House Laach
| House Laach | ||
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| Creation time : | 1246 | |
| Conservation status: | Demolished in 1945 | |
| Construction: | Half-timbered castle | |
| Place: | Bergheim | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 55 '45.5 " N , 6 ° 37' 56.7" E | |
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The Laach house was a castle complex and knight seat built from oak half- timbering , which was unique for the area of the Rhein-Erft district . It was in the Bergheim area , between Thorr and Heppendorf . The castle complex was a border post of the Erft lowlands , which was inhabited until 1918 and was demolished in 1945.
history
A settlement with the name was mentioned in a document as early as 1141, and the castle itself was mentioned for the first time in 1246. It was a fief of the sovereigns of Jülich and was owned by their followers . The facility was a border position in the Erft lowlands.
The fiefdom remained in the possession of the von Laach family until the beginning of the 16th century. It was followed by a von Horst family , from whom it passed to the von Plettenberg family in 1520 . Anton von Harff was the owner of the castle site in 1610, from which it passed to Degenhart Wilhelm von der Horst in 1692. Von der Horst had it expanded extensively, but could not earn the expenses for the construction work again.
In 1807 Joseph Jungbluth was born in Haus Laach.
investment
Haus Laach was a half-timbered castle, which partly consisted of oak half-timbering, and the only one of this Gothic architectural style in the Rhein-Erft district. According to the Welser Codex of 1724, the castle had several towers at times.
The investigations of the castle ruins initiated in the 1930s by the government master builder Rattinger revealed previously unknown traces of the development history of Rhenish castle construction.
Rattinger's plans for reconstruction include two construction phases. Accordingly, in the first phase, the castle was laid out in two parts with the outer bailey island and the main castle island , which were enclosed by moats . The northern entrance to the main castle was at the outer bailey. The original gate construction of the first construction phase was two-storey, with small windows that were rebuilt several times, and with a right-angled floor plan in the ratio 1: 2. The gateway also had a lavatory and a chimney. With further additions from the 16th century, the outer bailey received additional buildings that were originally used as a farmyard.
When the two parts of the castle were amalgamated in the 16th century, additional residential extensions were created that connected the manor house to the northwest with the outer bailey. This north wing probably once contained a castle chapel .
In 1889 the original manor house and larger parts of the courtyard were destroyed by fire. After the First World War and when it was abandoned as a residence in 1918, the castle complex fell into disrepair. The property was demolished, except for the late Gothic gate tower and the staircase. After the well dried up, the last family moved out in 1956.
The area of the castle complex can still be recognized by its overgrown planting along the former moats.
literature
- Frank Kretzschmar: Bergheim, Laach House . In: Oberkreisdirektor des Erftkreises (Hrsg.): Kulturregion Erftkreis - Loss of a monument landscape . Rheinland-Verlag GmbH, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1228-8 , p. 36 ff .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e f Frank Kretzschmar: Bergheim, Haus Laach . In: Oberkreisdirektor des Erftkreises (Hrsg.): Kulturregion Erftkreis - Loss of a monument landscape . Rheinland-Verlag GmbH, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1228-8 , p. 36 .
- ↑ a b c d Frank Kretzschmar: Bergheim, Haus Laach . In: Oberkreisdirektor des Erftkreises (Hrsg.): Kulturregion Erftkreis - Loss of a monument landscape . Rheinland-Verlag GmbH, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1228-8 , p. 38 .
- ^ Frank Kretzschmar: Bergheim, Laach House . In: Oberkreisdirektor des Erftkreises (Hrsg.): Kulturregion Erftkreis - Loss of a monument landscape . Rheinland-Verlag GmbH, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1228-8 , p. 36/37 .
- ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger November 12/13, 2016, page 33