The Hohenhof

The Hohenhof is one of the most significant buildings in the history of architecture. The country villa was built for the patron of art and culture Karl Ernst Osthaus in 1906 and 1908 by the Belgian architect Henry van de Velde. Here visitors encounter a rare example of Art Nouveau.

The architecture, the furniture, the wall and floor decorations, lamps, and materials were individually designed for each room as a unified whole for Osthaus by Henry van de Velde. Like the composition of a painting, every detail is carefully designed to compliment each other, without neglecting its own individual form and function. Paintings from Ferdinand Hodler and Edouard Vuillard are integrated into the whole room arrangement, as a work from Henry Matisse especially designed for the wintergarden.

The Hohenhof is the heartcore of the constructions from the era of Art Nouveau and early modern that can be found in the city of Hagen. In the immediate vicinity the buildings of the suburb Hohenhagen founded in 1906 by Osthaus, include a villa from Peter Behrens. As the base of the route of industrial culture the Hohenhof is an example of Osthaus`s strong desire for beauty as an all embracing combination of life forces. A matter for which Osthaus fought all his life in the industrially scarred city of Hagen.As a museum of the "Hagener Impulse" the Hohenhof offers a varied exhibition of works and documents from the period of the Life Reform Movement.

Address:
Hohenhof - Museum des Hagener Impulses
Stirnband 10
58093 Hagen-Emst

You find further information under www.osthausmuseum.de .