Kupferhof Steinfeld
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The Steinfeld copper yard is one of the still existing copper yards in the city of Stolberg (Rhld.) . It is an architectural testimony to the industrial history of the Vichttal.
Today the building is integrated into the Bethlehem health center of the city of Stolberg.
16th and 17th centuries
The beginnings of the farm go back to the early 17th century. On September 23, 1597, the abbot of the imperial abbey Kornelimünster , Johann Heinrich von Gertzen, confirmed the right to the married couple Gerlach Beck and Ida Bertolf to divert water from the Vichtbach , the stream that flows through the Stolberg valley. It was to be used to operate two copper mills and smelters. They had previously acquired the property from Gertrud auf der Scheidsheiden and from the married couple Wilhelm and Kunigunde zu Hassenberg. In addition, a trench was allowed to be dug through the abbot's property. In return, an annual rent to be paid and the repayment of debts of the abbot were agreed.
Gerlach Beck intended to build a copper mill on the property, but died at the end of 1608. It is not known whether he had implemented his plans by then. Gerlach was married twice and had numerous children, which led to a fragmentation of the inheritance. Isaac Beck, a son of Gerlach, was a copper master in Stolberg, but it is also not known whether he was able to realize his father's plans.
Mathias Peltzer (1610–1679) acquired land in 1633 "on the rock slide". The sales deeds no longer exist and therefore the seller of the space is unknown. It is certain, however, that it was Beck's original property. Johann Peltzer vom Jordan (1641–1716), son of Mathias Peltzer, inherited part of this property in 1679. There he built the copper yard, which got its name Steinfeld because of the nature of the soil.
The copper master Mathias Peltzer (1635–1697), Johann's brother, bought another four acres and 154 stubble in 1682, on which he wanted to build another copper yard with the permission of Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich. Mathias died in 1697 without having realized his plans. His son Hermann Peltzer (1672–1717) completed the building in 1698, which he called “Hinteres Steinfeld”.
18th century to the present
After the death of Johann Peltzer in 1716, who had built the copper courtyard, now known as the “Vorderes Steinfeld”, his son Johannes Peltzer (1674–1758) inherited the building. He also acquired the Hintere Steinfeld from his previously mentioned cousin Hermann . He combined the two copper yards, with the rear building being expanded into his living area. The administrator of Kornelimünster, Karl Kaspar von der Horst, allowed him to build a second mill.
The farm remained in family ownership for a total of four generations until Johann Peltzer (1759–1836) first restructured the Kupferhof into a glassworks in 1790 and at the same time merged it with the Hammerfeld hut to form the St. Johannis hut . Just two years later, however, he had to transfer his glassworks to Gebr. Siegwert & Co and from then on he concentrated exclusively on brass production. As a result of the gradual decline of the brass industry, he let the company run out and appointed his daughter Maria Luisa (1810-1852) as liquidator on November 22, 1833. Finally, the Catholic community of the city of Stolberg bought the Steinfeld facility, which had the Stolberg Bethlehem Hospital built there in 1863 .
literature
- Hans-Joachim Ramm (editor): Mills, hammer mills and copper yards in the Vicht Valley and their owners (= contributions to the history of Stolberg, Volume 23), Stolberg 1998, ISBN 3-926830-12-3
- HF Macco : History and genealogy of the Peltzer families (= contributions to the genealogy of Rhenish noble and patrician families. Vol. 3). Georgi, Aachen, 1901, p 107ff digitized .
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 20.2 " N , 6 ° 13 ′ 46.4" E
Web links
- Portrait on stolberg-abc.de