Horpestrasse 4
The half-timbered house at Horpestraße 4 in the center of Engelskirchen is a listed building . It is known as Haus Brunsbach and today it houses the Zinnober coffee house .
prehistory
As the first owner of a house on the site of today's Horpestrasse 4, the name of the farmer Hermann Willmundt appears in chronicles from the time of the Thirty Years War , who lived from around 1620 to 1687.
After Willmund's death, the house changed hands several times before it was acquired by the farmer Johannes Remmel (1701 to 1758) in the 18th century. He was the son of a well-to-do landowner in the parish of Engelskirchen. Johannes Remmel acquired further property and was entrusted with the office of treasure messenger. One of his tasks was to collect taxes and fees and to deliver them to the rent master .
The construction
Today's half-timbered house was built after Remmel's death. It is not known whether the old house burned down or was demolished. The signature 1761, which is no longer available today, was found in the plaster of the new house, which could indicate the year of construction. Since at that time such symbols were usually cut into the wooden door lintel, the number cannot be regarded as certain. The construction of the house clearly indicates that it was built in the 18th century. This makes the house one of the oldest buildings in Engelskirchen.
owner
Reidemeister Christian Remmel (1751 to 1838) was one of the most famous owners of the now stately half-timbered house . He became one of the richest citizens in the area. His honorary posts included wood expert and church master - comparable to today's church rendition . In 1810 he rose to the municipal council of Engelskirchen. Remmel participated in many companies. In 1808 he bought the Lepper-Osemunds hammer and sold half of the business in 1819 for a profit. In 1923 he and a partner bought the iron smelter in Engelskirchen. He becomes a private banker and operates as a moneylender. In bad economic times he makes a big fortune with 140 acres of land, two houses and gold.
Shortly before his death, he arranged his property and assigned the half-timbered house in Horpestrasse in 1837 to his youngest daughter Maria Sybilla Remmel (1792–1872) and her husband, the tannery owner Peter Josef Stiefelhagen (1793–1866).
Stiefelhagen owned half of the bone stamping mill near Engelskirchen and bought the other half in 1864. He was a community council member and rose to become the community leader of Engelskirchen. Later owners of the house in Horpestrasse were the notary Wilhelm Pütz and the master butcher Karl Brunsbach.
20th century
In the great bombing raids on Engelskirchen in March 1945, many of the oldest half-timbered houses in the lower village of Engelskirchen were completely destroyed; the house at Horpestrasse 4 survived badly damaged. The Brunsbach family rebuilt it according to old templates. Today it contains, among other things, the Zinnober café, a small coffee house with a handicraft department.
literature
- HW Urselmann: One of the most beautiful half-timbered houses celebrates its birthday in 1986 in Volkszeitung number 188 on August 15, 1986
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Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 19.5 ″ N , 7 ° 24 ′ 21.9 ″ E