Domküsterhaus (Limburg an der Lahn)

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Domküsterhaus after completion of the renovations in 2013

The Domküsterhaus is a listed plastered building on the southwestern edge of the Domplatz in the central Hessian city ​​of Limburg an der Lahn . Like the neighboring Staffel house, the building is part of the St. Nicholas Diocesan Center , which was completed in 2013 and is the residence and official seat of the Limburg bishop.

Building history and description

Tile decoration on a window on the ground floor

The cathedral sexton house was built in 1903/04 on behalf of the Episcopal Ordinariate, the architect was Jakob Fachinger . Together with the Dompfarrhaus ( Domplatz 3 ), which was also built by Fachinger , it was the youngest building on the square until the diocesan center was built.

The two-storey, eaves-standing building with an almost square floor plan has a deeply drawn-down roof with a half- hip and pointed hatch typical of the time . The dwarf house on the southeast side with its simple exposed framework and the arched frames of the windows on the ground floor decorated with tiles are striking .

Due to its cultural significance, the Domküsterhaus is a cultural monument and, as such, part of the overall complex of the old town and Frankfurt suburb .

Renovation and use

In preparation for the construction of the new episcopal residence and official residence (later called Diocesan Center St. Nikolaus ), an extensive examination of the building fabric was carried out on behalf of the diocese from March to August 2007. Building on this, architect Christoph Mäckler created a preliminary draft by December 2007, which provided for the renovation of the roof, windows, building services and surfaces of the Cathedral House and House Staffel with "minimal interventions in the [building] substance" as part of the building project. The usable area of ​​the Domküsterhaus was given as 120 m², the budget as 1 million euros.

In a tender draft from 2008 published by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 2013 , the Domküsterhaus is not included, but with unchanged usable space it was part of the construction program ultimately tendered. In the spring of 2010, the architecture firm commissioned at the time estimated the cost of the renovation of the cathedral sexton house at 1.5 million euros.

The office of Michael Frielinghaus , who was responsible from May 2010 and according to whose design the building was to be converted into a sister's residence, put the cost at around 1.43 million euros. On this basis, the building application was submitted on July 16, 2010. In May 2011, the plans for building services and room layout were changed, until the autumn, further plan changes were necessary for static, technical and fire protection reasons. At that time, the plan was for two to six sisters to live there.

At the request of the building owner, Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst , who was in office from 2008 to 2014, the lintels on the ground floor were redesigned into visible arches from the end of November 2011 . After completion of the construction work, the furniture was changed from August 2012 at the request of the bishop, structural adjustments were made and the entire lighting was changed. A roof hatch was relocated to enable the installation of an antique cupboard. The renovated building was occupied on December 18, 2012.

Since then, the cathedral sisters' house has been used as a flat for two nuns who are entrusted with the management of the center. It also houses a meditation room.

literature

Web links

Commons : Domplatz 6 (Limburg an der Lahn)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Verena Fuchß: cultural monuments in Hesse City Limburg. Stuttgart 2007, pp. 87, 243f.
  2. ↑ a b Verena Fuchß: cultural monuments in Hesse City Limburg. Stuttgart 2007, p. 246
  3. ↑ Verena Fuchß: cultural monuments in Hesse City Limburg. Stuttgart 2007, p. 84
  4. ↑ a b c Episcopal Ordinariate Limburg: Development of planning decisions at the Diocesan Center St. Nicholas (PDF; 3.4 MB) 2013. Accessed on October 13, 2013. pp. 1, 2, 5, 8, 9
  5. ↑ Bischöfliches Ordinariat Limburg: Draft of a tender for an expert procedure for a house of the bishop on Domberg (PDF; 802 kB) 2008
  6. ↑ a b c d e Bischöfliches Ordinariat Limburg: (Untitled) (PDF; 7.9 MB) Overview of the rescheduling. 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013. p. 4
  7. ↑ a b Building application for Domberg: Bishop's seat becomes a spiritual place - work takes two years. Published on February 20, 2010 in the Rhein-Zeitung . Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  8. ↑ Joachim Heidersdorf: The bishop shows his house ( Memento of October 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Published in the Nassauische Neue Presse on August 18, 2012. Accessed on October 12, 2013.

Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '18.7 "  N , 8 ° 3' 57.4"  E