Grabenstrasse (Trier)

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Grabenstrasse
coat of arms
Street in Trier
Grabenstrasse
western corner of the main market in Trier, at the back right beginning of Grabenstrasse
Basic data
place trier
District center
Connecting roads Dietrichstrasse , Palaststrasse , Brotstrasse
Places Main market

The grave street is a street in the Trier city center . It runs from the main market a few hundred meters south until it forks into Palaststrasse and Brotstrasse . The street is one of the most important business streets in Trier.

history

The name is derived from the moat of the cathedral ring built by Archbishop Ludolf von Trier (see Domfreihof ). The name “supra fossatum” has been used since around 1140.

Since the 14th century, the east wall of the street was characterized by so-called "Gädemcher", that is, open stalls.

After the air raids on Trier in World War II , the street was one of the most heavily bombed streets in the city. Apart from a few cellars, only a gabled house and the eastern front of the Gangolf Church remained .

Cultural monuments

There are several important cultural monuments in the street . Due to the severe destruction of the buildings in the Second World War, historically significant and still preserved cellar vaults are under monument protection. It is also worth mentioning the well-preserved Gothic column in the cellar of house number 8. Most of the buildings destroyed in the war date back to the 18th century. Two particularly outstanding former buildings on the street are described in more detail below.

House number 2

Among these buildings, the town house of Johann Christian Wolff at Grabenstrasse 2 should be mentioned in particular. It was built in 1822. It particularly stood out for its sill design with lunettes . The design of the roof overhang with rosettes and cofferings, as only found in two other buildings in Trier ( Neustraße 15 and Simeonstraße 54), was also characteristic. Little is known about the original design of the first floor, as it was redesigned in 1880. The house belonged to the merchant Victor Mathis.

House number 18

The house in Grabenstrasse 18 had a similar historical significance. It was built in 1794 and, despite its steep hipped roof, three storeys and the square facade, has a comparatively baroque character, because it is decorated with square corner pilasters, drilled and fascetted window walls with surrounding astragalus decoration. Here you can see the classicism that began at that time, but it is still not a further development as seen in the house at Brückenstrasse 27 from 1782.

  • East gable of St. Gangolf Church with attached shops, called "Gädemcher"

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ↑ a b c d 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 .
  3. ↑ Helmut Lutz: Directory of the listed buildings since 1930. Preservation of monuments in Trier . Ed .: Urban preservation of monuments. 1975.
  4. ↑ a b Michael Zimmermann: Classicism in Trier. The city and its civil architecture between 1768 and 1848 . WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Trier 1997, ISBN 3-88476-280-X .
  5. ↑ Richard Hüttel, Elisabeth Dühr (ed.): Classicism in Trier. Photos from the Prof. Wilhelm Deuser collection . Trier 1994 (catalog of the Simeonstift Trier Municipal Museum for the exhibition from January 21 to March 6, 1994).

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 21.8 "  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 28.3"  E