Cohausen Temple

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Cohausen Temple

The Cohausen Temple was built in 1910 on the western slope of the Kapellenberg near Hofheim am Taunus in memory of Karl August von Cohausen , the former director of the Nassau antiquities collection . Cohausen had devoted himself particularly to researching the ring walls in the Taunus, including the tower on the Kapellenberg . The construction was financed according to a plan by the Frankfurt architect Karl Kolb through donations on the initiative of the Hofheimer Taunus Club and Beautification Association . The cost of the construction was 2,500 marks .

It is a cubic structure made of reinforced concrete that is open on three sides. Square pillars emphasize the corners; There is a bell roof over a two-tier cornice . There is a small square in front of the temple, which is formed by rounded walls. The roof was originally made of copper. It was later replaced by a bitumen roof, and in 2003 the original copper roof was restored at the request of the preservation authorities.

The temple has been owned by the city of Hofheim since the 1950s.

gallery

  • Interior of the Cohausen Temple

  • Dedication for Hermann Jughenn

  • Dedications

Others

In the vicinity of the Cohausen Temple is the gray stone , a monolith made of Taunus quartzite , which was probably brought here as a menhir .

literature

  • State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (ed.), Michael Nitz, Simone Balsam, Sonja Bonin: German monument topography, cultural monuments in Hesse, Main-Taunus district. Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1650-9 , p. 483.
  • Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann : The Kapellenberg near Hofheim am Taunus, Main-Taunus district. Guide sheet to the prehistoric burial mounds, the Roman watchtower and the early medieval ring wall. Wiesbaden 1983, ISBN 3-89822-030-3 . (= Archaeological Monuments in Hesse, 30.)
  • Günter Rühl: The Cohausen temple on the Hofheimer Kapellenberg. In: Otto Winterwerber (Red.): Architectural monuments in the outdoor area (Förderkreis Denkmalpflege Main-Taunus-Kreis; Vol. 16). 1987, ISSN  0176-7097 , p. 64.

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Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 34.1 ″  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 6.9 ″  E