Hardthof (Concentrates)

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Hardthof

Today's Hardthof in Konzen is in the area where the location of the Carolingian royal court is assumed. Like all royal courts, the Konzen royal court (villa compendium) was located on a network of connecting roads formerly laid out by the Romans, here from Gemünd via Kesternich to Simmerath , a junction of the Cologne - Reims road to the Aachen - Trier road . The royal courts had nothing in common with the magnificent buildings of the Romans, they were simple two-story, extensive half-timbered buildings with living, working and utility rooms. They were surrounded by a fortification made of wood or stone walls. The chapel, possibly the forerunner of today's Pankratius Chapel, also stood in the courtyard . Royal courts were also places of justice in the surrounding area and served the ruler as travel quarters. The royal court of Konzen is mentioned for the first time in a document from King Arnulf dated June 13, 850, so it must have existed at this point in time, along with 42 other royal courts. As early as 850, all 43 are said to have been donated to the Aachen Cathedral Foundation by Emperor Lothar during a famine .

Today's Hardthof

The first documentary mention as Hardthof is dated March 25, 1437. With this document, the Duke of Jülich transferred the property to a Johann von der Hardt . As a result of the War of the Geldr Succession , the farm was totally destroyed. The reconstruction was carried out by Christoph von Rolshausen , whose sons became new tenants in 1622 . In 1811 the farm was sold to Michael Huppert , in whose family ownership it is still in the fourth generation. From 1860 an inn was also operated.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Prümmer: The Monschauer Land seen historically and geographically . Ed .: History Association of the Monschau District. 2000th edition. Printing and publishing house Wilhelm Metz, Aachen, Borngasse 37/43 1955, p. 16 and 17 .
  2. ↑ Display board at the courtyard
  3. ^ Elmar Neuss: The Monschau Castle 1198–1998 . Ed .: History Association of the Monschauer Land. 4th edition. Gregor Harzheim, 1998, ISSN  0939-0340 , p. 18 .
  4. ↑ Konzen mourns the loss of Schartmanns Hein , Aachener Zeitung, accessed on September 20, 2016.

Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 6.4 "  N , 6 ° 15 ′ 11.6"  E