Treehouse house
The tree courtyard house is in Hopesthal in the immediate vicinity of the Evangelical Church in Volberg . The half-timbered house was originally in Overath-Untereschbach .
The time in Untereschbach
In 1787 the businessman Gerhard Gronewald (1739-1820) had the house built in Untereschbach (then: Mühleneschbach). A map from 1827 shows only four buildings in Mühleneschbach. The largest of them was the treehouse house. The house is named after the farmer Philip Baumhof, who bought the property in 1876. From this point on, people spoke of the tree yard house in the village . In dendrochronological studies by the Institute for Pre- and Protohistory at the University of Cologne, the timber of the framework was dated to 1786. An inscription in the lintel shows: "Anno 1787".
Translocation
In 1984 the relocation of the building from Overath-Untereschbach to Rösrath-Hoffnungsthal began. The Cologne University of Applied Sciences set up a training site. The parts of the house were comprehensively documented, then dismantled, restored and rebuilt in Hopesthal. In 1987 the new owner, the Evangelical Community of Volberg, celebrated the 200th anniversary of the tree courtyard house with the inauguration at the new location.
use
In addition to the municipal office of the Evangelical Parish in Volberg, the building houses the Ecumenical Hospice Service Rösrath and the Rösrath Child Protection Association .
literature
- History Association Rösrath (Ed.): A house is moving - the tree yard house 1787 - 1987 , series of publications by the history association for the community of Rösrath and the surrounding area, Rösrath 1987
- Bauer & Thöming Verlag (ed.): New life in old houses. The Treehouse House. , Experience Rösrath Magazine (Spring 2010)
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 54 ″ N , 7 ° 11 ′ 40 ″ E