Jenisch House
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| name = Jenisch House
| native_name = Jenisch-Haus
| image = Hamburg.Jenischhaus.wmt.jpg
| alt = Jenisch House front elevation
| caption = Front elevation (2004)
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| building_type = Country house
| architectural_style = Neoclassical
| floor_count = 4
| location = Borough of Altona
| address = Jenisch Park
Othmarschen
Baron-Voght-Str. 50, Hamburg
| start_date = 1831
| completion_date = 1834
| architect = {{ill|Franz Gustav Forsmann|lt=Franz Forsmann|de|Franz Gustav Forsmann}}
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
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Jenisch House (Jenisch-Haus) is a country house in Hamburg built in the 19th century and an example of Hanseatic lifestyle and neoclassical architecture. As of 2008, Jenisch House is the home of the Museum für Kunst und Kultur an der Elbe. It is located within the Jenisch park in the Othmarschen quarter.
History
The house was built by {{ill|Franz Gustav Forsmann|lt=Franz Forsmann|de|Franz Gustav Forsmann}} and Karl Schinkel for Martin Johann Jenisch between 1831 and 1834. Jenisch used it as a country house.{{cite web |url=http://www.altonaermuseum.de/jenisch-haus/informationen/ueber-das-jenisch-haus.html |title=Über das Jenisch Haus |publisher=Museum für Kunst und Kultur an der Elbe |accessdate=2009-08-26 |language=German}}
Location
Jenisch House is located in Jenisch Park, Hamburg's oldest landscaped park and a protected area of {{convert|43|ha|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4318401,00.html |title=Recommended - Three tips for a trip to Hamburg |publisher=Deutsche Welle |accessdate=2009-08-26}} The park was landscaped by Caspar Voght as a model farm and arboretum about 1800.{{cite web |url=http://www.hamburg.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/1105240/jenischpark.html |title= Jenischpark |publisher=hamburg.de |accessdate=2009-08-26 |language=German}} It is located in the former independent locality of Klein Flottbek, now part of the Othmarschen quarter of Hamburg with a view toward the Elbe river, often described as "magnificent".
In 1828 Jenisch bought the farm and gardens from Voght and redesigned the area with the construction of his house.{{cite web |url=http://www.koerber-stiftung.de/gesellschaft/begegnungscentrum-haus-im-park/bildung-und-freizeit/ausfluege/jenisch-park.html |title=Der Jenisch-Park |publisher=Körber Stiftung |accessdate=2009-08-26 |language=German }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Jenisch Park participated in the Tag des offenen Denkmals, a national annual event of the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz, opening cultural heritage sites to the public, in 2007 and 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/174336/data/t-d-o-programm-2007.pdf |title=Tag des offenen Denkmals 2007 |publisher=Behörde für Kultur, Sport und Medien (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Media) |date=June 2007 |accessdate=2009-08-29 |language=German}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/380836/data/tag-des-offenen-denkmals-2008.pdf |title=Tag des offenen Denkmals 2008 |publisher=Behörde für Kultur, Sport und Medien (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Media) |date=June 2008 |accessdate=2009-08-29 |language=German}}
Architecture
The house is designed as a large cube, with a basement, two main floors and an attic floor. The windows are in a 1-3-1 ratio and focus on the center. On the main floors the windows reach almost completely from the floor to the ceiling. The front of the house toward the park and Elbe river has a Doric portico, supporting a balcony. The large windows, the balcony, and the house opening into the park represent the relationship between architecture and nature.{{Cite book |author=Julia Berger |title=In the Valley of the Kings |volume=Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism, and National Culture Public culture in Hamburg 1700 – 1933 |publisher=Rodopi |location=Amsterdam |year=2003 |page=127 |isbn=90-420-1185-8}}
Functions
The ground floor has prestigious salons, while the first floor contained the living areas and the attics were for the servants. As of 2008, the Museum für Kunst und Kultur an der Elbe is located in Jenisch House, using it for exhibitions, marriages and other events. A terrace is occupied by a café for the museum.
Neighborhood
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Jenisch House is located on the park's west side at Baron-Voght-Straße, a small residential street, and off Elbchaussee. The park itself reaches all the way down to the right bank of the Elbe river, at the other end somewhere near the Botanischer Garten Hamburg.
The Elbchaussee has many listed buildings; Jenisch House and Park are listed as well.{{cite web |url=http://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/199734/data/erk-denkmaeler-f-k.pdf |title=Verzeichnis der erkannten Denkmäler nach § 7a Hamburgisches Denkmalschutzgesetz. Band I, Teil II (F-K) |date=2009-03-10 |publisher=Behörde für Kultur, Sport und Medien (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Media) |accessdate=2009-08-26 |language=German}}
The Ernst Barlach House, located in the park, is a museum for the work of the expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer Ernst Barlach (1870–1938).{{cite web |url=http://www.barlach-haus.de/Englisch/Ernst_Barlach_Haus_Museum/Ernst_Barlach_Haus_Museum.html |title=Ernst Barlach Haus Hamburg |publisher=Ernst Barlach Haus |accessdate=2009-08-26 |archive-date=2009-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614041015/http://www.barlach-haus.de/Englisch/Ernst_Barlach_Haus_Museum/Ernst_Barlach_Haus_Museum.html |url-status=dead }}
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://www.altonaermuseum.de/jenisch_haus.html Website] of the museum. Retrieved 2009-08-26. {{in lang|de}}
- [https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/jenisch-haus?hl=en Virtual tour of the Jenisch House] provided by Google Arts & Culture
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Category:Houses completed in 1834
Category:Heritage sites in Hamburg
Category:Neoclassical architecture in Germany
Category:Buildings and structures in Altona, Hamburg
Category:Historic house museums in Germany