Gasthaus zur Rose (Rees-Mehr)
The Gasthaus zur Rose in Rees-Mehr in the Kleve district in North Rhine-Westphalia is probably the oldest still existing inn on the Lower Rhine . It was first mentioned in writing as an inn in 1539. At that time, the Hoppen brewer Johannes Roess and later his son Gottfried Roess leased the inn from the Xanten provost office . Therefore, its current name is not based on a rose, but on the name of its former tenant.
history
The origins of the inn result from a former Merovingian crown estate . In 945, Luitgart, a daughter of Otto the Great , bequeathed the Curtis in Mere (farm to more) to the Xanten provost office. This farm was located in a flood-free location in the foreland of the Rhine and is considered to be the namesake of the village of Mehr. The provost's office developed from this courtyard the largest of six subordinate courts. In the following this homestead was also called the Oberhof zu Mehr.
There was also an own band on the grounds of the Oberhof, which had been assigned to the Viktorstift in Xanten since the middle of the 10th century . In the course of time, the Vincentius Church in Mehr was built on the site of this chapel (first documented mention in 1250), which, like the inn, still exists today.
The van Meegen family was present here in the 17th century. During this time the economy called itself “under the rose sign”. This was followed by the Lensing family, well-known in the Lower Rhine region. Heinrich Lensing also leased the fishing on the Lange Renne. He, like his successor in the "Rose" Jakob Cremer, were lay judges at the Haffen-Mehr local court. When the provost was abolished under Napoleon at the beginning of the 19th century, the "rose" was also confiscated by the state and auctioned off publicly. The sales advertisement in the Grand Ducal Bergische Weekly News No. 9 of March 1, 1808 had this wording:
"According to the order of the Domains Directory in Düsseldorf, the following are to be exhibited for public sale: The tavern" the Rose "in Mehr: 22 Dutch acres, 300 Ruten fields, 24 Dutch acres, 10 Ruten meadows and pastures, 5 Dutch acres, 200 Ruten bush ground, 6 Dutch acres, 300 rods of heather. Lease income 403 Reichsthaler 45 Stüber, already bid 10,000 Reichsthaler, previously responsible to the abolished provost office. The sales dates are March 4th and 4th at the town hall in Rees "
The local landlord and beer brewer Heinerich Vennemann, who had his restaurant in today's Block, bought the property and continued the brewery in the "Rose". He was the great-great-great-grandfather of the current owner Albert Bömer. The Gasthaus zur Rose has been family-owned for more than 200 years.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 46.1 ″ N , 6 ° 28 ′ 40.6 ″ E