The mansion hill, convenient in the Essener quarter Bredeney, was established to 1873 by Alfred Krupp and is the former living and representation house of the familyfamily family Krupp.

The mansion has 269 areas, 8,100 m living and effective area and is appropriate in a 28 hectare for large park at prominent place over the Ruhr valley and the Baldeneysee.

History

Originally the house was established completely from non-combustible materials, thus stone, steel and glass, since Krupp had fear of fires. Renewed after its death the interior arrangement of the mansion in the style of the time completely, only in page ranges is still recognizable the old plant (stairways, Gesindebereiche, railing). The plant consists of a smaller building as well as the main house, which are connected by a long Trakt from library and ballroom. At the time of its building the mansion hill applied because of and the partly personally along-planned modern technology wanted by Alfred Krupp as opinion object of the technical progress. The building phase wore whether the stubborness of the owner several architects.

To the original plant a complete farm, which lay before the neighboring house, in order to ensure a self-sufficient supply, belonged also to this was relatively fast again torn off, since he disturbed the representative overall view.

To the extended ensemble of the buildings of mansion hill belong the multi-storey car park to hill, which accommodates a restaurant, and which on half slope height to the Baldeneysee station hill lain. 1894 were established a play house for the Bertha and Barbara. The half timbered house is called "„sparrow house "“. The building of the mansion hill is at the same time a certification of again-rich Hybris. In the Treppenhausfenstern of the auxiliary building centuries-old glass painting is let in, which Krupp had together-bought before. With the plant of the enormous park Alfred Krupp let attained full growth trees cultivate, in order to see still during its lifetimes the park in "„the final state "“. Died trees were replaced short hand through "„new old "“, which led to the fact that the tree existence of the mansion is substantially older hill than the entire plant. The park is altogether 23 hectares largely and since 1914 was hardly changed.

Since 1953 regularly meaning art exhibitions take place in the main house. The auxiliary building contains a constant collection to the family and firm history. Park and buildings can be visited, if no exhibitions or special meetings of the Krupp donation take place.

See also: List of the trip goals and objects of interest in the Ruhr district, list of the castles and manor-houses in the Ruhr district

Situation

• Address: Mansion hill, hill, 45133 meals start (: Frankenstrasse/Haraldstrasse)
• Rapid-transit railway (S6) to "„meal hills "“, bus (194) to "„mansion hill "“(Frankenstrasse/Haraldstrasse)

Literature

• Tilmann Buddensieg: Mansion hill. Munich 2001. ISBN 3-88680-1020
• Renate Lindenlaub: The mansion hill. Entrepreneur domicile in the change of the time. German fine-art publishing house 2002. ISBN 3-422-06357-9

Related links

• Web page of the mansion hill

Articles in category "Mansion hill"

We found here 20 articles.

Related Websites

We found here 4 related websites.

• Mansion Hill Inn
  Mansion Hill Inn offers its guests the luxury, elegance and Victorian charm of Madison's only four-diamond inn. Its warm hospitality has made it a favorite ...


• Mansion Hill Inn and Restaurant
  Mansion Hill Inn & Restaurant - 'You're Inn With Us!' Elegant accommodations with an award winning restaurant serving distinctively prepared dinners ...


• Mansion On The Hill
  Mansion on the Hill offers a superb ambience, quality food and service that can only be found in a metropolitan city.


• Mansion On The Hill
  Starting about May 1st the Mansion On The Hill Live 365 stream will be no more. ... Sometime in the near future there will be a Mansion On The Hill Podcast ...