On the way from the Duchess Anna Amalia Library to the market, I pass a Renaissance portal with a strikingly large number of coats of arms. The windows have colourful lines like fresh make-up. [German]
Tag: Germany
Masters’ Houses (1926) in Dessau-Roßlau
After Walter Gropius founded the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar, there was no time to mould his new ideas into a building. After his move to Dessau, he appeared as an architect on a site of the Bauhaus School. Here, the four Masters’ Houses form an ensemble. [German]
Manhole cover in Jena
The manhole covers of Jena display the city arms. In the middle, archangel Michael pushes a lance into a dragon’s mouth. The upright black lion refers to the Margraves of Meissen. Noteworthy is the bunch of grapes below the dragon. [German]
Hall of Liberation in Kelheim
The Hall of Liberation (Befreiungshalle) is a Neoclassical monument on Michelsberg Hill near Kelheim. King Ludwig I of Bavaria commissioned this building to commemorate the victory over Napoleon in the German Campaign of 1813 (Befreiungskriege). [German]
Employment Office (1929)
Walter Gropius planned this building in the years 1928/29. Its former function as an employment office can still be read by a fading inscription (“Amt für Arbeit”). The building is an impressive example of how to align architecture to a process. [German]
Haus Hohe Pappeln in Weimar
In this building, the Belgian architect Henry van de Velde lived from 1908 to 1917. House and furnishings were designed by himself. Allegedly, the layout of the building is designed like a ship. Together with the mast on the roadside, my pic reminds to an upside-down boat, at least. [German]
Cranach House in Weimar
The Cranach House was built in the years 1547 to 1549 by the Renaissance master builder Nikolaus Gromann for the ducal chancellor Christian Brück. Its present name reminds us of the presence of the painter Lucas Cranach, the Elder. He spent his last months here. [German]
Nassauer Haus in Nuremberg
The Nassauer Haus is a medieval residential tower in the centre of Nuremberg. The name is misleading. The tower has nothing to do with the aristocratic dynasty House of Nassau. After a previous owner, the building is also known as Schlüsselfeldersches Stiftungshaus. [German]
Kassengewölbe Mausoleum
The original mausoleum was built as a family grave for Chamberlain Christoph Jenichsen in 1715. The name Kassengewölbe refers to the Landschaftskassendirektorium (provincial treasury), which became the owner of this place in 1742. [German]
Houses with Balcony Access in Dessau-Roßlau
The houses with balcony access (Laubenganghäuser) were built in 1929/30 according to plans by Hannes Meyer. He translated his motto Volksbedarf statt Luxusbedarf” (People’s necessities, not luxuries) into a multitude of small apartments, which are connected to the staircase via an arcade. [German]
Ozeaneum in Stralsund
The Ozeanum is a public aquarium located in the historical harbour of Stralsund. It is part of the German Oceanographic Museum (Deutsches Meeresmuseum) and displays primarily sea life of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Roman sewer in Cologne
Below the Spanische Bau in Cologne, fans of Roman architecture find the remains of the ancient Roman Praetorium. Right next to these ruins, visitors have the chance to walk through a former Roman sewer below the streets of the modern city.