Zurich: 125 Jahre Jelmoli an der Bahnhofstrasse und een bewegte Baugeschichte

Teaserbild-Quelle: Baugeschichtliches Archiv, Meiner Johannes, CC BY SA 4.0

125 Jahre is her, the Jelmoli-Warenhaus and the Zürcher Bahnhofstrasse seine Pforten öffnete. But now there are stories in February at the end: The traditional nature of the beautiful paradise. Immerse yourself in a night follow: Manor is located in the elegant Eisenskelettbau, invested in the middle of the countryside.

Quelle: Baugeschichtliches Archiv, Meiner Johannes, CC BY SA 4.0

The Jelmoli-Haus in the year 1903, few years after a successful development.

If you stroll around Zürcher Innenstadt, come and visit the architects of Stadler & Usteri. It is the versatile facade of the beautiful Corso theaters and the best Kinos in Bellevue, the Hotel Baur on the Lac on Bürkliplatz or the Jelmoli-Warenhaus from 1899 on Bahnhfostrasse.

The Grundstein for the legendary Zürcher Einkaufstempel war is its own affair: Seinen Anfang hatte was taken with the Italian fashion handler Giovanni Pietro Guglielmoli. 1833 in a textile trading company in Zurich was renamed an idea by Johann Peter Jelmoli. Zunächst liess mit seinem Geschäft an der Schipfe nieder. There are new problems with the celebration of the prize – Kundinnen and Kunden die neever meer feilschen – schlug ein. Wenig später wake is a versandhandel op. A beautiful view is with the geschäft and the Münsterbrücke. A schliessliche eröffnete Sohn Franz-Anton 1882 a Branch on Bahnhofstrasse. Most of the problems with the construction of the company out – and the company had to be liquidated in 1896 into an Aktiengesellschaft. Kurz started the construction work on the Grund der Seidenhöfe – another area – for the Bau des Heutigen Jelmoli-Warenhauses.

The big shops of Paris

The inspiration that Stadler & Usteri got in the Grands Magasins of Paris, was founded in the Hochhäusern, while the damals in Chicago were upgraded. First of all, the elegant Eisenskelettbau with glass walls in the Laufe der Zeit is where modernization can be. Empty the glass facade, the Gebäude which is a vertical showcase, will no longer work. So war in the department store in the 30s with a construction by Pfleghard & Haefeli freshen become, erste Ende 50er- and beginning of the 60s respectively a Erweiterung by Roland Rohn. In 1992 and 2004 Tilla Theus das Jelmoli-Haus was renovated.

This year it was a year before the last years of the Warenhauses of the Bahnhofstrasse were opened: Zwar bleibt der Bau bestehen, aber de Jelmoli-Ära endet in February 2025. The owner, the Swiss Prime Site, cannot wait in February 2025, that is then Betrieb des Luxuseinkaufsparadieses installed; As a result, I am happy with the changes in purchasing and online shopping. The Verwaltungsrat and the Gruppenleitung of Swiss Prime Site are beschlossen, the Jelmoli-Haus has been converted and nachhaltig weiterzuentwickeln, teilte der Immobilienkonzern damals mit. The loading areas will be filled with “current market places” and the buildings with “new uses”.

Umbau des Jelmoli-Hauses will start in 2025

However, since we can’t find a Warenhaus on the Bahnhofstrasse now, we can’t find it: Nachdem das Manor-Warenhaus in January 2020 and our current Brannhof roads are worth a year. now in the Bahnhofstrasse zurück and will invest in 2027, insgesamt 13,000 Quadratmeter Fläche in Jelmoli-Bau. The new country house has taken off and a restaurant has been planted. In the darüber lying Geschossen sollen Büroräume also find a Gastronomie- und Freizeitangebot Platz and auf Dach a weiteres Restaurant. (more information about the Seventh-day Adventist material)

Lesetipp: PDF vom Sonderheft der Schweizerischen Bauzeitung vom 6. April 1940 zum Erweiterungsbau von 1935 by Pfleghard & Haefeli

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In the Ausgabe vom 16. September 1899 reported the Tages-Anzeiger of the Eröffnung des Jelmoli-Warenhauses: “Man spoke of that, Zurich since I understood a large Grossstadt zu be, that man himself in that not wonder can, of Zeit zu Zeit von Neuschöpfungen in unserer Stadt zu hören, the wirklich grossstädtisch character has one of the Ecke Seidengasse-Sihlstrasse ist dieser Tage a Bau volendet and a Geschäft eröffnet become, in order to make a start on the Title a grossstädtischen erheben lässt.”

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The Jelmoli house was replaced by the Fenster in 1903.

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Construction of the Jelmoli Houses in 1898, ran one year before the blessing voyage.

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Teppiche and different water features were opened in Jelmoli-Warenhaus.

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Möbelabteilung in Jelmoli-Warenhaus.

Quelle: Johannes Meiner, Baugeschichtliches Archiv der ETH, Creative Commons by SA 4.0

Standing in the Kosmeticabteilung in 1903.

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The department store with everything under one roof, from cosmetics and fashion to coffee to everything, was focused on linoleum cladding for housing construction. (Aufnahme um 1903).

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Ausverkauf in Jelmoli-Warenhaus.

Quelle: Tiefbauamt Zürich, Baugeschichtliches Archiv der ETH, CC BY SA 4.0

Der Erweiterungsbau von Pfleghard & Haefeli in 1938. The Turmbau dates from Otto Pfleghard and Jean-Paul Mongeaud.

Quelle: Baugeschichtliches Archiv, Gottfried Gloor, CC BY SA 4.0

Die Baustelle des Erweiterungsbaus from 1935.

Quelle: Bender’sErben, Baugeschichtliches Archiv der ETH, Creative Commons by SA 4.0

Hauptbereich des Erweiterungsbaus, der 1938 eröffnet zijnt.

Quelle: Gottfried Gloor, Baugeschichtliches Archiv der ETH, Creative Commons by SA 4.0

Auslage in Parterre des Jelmoli-Hauses.

Quelle: Gottfried Gloor, Baugeschichtliches Archiv der ETH, Creative Commons by SA 4.0

Schaufenster von Jelmoli in 1938.

Quelle: Gottfried Gloor, Baugeschichtliches Archiv der ETH, Creative Commons by SA 4.0

Das Jelmoli-Haus während der Landi von 1939.

Quelle: Wolgensinger Michael, Baugeschichtliches Archiv der ETH, CC BY SA 4.0

The Jelmoli-Haus-kurz was navigated by signalman in 1961 and the war expanded between 1958 and 1961. The project comes from Roland Rohn. Zwischen 1992 und 2004 af Tilla Theus de Sanierung des Jelmoli-Hauses en baute einen Hof ein, wo heute eine Zara-Filiale unterbracht ist.