Kochhaus
The Kochhaus in Schengen was built in 1779. It is not far from Schengen Castle on the corner of Wäistrooss / Hemmeberreg and Beim Schlass . The Church of the Redeemer is only a few meters away .
It was initially used as a residence for guests of the Schengen Castle. Since 20 March 1967, the building is on the list of national monuments ( lux. : Lescht vun de klasséierte Monumenter ) in Luxembourg classified .
Name and story
The name of the house is derived from the Schengen castle administrator Johann Peter Koch. He and his family moved into the house in 1884. The last owner from the Koch family was Catharina Koch.
In 1966 the Kochhaus was sold to the Remerschen community. The house was extensively renovated in the mid-1990s.
The Kochhaus served as an exhibition space for an exhibition about Europe and is where the Schengen Peace Foundation (lux .: Schengen Friddensstëftung ) has its headquarters. Paintings by the painter Matt Lamb (1932–2012) were also exhibited. Matt Lamb was a co-founder of the Schengen Peace Foundation .
On May 9, 2015, after another complete renovation for 480,000 euros, the house was officially inaugurated as an event center. In the house there is now a small meeting room and a kitchen on the ground floor, offices on the first floor and a large meeting room for 80 to 100 people on the second floor under the roof lock. In order to improve access to the house for people with reduced mobility, a tower with stairs and an elevator was built next to the house.
Trivia
There is a plaque on the house regarding the signing of the Schengen Agreement (1985) and the Schengen Implementation Agreement (1990). It is recalled that the name Schengen is synonymous with the free movement of people in the European Union .
On the corner of the street Hemmeberreg and the street Beim Schlass , opposite the Kochhaus, there is a stone column about 1 meter high in memory of a "Europe without borders".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c According to the information board at the Kochhaus.
- ↑ From the guest house to the congress center , Luxemburger Wort, May 8, 2015, p. 34.
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '15.1 " N , 6 ° 21' 53.9" E