House Steeg
The House Steeg is a listed timber-framed house in Rösrather district Rambrücken. The monument is one of the oldest half-timbered houses in the Bergisches Land.
Monument description
Haus Steeg is a two-story half-timbered house with a gable roof, the upper floor protruding in the west gable. It stands on a massive basement plinth in quarry stone masonry with a barrel vault. It was built in a post construction; d. H. the half-timbered beams continue from the ground floor over the upper floor to the eaves. With the exception of the west gable, the lugs are on the inside.
Monument protection
House Steeg was entered on April 19, 1988 as monument no. 47 in the list of listed buildings of the city of Rösrath .
Before the house was placed under protection, the current owners carried out a comprehensive renovation of the building in 1978. In the process, 50 bars were replaced and 48 windows were rebuilt individually in accordance with the requirements of monument protection. Haus Steeg is a prime example of a private initiative to preserve a building steeped in history.
Historical background
Little is known about the builders of Haus Steeg, but what is certain is that it was built in 1577/78. According to a dendrochronological report, the half-timbered house is one of the oldest half-timbered houses in the Bergisches Land. The name of Haus Steeg can be explained just as clearly: The first name of this homestead was “zum Stegh”, just like the parcel to the right and left of the Sülz. This means a narrow pedestrian bridge that connected the Rambrücker mill and the village of Rambrücken.
It is known of the families living in Haus Steeg that the farm owner Johann Heinrich had his son baptized in 1682 in the Augustinian monastery in Rösrath. Johann Heinrich, although not literate, was also a lay judge. His great-grandson Franz Wilhelm Gammersbach studied law and established himself as a lawyer in Haus Steeg. In 1808, during the " French era ", he was appointed the first mayor of the " Municipality " of Rösrath. In 1812 he experienced an attack by resistance fighters in his mayor's office in Haus Steeg, who destroyed some of the French files. Gammersbach remained mayor in Prussian times, but in 1830 he moved his official residence to Haus Venauen . From 1680 to 1835 four generations of the Gammersbach family lived in Haus Steeg. In 1837 the house became the property of the Schwamborn family, who founded a tannery in Rambrücken from Haus Steeg.
In 1964 the current owners moved into Haus Steeg.
reception
Haus Steeg was presented to the public in January 2014 as "Monument of the Month". With the aim of bringing the concerns of monument protection and local historical research into the consciousness of the citizens, the “Monument of the Month” brings ten monuments or objects worth seeing in the city of Rösrath into the public eye every year. The selection of the monuments is made by a committee consisting of representatives of the city council, the city administration, the history association Rösrath and an expert citizen.
See also
Web links
- History Association Rösrath: Monument: House Steeg
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c leaflet Monument of the Month No. 4, January 2014 , ed. from the history association Rösrath
- ↑ ortszeitungen.de : Insights into the new living culture "Château Venauen"
- ↑ a b c Kölner Stadtanzeiger: The Steeg House in Rösrath ; January 8, 2014; Accessed February 9, 2014
- ↑ Elisabet Klein in: Die Herrschaft der Höfe , Volume 38 of the series of publications by the Rösrath History Association.
- ↑ Website of the city of Rösrath: Haus Steeg ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Accessed February 9, 2014
- ↑ Bergisches Handelsblatt: Monument of the Month: Haus Steeg from January 13, 2014; Accessed February 9, 2014
- ↑ Kölnische Rundschau: Landmarks over the Sülz ; Friday Packet for January 13, 2014
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 0.9 ″ N , 7 ° 11 ′ 27.6 ″ E