#Multifunctional building #Coburg #Germany #1929
Hindenburgstraße 6
96450
Coburg,
Germany
Public transport: Hindenburgstraße
Access: Public building, free entry during working hours
Today's use: multifunctional
Description
The slightly curved building is even part of Coburg's topography. The post office was built between the town centre and the railway station.
The construction consists of a steel skeleton, which was then filled with pumice concrete and blocks. On the southern side of the main building are offices and flats that were once available to employees. Separated from the tower, a flat building adjoins to the north. The exterior building with its uniform windows was given a row of small windows directly under the roof to break up the uniformity of the facade. The tower, which was not placed in the centre, also breaks up the austerity and gives the building more lightness and distinctiveness.
The former counter hall to the east with ribbon windows, including the semi-circular parcel delivery ramp, was demolished in 1986 and replaced by a letter and parcel distribution building. The demolition of the counter hall meant the loss of an impressive example of modernism.
Description
The slightly curved building is even part of Coburg's topography. The post office was built between the town centre and the railway station.
The construction consists of a steel skeleton, which was then filled with pumice concrete and blocks. On the southern side of the main building are offices and flats that were once available to employees. Separated from the tower, a flat building adjoins to the north. The exterior building with its uniform windows was given a row of small windows directly under the roof to break up the uniformity of the facade. The tower, which was not placed in the centre, also breaks up the austerity and gives the building more lightness and distinctiveness.
The former counter hall to the east with ribbon windows, including the semi-circular parcel delivery ramp, was demolished in 1986 and replaced by a letter and parcel distribution building. The demolition of the counter hall meant the loss of an impressive example of modernism.
History
The start of construction was accompanied by a heated debate in Coburg. As this town was the first to have a majority of Nazis on the town council, they called for the construction to be stopped. This happened during the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). However, as the order was placed by the higher-ranking authority, the Oberpostamt in Bamberg, the town council was unable to do anything. As a result, the building was completed between 1929 and 1931. The construction phase was supervised by Robert Vorhoelzer, who was in charge of the construction process at the Bavarian Postal School of Architecture. This centralised building supervision made the construction possible in the conservative city.
In order to build on this site, the town's medieval but very dilapidated tanners' quarter was demolished.
There was not much progressive architecture in Bavaria at that time, so that the building was an outstanding example of architecture in Coburg. When the main post office was built, Hindenburgstraße ended at this point. There were still houses to the north. After World War II, these were demolished and the road was extended in a northerly direction.
History
The start of construction was accompanied by a heated debate in Coburg. As this town was the first to have a majority of Nazis on the town council, they called for the construction to be stopped. This happened during the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). However, as the order was placed by the higher-ranking authority, the Oberpostamt in Bamberg, the town council was unable to do anything. As a result, the building was completed between 1929 and 1931. The construction phase was supervised by Robert Vorhoelzer, who was in charge of the construction process at the Bavarian Postal School of Architecture. This centralised building supervision made the construction possible in the conservative city.
In order to build on this site, the town's medieval but very dilapidated tanners' quarter was demolished.
There was not much progressive architecture in Bavaria at that time, so that the building was an outstanding example of architecture in Coburg. When the main post office was built, Hindenburgstraße ended at this point. There were still houses to the north. After World War II, these were demolished and the road was extended in a northerly direction.
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