German Emperor (Koblenz)
The German Kaiser is a late Gothic residential tower in the old town of Koblenz . The building, originally named "Lengenfeldsches Haus" after its builder, was named after the inn "Zum Deutschen Kaiser", which later moved in .
history
The residential tower was built around 1490 by the Koblenz lay judge and archbishop mint master Konrad von Lengenfeld († 1520). The Lengenfeld family came to Koblenz from Frankfurt and received citizenship here in 1486 . The building originally stood on the city wall in a house front on the banks of the Moselle next to the Kornpforte. The Anethan family were also long-term owners. Johann von Anethan was Chancellor under Elector Philipp Christoph von Sötern . In the 19th century the building was converted into an inn, after whose name Zum Deutschen Kaiser it is named to this day.
The residential tower escaped destruction both during the bombardments during the siege of Koblenz in 1688 in the Palatinate War of Succession and in the Second World War during the air raids on Koblenz , as the only building in Kastorstrasse, which was otherwise completely devastated in 1944. The building has been vacant since then.
Between 2007 and 2011 the German Kaiser was extensively renovated and rebuilt. A further building was added to the east side of the German Emperor for stabilization. After completion of the neighboring building, a restaurant opened again on April 1, 2014 in the Deutsches Kaiser .
construction
The German Kaiser is a tower-like, five-story residential and commercial building from the late Gothic period. The coat of arms of the builder Konrad von Lengenfeld can be found on a keystone of the star vault in the southern part of the ground floor and in the arched frieze of the north facade. The residential tower, made of slate and tuff , underwent changes in the 17th, 19th and early 20th centuries. It is the last surviving example of the tower-like stone building from the late Middle Ages in the old town of Koblenz, as it was originally especially typical in Kastorstraße, and is characteristic of the cityscape due to its exposed location in this area .
Monument protection
The German Kaiser is a protected cultural monument according to the Monument Protection Act (DSchG) and entered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located in Koblenz's old town at Kastorstrasse 3 .
The German Kaiser has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .
literature
- Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (ed.): History of the city of Koblenz. Overall editing: Ingrid Bátori in conjunction with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt. Theiss, Stuttgart 1992-1993;
- Volume 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era. 1992, ISBN 3-8062-0876-X ;
- Volume 2: From the French city to the present. 1993, ISBN 3-8062-1036-5 .
- Fritz Michel : The art monuments of the city of Koblenz. The profane monuments and the suburbs , Munich Berlin 1954, pp. 176–180 (The art monuments of Rhineland-Palatinate first volume).
- Herbert Dellwing (arr.): Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 3.2: City of Koblenz. Downtown. Werner, Worms 2004. ISBN 3-88462-198-X
- City of Koblenz: Koblenz historic old town: Dreikönigenhaus, Haus Metternich. Documentation on the reconstruction after the partial destruction in the war in 1944, Koblenz 1977
Web links
- German emperor. In: regionalgeschichte.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dendrochronologically secured date
- ↑ Koblenz cult gastro: Deutscher Kaiser is open again after years. In: Rhein-Zeitung , April 19, 2014
- ^ Art monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate, p. 156.
- ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Koblenz (PDF; 1.5 MB), Koblenz 2013
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 45 " N , 7 ° 35 ′ 54.1" E