In cooperation with the Schwäbischer Heimatbund, the Landesverein Badische Heimat and the Wüstenrot Foundation, the Baden-Württemberg Monument Preservation Prize will be awarded for the 37th time in 2022 Private developers are invited to submit their work and achievements for the continued existence of a building worthy of preservation that is not necessarily a listed building to the competition. Exemplary and exemplary renovated monuments are awarded with prize money of […]

In cooperation with the Schwäbischer Heimatbund, the Landesverein Badische Heimat and the Wüstenrot Foundation, the Baden-Württemberg Monument Protection Prize will be awarded for the 37th time in 2022

Private developers are invited to enter their work and achievements in preserving a building that is worthy of preservation but not necessarily a listed building into the competition. Exemplary and exemplary renovated monuments are supported with prize money totaling 25,000 euros. This is usually divided among five prize winners. Owners who have renewed, renovated or refurbished their building in the last four years and thus preserved it are invited to apply for the prize.

Public award ceremony

Architects, heritage conservationists and employees of building law and heritage protection authorities are also invited to nominate exemplary achievements for the award or to encourage owners to apply. The jury is made up of experts from the fields of architecture, monument preservation and art history. The award ceremony will take place at a public event in 2023. A certificate, a bronze plaque to be affixed to the building and a cash prize will be awarded in recognition of conservation work combined with a high level of personal commitment on the part of owners and architects. Up to five applicants will be honored.

The jury

Dr. Gerhard Kabierske (Chairman), former employee at the Southwest German Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering (saai) in Karlsruhe | Representative of the Landesverein Badische Heimat

Please send applications by April 30, 2022 at the latest to

Schwäbischer Heimatbund e.V.
Weberstrasse 2
70182 Stuttgart
Phone: 0711 23942-0
E-mail: post@denkmalschutzpreis.de

You can find the tender brochure here.

The awarding authority

The Swabian Heritage Association: The preservation of historical monuments was one of the association’s most important goals when it was founded in 1909. By actively preserving monuments, the Swabian Heritage Association is still helping to preserve cultural monuments and make them usable again today. In 1978, the SHB established the Peter Haag Prize for the Preservation of Monuments. www.schwaebischer-heimatbund.de

The Nazis destroyed Vienna’s third-largest synagogue during the Reichspogromnacht on November 9-10, 1938. 73 years later, a memorial site commemorates the Turner Temple. This was designed by the Viennese landscape architecture firm Auböck + Kárász.

In the pogrom night of November 9-10, 1938, the National Socialists destroyed the Turner Temple, the third largest synagogue in Vienna, which was built in 1871 and 1872 according to plans by the architect Karl König. “… The fire department, yes, they didn’t come. Then the whole temple caught fire. And then the fire department did come and just made sure that the neighboring buildings didn’t start to burn. So the temple burnt down – windows smashed, everything there is. Some performed an enthusiastic dance, with the enthusiasm of Indians jumping around the fire …”, a contemporary witness describes the events of the pogrom night drastically. The symbol of the Jewish community’s independence in Vienna’s 15th district burned to the ground. 73 years later, on November 10, 2011, a memorial was inaugurated on the site where the prayer house once stood.

The memorial was initiated by the “Herklotzgasse 21” project. The initiators researched the traces of Jewish life in their Grätzel, as the Viennese call their neighborhoods. The design of the square goes back to an artistic competition in 2010, which Irs Andraschek and Hubert Lobnig won together with the landscape architecture firm Auböck + Kárász. Black concrete beams are reminiscent of the fallen roof truss of the synagogue. The dark, graphic structures serve on the one hand as pathways to the square and on the other as benches protruding from the water-bound surface. Concrete steps lead from the street to the raised memorial site. Colorful mosaics depict fruits from the south, which are mentioned in the Torah and play a role in the Jewish religious calendar. On the one hand, they refer to Jewish history and, on the other, are intended to invite people of different origins and religions to come together in a new way.

The new design not only creates a dignified memorial site, but also the best conditions for a lively meeting place in the dense Gründerzeit district.

Photos: © Stephan Wyckoff 2011