Burghof (Königswinter)

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Burghof (2013)
Burghof, aerial photo (2015)

The Burghof am Drachenfels in Königswinter , a town in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia , goes back to an economic yard of the Burgraves of Drachenfels . It stands as a monument under monument protection .

location

The courtyard is about 210  m above sea level. NHN , 250 m southeast of Drachenburg Castle and about 300 m north and 110 meters above sea level below the Drachenfels castle ruins . A connecting path between the Eselsweg and the asphalted Drachenfelsstraße leads past the castle courtyard , which is used as an ascent to the mountain summit.

history

The castle courtyard is said to date back to the 12th century and originally served to supply the Drachenfels and Wolkenburg castles . The latter fell into disrepair in the 16th century, and Drachenfels Castle was no longer inhabited before it was destroyed in the 1630s. The castle courtyard was first documented in 1666 in the baptismal register of the Königswinter parish church of St. Remigius . As early as 1811 it was used as a wine and coffee business. In 1828 it had 16 and in 1843 nine inhabitants. At that time it was considered a meeting place for Bonn's student body . In 1854 the castle courtyard became the property of Ferdinand Hoffmann, an emigrant to America. When the inn was closed, he expanded the agricultural business considerably, including growing grain and wine , and in 1862 connected it to the nearby Elsigerfeld estate (now the “Milchhäuschen”). He also had a pavilion built on the property with a view of the Rhine and redesigned the outdoor facilities by planting chestnuts and a sequoia tree .

In 1881 Stephan von Sarter , builder of the Drachenburg Castle opposite and completed in 1884 , acquired the castle courtyard. He used it as a representative residence, in 1885 it was inhabited by eight people. The inn was reopened in 1895, and a year later a building on the slope was demolished for a new horse and cowshed and a barn in 1900 . Sarter's heir and nephew, Jakob Hubert Biesenbach (1870–1947), had the main building of the courtyard rebuilt in 1904 as a Swiss-style mountain hotel after it was demolished , with the brick farm buildings from the 19th century being preserved. During the National Socialist era , Drachenburg Palace and the courtyard served as the Adolf Hitler School from winter 1941/42 . In terms of ownership, it remained associated with Drachenburg Castle until the mid-1980s. Since the concession for the hotel expired in 1989 , the building has been vacant and is in the process of decay, even after a renewed change of ownership in 2004. Another attempt to sell a gastronomic use after renovation began in spring 2013. In November 2014, the budget committee of the German Bundestag 300,000 euros from funds from the “Special Monument Program” for the renovation of the courtyard. In February 2016, the Bonn-based real estate entrepreneur Marc Asbeck acquired the Burghof. He initially planned to use it privately after a refurbishment and possibly also to open it for public events. From November 2018, Asbeck offered the property, which had not yet been renovated, for sale again after the approval process for his plans had dragged on and the NRW Foundation, as the owner of the neighboring Drachenburg Castle, had decided against acquiring the property. In autumn 2019, a real estate entrepreneur and winery owner from Rhöndorf acquired the Burghof and announced a demanding renovation project with the aim of, among other things, gastronomic use.

The castle courtyard was entered in the monuments list of the city of Königswinter on November 18, 1997.

“The Burghof was rebuilt as a hotel in 1904 in a dignified country house style. Asymmetry and extended attic with gables, dormers and ornamental framework are characteristic features and should convey an 'old German cozy inn character'. "

- Angelika Schyma (1992)

literature

Web links

Commons : Burghof  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b List of monuments of the city of Königswinter , number A 314
  2. ↑ Karl Josef Klöhs: The courtyard is awakened to new life ( Memento from May 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 296 kB) . In: rheinkiesel. Magazine for Rhine and Siebengebirge , Volume 9 February 2005, pp. 6/7
  3. ^ Friedrich von Restorff: Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin / Stettin 1830, p. 290 ( digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Royal Government of Cologne (Ed.): Overview of the constituent parts and list of all the localities and individually named properties of the government district of Cologne, according to districts, mayorships and parishes, with information on the number of people and the residential buildings, as well as the Confessions, Jurisdictions , Military and earlier country conditions. Cologne 1845, p. 87 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ a b Text of the protection status of the Lower Monument Authority , Die Bad Honnefer Wochenzeitung
  6. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia (PDF; 1.5 MB), Volume XII Provinz Rheinland, Verlag des Königlich Statistischen Bureaus (publisher), 1888, p. 116.
  7. ^ Ansgar Sebastian Klein : Rise and Rule of National Socialism in the Siebengebirge . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89861-915-8 , p. 573 (also dissertation University of Bonn, 2007).
  8. ^ The Streve-Mülhens family buys the castle courtyard in Königswinter , General-Anzeiger , November 21, 2004
  9. ↑ A restaurant is to be built on the Drachenfels , General-Anzeiger, March 1, 2013
  10. ^ Rehabilitation of the courtyard can begin , General-Anzeiger, April 4, 2013
  11. ↑ 300,000 euros for the Burghof , General-Anzeiger , November 7, 2014
  12. ↑ Marc Asbeck buys the former excursion restaurant , General-Anzeiger , March 5, 2016
  13. ↑ Asbeck wants to use the traditional house privately , General-Anzeiger , March 15, 2016
  14. ↑ Marc Asbeck wants to sell Burghof in Königswinter , General-Anzeiger , July 20, 2018
  15. ↑ Burghof in Königswinter advertised for sale , General-Anzeiger , November 21, 2018
  16. ↑ Burghof changes owner - plans for gastronomy , Kölnische Rundschau / Bonner Rundschau, November 8, 2019
  17. ↑ Angelika Schyma: City of Königswinter (= monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany, monuments in the Rhineland , volume 23.5.). P. 55.

Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 7 ° 12 ′ 37.1 ″  E