Landstein (desert)

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Landstein church tower ruins

Landstein is a desert in the area of ​​today's Weilroder district Altweilnau in the Hochtaunus district in Hesse .

Desert and church

Located at the confluence of the Niedgesbach in the Weil , a small village developed that was first mentioned around 1350 and a second time in 1480. The associated church as well as an associated chapel in Seelenberg were mentioned in a deed of donation in 1272, which documents the donation of the church by Gottfried von Eppstein to the monastery of Retters . Around 1515 the place developed into a local place of pilgrimage. Already in 1535, with the takeover of the Königstein part in Altweilnau by Kurtrier , the parish was abolished ( Finsternthal and Treisberg parishes afterwards to Altweilnau), and a partial desertification is documented for 1556. There are few sources that mention the Church. The Lords of Eppstein donated a perpetual mass in the church, a countess of Nassau is named as a pilgrim. The acquisition of two bells is documented in 1517, an inventory of the church treasures from 1519 has been preserved, which shows a picture of relatively rich furnishings. After that, the church had four altars, extensive holdings of paraments and, above all, a miraculous image of Mary and three Roman letters of indulgence.

The church consisted of a simple Gothic slate building with narrow aisles. On the west side there was a tower with a rectangular floor plan. The former Liebfrauen pilgrimage church fell into disrepair in the course of the 16th century and was never rebuilt. Parts of the material were used in 1650 to build the Laurentius Church in Usingen . The ruins of the west tower with two two-storey side rooms have been preserved. Excavations carried out on the ruins in 2019 revealed the remains of two smaller predecessor churches. The older of these, a small chapel, can probably be dated to the year 1350.

Landsteiner Mill

Landsteiner Mill

Today the church tower ruins stand next to the Landsteiner Mühle. The water supply of the Landsteiner Mühle was previously secured by the artificially created sea ​​pool . The Landsteiner Mühle is a listed building. It is first mentioned historically in 1480. At that time the mill was a farm and a grain mill. In 1506 the miller is also mentioned as a baker. With the destruction of the church and the village of Landstein, the mill was also abandoned.

In 1675 the mill was rebuilt. The size corresponded to the previous one: two grinding aisles for grain, a cutting and oil mill and a hammer mill were set up. The hammer mill was demolished in 1803. The mill only started operating after World War II. The Busch family has been running the property for almost 250 years. The half-timbered house dates from the 1690s. Together with the outbuildings, it forms a three-sided courtyard.

  • Landsteiner Mill

  • Landsteiner Mill

From 1959 the main building of the mill was expanded by the Busch family as a cafe and later a restaurant. In 1986 the Stöckl family took over the catering business. The company continued to run this as a family business for upscale gastronomy with a focus on cider until March 31, 2017. The restaurant ceased operations here. A new owner bought the mill at the end of 2018. The property will in future be used as a training facility for singing bowl therapy under the name "Peter Hess Institute Landsteiner Mühle" .

Web links

Commons : Landstein church ruins  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Landsteiner Mühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ferdinand Luthmer : The architectural and art monuments of the administrative district of Wiesbaden. Volume 2: The architectural and art monuments of the eastern Taunus. Frankfurt district, Höchst district, Obertaunus district, Usingen district. Keller, Frankfurt am Main 1905, pp. 186–187, (Unchanged reprint. Keller, Frankfurt am Main 1973, ISBN 3-500-27300-9 ).
  2. ↑ Reinhard Michel: From the desert in the Hochtaunuskreis . In: Ingrid Berg, Eugen Ernst, Hans-Joachim Galuschka, Gerta Walsh (eds.): Heimat Hochtaunus . Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-7829-0375-7 , p. 163-171 .
  3. ^ Gregor Maier: The mythical land stone; in: Taunuszeitung from May 25, 2018, p. 11.
  4. ↑ A very puzzling place. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse. October 20, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Excavations at Landstein ruins in Weilrod reveal sensation. In: Usinger Anzeiger. October 31, 2019, accessed December 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Eva Rowedder: Hochtaunuskreis . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (=  monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hessen ). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2905-9 , pp. 706-707 .
  7. ↑ Alexander Schneider: Out for the Landsteiner Mühle; in: Taunuszeitung from April 4, 2017, p. 17
  8. ↑ Landsteiner Mill sold; in: Taunuszeitung of December 7, 2018, p. 17.

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 '  N , 8 ° 26'  E