Big owl puddle
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| Große Eulenpfütz 9, house “Zur Eule” at the junction of Große / Kleine Eulenpfütz | |
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| place | trier |
| District | center |
| Connecting roads | Dominikanerstrasse, Mustorstrasse, Kleine Eulenpfütz |
The Große Eulenpfütz is a street in Trier in the Mitte district . It runs between Dominikanerstrasse and Mustorstrasse. It forks about halfway down the road. The left fork bears the name “ Kleine Eulenpfütz ”.
history
The street is named after a fountain from which owls drew water that was once depicted on a house facade. "Pfütz" is an old German word for well. The name and image were taken from a reinterpretation of "Hegilputz" around 1290.
The name "Eulengaß" appeared for the first time in 1657. Only in 1863 was a distinction made between large and small owl puddles.
Cultural monuments
The street is characterized by various historical cultural monuments . In the street there are also some buildings of the ecclesiastical curia.
The eponymous building was adorned with the fountain image until the 19th century. Today nothing can be seen of the picture. The house "Zur Eule", house number 9, refers to the former building.
literature
- 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 .
- Ulrike Weber (arrangement): City of Trier. City expansion and districts. (= Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 17.2 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2009, ISBN 978-3-88462-275-9 .
- General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (publisher): Informational directory of cultural monuments of the district-free city of Trier . Koblenz 2010 ( online [PDF; 1,2 MB ; accessed on September 1, 2016]).
- Emil Zenz: Street names of the city of Trier: their meaning and their meaning . Ed .: Culture Office of the City of Trier. 5th edition. Trier 2006, DNB 455807825 (1st edition 1961).
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).
- ↑ a b 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 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 16.7 " N , 6 ° 38 ′ 44.2" E