Buildings in Hadamar-Steinbach
The town of Steinbach in the Hessian district of Limburg-Weilburg, today a district of the city of Hadamar , is mainly characterized by a largely closed historical development along Langstrasse, the local main street.
Ensemble Langstrasse
The central section of Langstrasse, around 500 meters long, is under ensemble protection . The ensemble is formed by residential houses with gable ends of a consistently similar format as components of three-sided courtyards . The latter, however, vary significantly in size. The ensemble has been disrupted several times by demolitions and considerable renovations, but the layout of the plot and the alignment of the newer buildings largely correspond to the historical status, so that a comparatively closed overall effect is created. As individual monuments within the ensemble, especially the structures with still visible half-timbering are protected.
The original town center was west of today's main street, where the church, which was built in 1880 and has since been demolished, was located on the cemetery, which is still in use today. In the second half of the 17th century, a regionally important traffic junction was formed near the settlement, at which the routes from the Oberwesterwald (today Langstrasse), to Wetzlar, Limburg (over the Lange Meil ) and in the direction of today's Nothelferkapelle Rhine (Hadamarer Strasse) met. The route to Wetzlar is only partially recognizable today in a short section of Kapellenstrasse. Its further course towards the neighboring town of Heckholzhausen can still be read today from the discolouration of the soil in the field markings.
The place shifted from the second half of the 17th century to the east and formed north of the country road intersection to the street village along the long road. The convenient location also led to the development of an annual, regionally important cattle and junk market from around 1770.
Hadamarer Strasse ensemble
A few smaller, eaves-standing courtyards characteristic of the 19th century form a further ensemble on Hadamarer Straße.
Public buildings
Chapel of the 14 Holy Helpers
At the central road crossing, Prince Franz Alexander von Nassau-Hadamar donated this square central chapel in 1702 , which was completed in 1707. The building is covered by a mansard roof. The portal is designed as a trapezoidal risalit with a column-flanked door and skylight. The other walls have semicircular cones . The capitals of the columns in particular use Romanesque forms. The ceiling is supported by a groin vault. The altar shows the fourteen helpers in need and a peasant designed Mother of God.
primary school
The unplastered, strictly rectangular building made of basalt rubble from the region shows style elements from the late phase of classicism . It was built in 1848. In addition to the red sandstone of the window frames, which contrasts with the basalt, and individual elements made of brick, pilaster strips and cornices adorn the facade. The position opposite the Chapel of the Holy Helpers at the entrance to the main street also highlights the building. Address: Langstrasse 13
Residential buildings
Langstrasse 17
The half-timbered building was built in the middle or at the beginning of the 19th century and thus much later than the rest of the long streets ensemble. Its eaves side is turned towards Langstrasse, unlike the overall picture. Until the 1970s, there was a grocery store on the ground floor to the right of the entrance. The overall appearance was disturbed by plastering and a significantly enlarged window on the ground floor. The facade was completely restored between 2000 and 2010. The two windows on the ground floor to the right of the stairs that were combined during the previous renovation were separated again and dormers were installed on the roof. The skylight door in the Biedermeier style with the stringer staircase in front of it contributes significantly to the overall appearance.
Langstrasse 21
Unlike most of the old Steinbacher Höfe, this courtyard is designed as a two-sided and not a three-sided courtyard. The house was built around 1750 or a little later and later extended by a quarter at the rear. The framework in a relatively late version of this construction technique is structured simply and clearly. Only the thresholds are clearly structured.
Langstrasse 22
The inn, which is still used as such, was heavily rebuilt, which destroyed the half-timbered structure on the ground floor, which was originally built around 1700, and significantly changed the gable. After 1994 the half-timbered structure on the gable facade was covered with slate. Therefore, of the carving on the front edge, only the half facing the courtyard is visible. The repeated man shapes on the side stand out in particular. Further distinctive building details are the corner post carved with a column and tendrils and the high hip roof.
Langstrasse 26
According to a carving above the entrance, this building was built in 1774 by order of the princely hunting manager of Hadamar, Ferdinand Bock. His son, Paul Bock, used the building as the main farm house. The half-timbering is largely plastered. The visible segments on the upper floor show forms typical of the time. Only the parapet is more heavily modeled. The original framework has been redesigned for the window openings. The front door shows elements of the Rococo and is crowned by a small tail gable.
Langstrasse 28
The half-timbering of this building from the 18th century, which was later enlarged by an extension facing away from the street, is now hidden behind a panel. The windows apparently still correspond to their original shape. The storey and gable overhangs are also clearly visible despite the cladding.
Langstrasse 30
The house built in 1907 from field fire bricks interrupts the half-timbered ensemble, but the entire courtyard corresponds to the dimensions of the other three-sided courtyards. A special feature is the elaborately designed courtyard gate with cast iron pillars and forged tendril and flower ornaments.
Langstrasse 32
This half-timbered house from the 18th century is clad with slate and the framework on the ground floor has been replaced by masonry. The old courtyard gate with its own roof with carving on the headband , lintel and console is of visible value for the townscape . Between the two windows on the upper floor facing Langstrasse there is a reference to the second Bishop of Limburg, Johann Wilhelm Bausch, who was born in this house in 1774 .
Langstrasse 39
This building has the highest quality half-timbering in Steinbach that is still preserved today. The Westerwald half-timbered style shows itself with unusual clarity with nested S-struts and many symmetrical motifs. The rear extension shows a less elaborate framework with overall thinner beams. The old gate of the former barn, which today serves as a courtyard gate, has been preserved. A wayside shrine is inserted into the courtyard wall.
Langstrasse 43
According to the latest dating, the house dates back to 1712 and is very similar to house number 39. The half-timbered structure stands out with its elaborately designed male shapes and very even, almost square compartments. The gable boards and profiles are remarkably wide.
Langstrasse 50
This building is dated to the year 1746, but especially the middle half-timbered segments around the male forms there could also be older. Overall, changes in the 19th century have replaced a large part of the relatively clear and simple half-timbered forms. The clearly Biedermeier shaped door also comes from this period. Under the gable side, which is now clad, there is also half-timbering.
Crosses and wayside shrines
Wayside cross at the Chapel of the Holy Helper
The marble cross, kept in the classical style, bears a relatively small, relief-like carcass of Christ. The inscription is dated 1804 and names an engaged couple as the founder.
Wayside shrines on Oberweyerer Straße
The three wayside shrines on the country road in the direction of Oberweyer are in very poor condition today. They consist of broken and brick masonry with plastering. Due to their simple shape (cornices and round or pointed arches above the votive chamber), the wayside shrines were created in the 19th century. Possibly they were part of a pilgrimage or a way of the cross with the Chapel of the Holy Helpers as their destination.
- Wayside shrines Oberweyerer Straße (coming from Oberweyer)
See also
- List of cultural monuments in Hadamar # Steinbach - with database links to the State Office for Monument Preservation
