Landherrnamt
The Mansion office was an agency of the Bremen municipal administration of the mid-19th century to 1945. Former official residence, the home country gentleman - office, which is situated in the Schnoor quarter in the district of the old town of Bremen district of Mitte, is now of the St. John's School utilized. Since 1973, the house is a listed building.
Country gentlemen
For the administration of Bremen's land area left and right of the Weser two country gentlemen of the Senate were established on June 15, 1817, which were under the police and administrative matters as well as the dike being. They took the place of the old Gohgräfen Gohverfassung, but did not have the low and high jurisdiction, which was henceforth in the hands of the Senate. Get initially remained the peasantry with their jury, whose tasks were perceived in 1879 by community meetings, community committees and community representatives. Since 1874 there was only one country gentlemen with chair in 1879, the district council. In 1926 the territory was renamed to Bremen district of Bremen. Finally extinguished the office of the Country Gentlemen in 1945 with the dissolution of the district of Bremen.
County Bremen
In the district of Bremen, the rural communities of the state of Bremen were administered, which did not belong to the municipality. 1926 included 14 municipalities to the district of Bremen:
- Arsten
- Blockland
- Borg field
- Buren
- Grambkermoor
- Habenhausen
- Huchting
- Lankenau
- Lehesterdeich
- Lesumbrok
- Oberneuland - Rockwinkel
- Easter wood
- Seehausen
- Current
On April 1, 1938, until then the district belonging Vegesack city was incorporated into the county. On November 1, 1939 Vegesack, Buren, Grambkermoor and Lesumbrok were incorporated into the city of Bremen. The remaining municipalities were incorporated on December 1, 1945 same time, the district was dissolved.
Work location and building
The building country gentleman Office in Dechanatstraße / corner at the Mansion office in the Schnoor quarter was built in 1856/57 according to the plans of the building director Alexander Schröder. The Classicist held in the round arch style building, with a distinct Portalrisalit became the seat of authority, and remained so until their abolition 1945. Thereafter here the main welfare office for the severely disabled and the management of the Bremen Dike Association were housed, and later apartments have been furnished. Since 20 February 1964, the house of the Catholic community of St. John, who received it as compensation for the demolished part of the building in Dechanatstraße heard. First, it was sister's house, from 1980 it was used by the Catholic private school St. John's School.
Memorial for the victims of the " Kristallnacht "
Before the house country gentleman - Office is the memorial for the victims of the " Kristallnacht ", which recalls the five Jewish victims who were killed in the Kristallnacht within the present Bremen Town area by the Nazis: Martha Goldberg, Dr. Adolph Goldberg, Henry Rosenblum, Leopold Sinasohn and Selma Swinitzki. In the neighboring Kolpingstraße there was the main synagogue of the Jewish community in Bremen, which was set in the so-called " Kristallnacht " from 9 to 10 November 1938 by the Nazis on fire and destroyed.
The memorial was inaugurated in 1982 run on a draft died in 1980 Bremer Informal artist Hans D. Voss. It is decorated in a simple cubic shapes from black -colored concrete and bears a plaque with the following inscription:
Gallery
Memorial for the victims of the " Kristallnacht " front of the house country gentleman - Office ( building on the right )
Signature panel on the memorial for the victims of the " Kristallnacht "