Anna Katharina Emmerick House
The Anna-Katharina-Emmerick-Haus is the reconstruction of the birthplace of the blessed Anna Katharina Emmerick at the original location and a museum-like memorial. It is located in the Flamschen peasantry belonging to Coesfeld and has the postal address Emmerickweg 20.
history
This building was a thatched double heuerhaus in two- column construction . An exact date of construction is missing, but it is first mentioned in a population register around 1750. There is an indication that the house existed as early as 1690, and it is noted in an appraisal list as Emmerick's body breed . At that time (and to this day) it belonged, as is usual with Heuerling houses, to a larger farm, in this case to the neighboring farm Emmerick / Emmerich, Flamschen 1. The house was / is built in a north-south direction . The boarded steep gable protrudes from the bracket . When changes were made in the course of the 19th century (but probably not until the renovation in 1897), the original lead lattice windows were replaced by wooden lattice windows with significantly larger individual window areas. The clay compartments were also replaced by fire bricks. The small extension on the north side / gable side was added as a “sewing room” for AK Emmerick in 1795 after her apprenticeship in the city of Coesfeld.
Until the partial renovation towards the end of the 19th century, it was a so-called smoke house (see also " smoke kitchen "). During this renovation, the eastern eaves wall was raised, the interior layout changed and a kitchen room with its own fireplace was set up. The roof was covered with panes. A number of rooms in the other half of the duplex were also integrated and the parts that were not needed were broken off. Until 1932 the Kottens agricultural area was cultivated by descendants of Sr. Anna Katharina's siblings, who moved to a newly built farm in 1933. After that the house was only used for residential purposes, u. a. of bombed out people from the Ruhr area. The building was inhabited until around 1952, after which the owner only used it for agricultural purposes. A prayer room was set up in the so-called living room, the house has been a destination for pilgrims and visitors , especially since the initiation of the beatification process at the end of the 19th century. When this procedure was discontinued in 1928, the flow of visitors ebbed. From 1956 it was no longer needed for agriculture and fell into disrepair.
It was not until the Anna-Katharina-Emmerick-Verein e. V., Coesfeld initiated a thorough structural and historical investigation by experts from the Detmold Open Air Museum and a restoration. It started in 1968. The eastern eaves wall was reduced to the original height, the roof covered with thatch. In the area of the other half on the south side of the Emmerick part, a new house was built for a caretaker who was also supposed to take care of the memorial. Shortly before the completion of the measures, the Emmerick house burned down in 1969, but thanks to the timely arrival of the fire brigade, the load-bearing wooden beams could be saved so that another restoration was possible. In 1974 everything was completed, but in 1976 the building burned again and this time hardly any of the original substance was preserved, nevertheless it was decided against all criticism and other plans with the site (e.g. erection of a simple wooden cross) to build a faithful new building, especially the beatification procedure again was recorded. Decisive for the reconstruction, this time with roof tiles instead of a thatched roof, were clauses in the heritable building contract . In 1980 the memorial was inaugurated and it was furnished with old pieces of equipment that had been procured. However, the original is the crib on display in the "sewing room", which was made by Anna Katharina Emmerick herself and kept in St. Jakobi . Water damage caused by heavy rains caused the clay floor to be replaced by field fire bricks in the main rooms; in the adjoining rooms, the clay floor was preserved to this day.
Today's division
As in the Emmerick's lifetime, the main room, known as the " Deele ", has a fireplace at ground level, and a rustic dining table is used to present documents and information material. On the east side of the building, next to the depiction of the “her brother's weaving room”, there is a small room for a more detailed explanation of the life of Anna Katharina Emmerick using picture panels and display walls with text. Furthermore, a scullery based on a contemporary model has been set up on this side. The west side is taken up by cattle stalls and the “birth room”, the parents' bedroom. Next to the large entrance gate is the access to the sewing room, which contains the aforementioned crib, a table, a sideboard , a replica of the Coesfeld Cross, which Anna Katharina Emmerick admired, and various smaller exhibits. There is also a reconstructed draw well on the outside area.
Trivia
The memorial that previously existed in Dülmen on Lüdinghauser Strasse was also referred to as the Emmerickhaus. The exhibits have been in the crypt of the Holy Cross Church since 2004 , the building has since been demolished.
Web links, sources & literature
- Karlheinz Hagenbruch: The Emmerick House in Coesfeld-Flamschen. (pdf; 6.8 MB) In: Mitteilungen 2009. Heimatverein Coesfeld, pp. 42–84 , accessed on February 17, 2013 .
- Demolition of the Emmerickhaus Dülmen on www.dzonline.de (last accessed on February 9, 2013)
Coordinates: 51 ° 55 '44.6 " N , 7 ° 8' 28.2" E