Drinking Hall and Waiting Hall
A 1950 steel-frame gem of postwar design: this listed waiting and refreshment hall with a glass façade stands opposite the main entrance of Cologne's Südfriedhof.
A wooden predecessor once stood on this very spot and served the same purpose.
Source: Wikipedia
At a Glance
- Type
- Listed building (Baudenkmal)
- Original function
- Waiting hall and refreshment kiosk
- Construction
- Steel-frame structure with cut-stone cladding and glass front
- Year built
- 1950
- Location
- Höninger Platz, Zollstock district, Rodenkirchen borough
- Opposite
- Main entrance of Cologne's Südfriedhof (South Cemetery)
The kiosk at Höninger Platz in Cologne-Zollstock replaced a wooden predecessor with the same function in 1950; today the former waiting-hall section is mainly used to store drinks.
Origins at the Terminus
The Cologne architect Walter Salz designed the new building. It was erected at the terminus of the Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (Cologne public transport). It replaced the older wooden structure that had previously fulfilled the same role there.
Architecture
Salz conceived the 1950 hall as a steel-frame structure. On the lower part, cut stone clads the façade up to hip height. Above that, the building is fully glazed all the way around, with glazing bars dividing the panes. A flat roof that extends beyond the exterior walls crowns the structure.
Listed Building and Present Use
Today the hall is a listed monument. It consists of two parts. The area that once housed the waiting hall is now used mainly for storing beverages.
Timeline
- 1950Combined waiting and drinking hall built to a design by Walter Salz at Höninger Platz
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