Old Mint (Koblenz)
The old mint is the former mint master's house of the electoral mint in Koblenz . Originally the mint consisted of several buildings, which were demolished except for the mint master's house. Today the Münzplatz in Koblenz's old town is located in this area .
history
Since the 14th century, more and more coins were minted in Koblenz after the Electors of Trier received the coin rack . In the 15th century, Koblenz even became the main mint of the Archbishops of Trier , replacing Trier, where coins had been minted for almost one and a half millennia before. Originally, the mint building stood at a different location until, under Elector Karl Kaspar von der Leyen in 1667, additional properties for minting coins were bought in the area of today's Münzplatz. The still existing mint master's house was built in 1761–63 as the home of the mint master Meydinger, probably according to plans by the court architect Johannes Seiz . There were also other buildings for the smelter, the line, the stamping mill , the locksmith's shop, the white piece kitchen, the annealing furnace and the tasting house.
The mint in Koblenz was closed in 1773, after which the buildings fell into disrepair. During the French period (1794–1814), the buildings were auctioned for demolition in 1806 to make room for a vegetable market. Only the mint master's house remained. After parts of the Metternicher Hof opposite were also bought up at the beginning of the 19th century , this area was available in 1823 for the expansion of the vegetable market. Today's Münzplatz developed from this.
In 1992 the Sparkasse Koblenz donated the fountain in front of the Alte Münze, created by Willi Heinzen, to the city for its 2000th anniversary.
construction
The former mint master's house is a baroque house with a simple plastered facade, consisting of four to seven axes. The southern narrow front was subsequently provided with a built-on dwelling with a triangular gable . The northern side received a continuous gable. On the ground floor there are arched windows on the south side, otherwise the building has segmented arched windows. The mansard roof with two rows of roof houses still has an original roof structure . Inside, the old wooden stairs and a stucco ceiling have been preserved, as well as two old oven niches on the upper floor.
Monument protection
The old coin 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 the old town monument zone .
The Alte Münze 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
- Vol. 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era . Theiss, Stuttgart 1992. ISBN 3-8062-0876-X
- Vol. 2: From the French city to the present . Theiss, Stuttgart 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).
- Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate Volume 3.2. City of Koblenz. City center , edited by Herbert Dellwing and Reinhard Kallenbach , Speyer 2004, p. 172 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
- Old coin in: regionalgeschichte.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Petry: The Koblenz Mint in the Middle Ages , in: History of the City of Koblenz Vol. 1, p. 368.
- ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Koblenz. Mainz 2020, p. 13 (PDF; 6.5 MB).
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 41 " N , 7 ° 35 ′ 41.5" E