Reg.Nr. HA 2001/GE/01

Railway Station, Hamm

One of the oldest railway Lines in Germany was built by the "Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft" and finished in 1847. Despite the First World War, the station was relocated and the present edifice built. The official opening was in 1920. The design and concept are clearly ...
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Project details

Title:Railway Station, Hamm
Entr. year: 2001
Result:Diploma
Country: Germany
Town: Hamm (Westphalia)
Category type: architectural heritage
Building type/ Project type: industrial heritage
Former use:Railway Station
Actual use:Railway Station
Built: 19th century
Architect / Proj.leader: Christel Darmstadt, Architect (Bochum); Spettmann + Kahr, Engineering (Altenbeken - DE)
The Jury's citation: "For the remarkable restoration and conservation of a significant neo-baroque railway station"
GPS:51°40'43.4"N; 7°48'31.7"E

Description:
One of the oldest railway Lines in Germany was built by the "Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft" and finished in 1847. Despite the First World War, the station was relocated and the present edifice built. The official opening was in 1920. The design and concept are clearly influenced by baroque palace architecture. During the 1980s, the building was modernised in the spirit of the times. ln 1998 the station building was supposed to be modestly restored. Since the building was included in the project "Internationale Bauausstellung Emscherpark", which made financial support available, a more extensive restoration could be planned and carried out.