Alte Handelsbörse
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.jpg) Alte Handelsbörse in Leipzig | |
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| Type | Exchange |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Address | Naschmarkt |
| Town or city | Leipzig, Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°20′27″N 12°22′33″E / 51.34072°N 12.37575°E |
The Alte Handelsbörse or Alte Börse (Old exchange) in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, is the city's oldest assembly building of merchants, and also the oldest Baroque building. Built as the Börse in 1678, it is now used as an event venue and is known in English as the Old Stock Exchange.[1]
History
Leipzig has always been an important trading centre, being at the intersection of two historical trade routes, and trade fairs have been held here for nearly a millennium.
After the end of the German campaign of 1813 and the reopening of the exchange, the building was rebuilt and extended in 1816 according to the designs of the Leipzig building director Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe and the Karlsruhe building director Friedrich Weinbrenner.[4] With the growth of the trade fair in the second half of the 19th century, it was decided to build the new stock exchange. When it was completed in 1886, the old exchange building was named Alte Handelsbörse (or Alte Börse).[5]
After 1887, the Börsensaal served as a meeting room for the city councillors.[4] Between 1905 and 1907, a porch built in 1816 was demolished and the original shape of the building was restored.[6]
During the Second World War, the Börse burnt down completely in 1943,[5] resulting in the irretrievable loss of the valuable stucco ceiling and ceiling paintings.[7] The building was secured with an emergency roof. Restoration of the exterior began in 1955, completed in 1962.[5][6] Since then, the Alte Börse has been used for cultural events such as readings, concerts and exhibitions.[8][1] Between 1992 and 1995, the facade and the interior were extensively renovated, with a focus on the original colouring of the facades and the window glazing in the style of the 17th century.[1]
Architecture
The design of the Börse shows parallels in many details to the
The Börse is a freestanding building with two floors and a flat roof, accessed by an open two-way staircase. It has a plaster facade, embellished all around with flat pilasters with Ionic capitals and festoons. A sandstone balustrade has round-arched portals.
References
- ^ a b c "The Old Stock Exchange (Alte Handelsbörse)". Leipzig. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Leipzig Trade Fair". Leipziger Messe. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Alte Börse Leipzig". leipzig-online.de (in German). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Alte Handelsbörse Leipzig". architektur-bildarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Alte Handelsbörse am Naschmarkt". leipzig-days.de (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Alte Handelsbörse Leipzig (Stadt Leipzig)". architektur-blicklicht.de (in German). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-87-706794-9.
- ^ "Alte Börse". stadtgeschichtliches-museum-leipzig (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Cornelius Gurlitt: Die Börse. In: Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen, 18. Volume: Stadt Leipzig (II. Theil). C. C. Meinhold, Dresden, 1896, p. 372.
- ^ Brekle, Ursula. "Die Alte Handelsbörse". leipzig-lese.de (in German). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
Further reading
- Walter Hentschel: Die Alte Börse in Leipzig und ihr Architekt. (in German) Berlin: Akademie-Verlag 1964.
- Nikolaus Pevsner: Leipziger Barock. Die Baukunst der Barockzeit in Leipzig. (in German) Dresden/Leipzig: Seemann-Verlag 1928/1990.
- Alberto Schwarz: Das Alte Leipzig – Stadtbild und Architektur, (in German) Beucha 2018, ISBN 978-3-86729-226-9, pp. 88–91.
- Bernd Weinkauf: Architekturführer – Die 100 wichtigsten Leipziger Bauwerke, (in German) 1st edition, 2011, Jaron Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-89773-913-0, p. 44.
- Alte Handelsbörse (in German) leipzig-lexikon.de
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