

location

It was located in the urban area south of the historic Quedlinburg old town at the transition from Heiligegeiststrasse to Pölkenstrasse at Heiligegeiststrasse 10 . It was entered in the Quedlinburg monument register as a residential building.

Architecture and history

The building was built around 1830 in the classicism style. Before that, the Pölkentor had been located there as part of the medieval city fortifications . It served at times as the seat of the Masonic Lodge Goldene Waage . In 1901 a neo-Romanesque extension was added on the east side, probably for the lodge . The lodge was founded on August 19, 1841. In 1912 it moved its headquarters to the newly built house at Julius-Wolff-Straße 7 .

From 1950 the house served as the seat of the Quedlinburg district library . In 1956 a children's library was set up in the courtyard building. From 1992 onwards, around one million euros were invested in the house, including funds for urban monument protection and urban redevelopment. In 1993 it was partially renovated for 1.5 million DM.

In March 2000, the library moved out of the building for structural reasons. In 2002 the house was sold below its market value .

In April 2005, the regional managing director of the German Red Cross , Michael Funke, presented a model of a project to build a new care home, whereby the demolition of the listed old building was planned. A demolition permit was already available, the new building was exempted from the provisions of the design statutes. A historicizing replica was dispensed with, but parts of the Masonic Lodge were to be preserved and included in the new building. An alliance Green city councilor criticized the planned demolition against the background of the considerable funds that went into the renovation. In fact, the project was then finally implemented with investments worth four million euros and the house was demolished. A modern new building, completed in 2010, for the DRK senior care center Zum Pölkentor with 43 beds was built at the same location . Parts of the old Masonic Temple were integrated into the Freemasons Cafe, which was built in the building. So the altar with the magical eye was also preserved or could be restored.

A plaque attached to the building reminds of the old Masonic Lodge. In addition, two statues designed by the metal sculptor Jochen Müller were placed near the main entrance . A person sitting on a bench provides a Lodge Master . A behind it the boxes Emcee.

The stump of the old fortified tower Martinsturm is located in the park of the senior citizens' residence .

literature

State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , page 130