Domfreihof
The Domfreihof is a square in the center of Trier . The cathedral , the Liebfrauenkirche and the Palais Walderdorff are located on the square . There are four other cultural monuments at the Domfreihof .
location
Four streets start at the Domfreihof:
The Domfreihof is connected to the main market via Sternstrasse .
history
The name of the square is derived from the "cathedral freedom". This was exempt from the public court and was solely subject to the court of the provost of the cathedral. The cathedral freedom covers the area between See around you, Palaststraße and Sichelstraße . The area was surrounded by a wall from the year 1000. The Domfreihof was the center of this area.
In the 16th century, two annual fairs approved by the cathedral chapter took place on the square , until the archbishop was forced to postpone one date in 1584 and forbid the other, which took place during Holy Week .
From 1801 to 1804 the square was named "Place d'Ormecheville" after the 1st prefect of the Saar department . From 1804 to 1812 the square was called "Place de Napoleon".
Until the end of the 1990s, the Domfreihof was a car park. After extensive redesign, it became part of the pedestrian zone. In 1999 the Trier Christmas market was finally extended here.
Buildings
On the square there are some buildings that shape the cityscape. In the square, the floor plan of the Roman cathedral that stood on the square is also shown in the form of iron plates. In front of the cathedral is the so-called cathedral stone from the Middle Ages.
Palais Walderdorff
In addition to the cathedral, the Palais Walderdorff in particular shapes the cityscape. The building, erected in the 18th century, has been used for several facilities since its reconstruction and a general renovation around the turn of the millennium: city library, adult education center, gallery, registry office, senior citizen's office, youth club, vinotheque, retail, etc. It also includes medieval parts of the building such as the Jerusalem Tower. At the beginning of the 19th century the building served as the prefecture of the Saar department.
Curia von der Leyen
The von der Leyen Curia is named after Karl Kaspar von der Leyen , Elector of Trier . Your baroque portal originally comes from a house on Krahnenstrasse that was destroyed in the war . The front used to be without a portal. The basement of the building is also important.
Philipps Curia
The so-called Philippskuria, also called Geel Box (Trier for yellow pants), at Domfreihof 2 is a two-part baroque residential building from the 1750s. The building is characterized by a Romanesque cellar system and the early classicist gatehouse from 1780. The architects were Johannes Seiz and Johann Anton Neurohr . The gatehouse bears the restored family coat of arms of the builder Christian Franz von Hacke (1731–1807), senior choir bishop in the Archdiocese of Trier , cathedral capitular in Speyer , and curator bailiff in Welschbillig .
Dompropstei
The Dompropstei at Domfreihof 4 from the 17th and 18th centuries comprises a gatehouse, farm building and residential building and is designed in the Baroque and Rococo styles . The gatehouse from 1656 is a stately baroque building with a hip roof. The farm building was formerly an open coach house and was also built in 1656. The main building is an angular and baroque hipped roof building, which was partly built over a Romanesque cellar. There is a portal lintel from 1689 in the surrounding wall on the Windstrasse.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Emil Zenz: Street names of the city of Trier: their sense and their meaning . Ed .: Culture Office of the City of Trier. 5th edition. Trier 2006, DNB 455807825 (1st edition 1961).
- ^ Entry on the fair at the Domfreihof in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 8, 2017.
- ↑ Palais Walderdorff. Trier Tourismus und Marketing GmbH, accessed on September 9, 2015 (commercial website).
- ^ Entry on the von der Leyen Curia in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
- ↑ Patrick Ostermann (arrangement): City of Trier. Old town. (= Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 17.1 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2001, ISBN 3-88462-171-8 .
- ^ Entry on Former Philipps Curia - Geel Box in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 6, 2017.
- ↑ Website on the gateway to the Trier Philipps Curia
- ↑ List of monuments Trier (PDF file)
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 23.7 " N , 6 ° 38 ′ 33.3" E