List of architectural monuments in Aldenhoven

The list of architectural monuments in Aldenhoven contains the listed buildings in the area of ​​the municipality of Aldenhoven in the Düren district in North Rhine-Westphalia (as of September 2011). These architectural monuments are entered in the list of monuments of the municipality of Aldenhoven; The basis for the admission is the Monument Protection Act North Rhine-Westphalia (DSchG NRW).

image	designation	location	description	construction time	Registered since	Monument number
	Prussian half milestone	Aldenhoven Aachener Landstrasse 136 map	Half milestone; Bell-shaped stone about seventy centimeters high without any inscription. The milestones on the former state road from Cologne to Aachen were set up in late 1817 / early 1818. A total of seven milestones, seven half-milestones and fifteen quarter-milestones were set up between the Cologne / Aachen district border and the white house in the former Eupen district. Today there are five milestones (including the milestone between Kelmis and Neu-Moresnet on the N 3 in Belgium) and six bells (also a quarter milestone in Belgium on the N 3).	1817/1818	02/17/1989	30th
	Prussian milestone	Aldenhoven Aachener Landstrasse 136 map	Milestone, about 2.70 meters high in the shape of an obelisk; under the relief of the Prussian eagle the inscription "Koeln 6 miles". The milestones on the former state road from Cologne to Aachen were set up in late 1817 / early 1818. A total of seven milestones, seven half-milestones and fifteen quarter-milestones were set up between the Cologne / Aachen district border and the white house in the former Eupen district. Today there are five milestones (including the milestone between Kelmis and Neu-Moresnet on the N 3 in Belgium) and six bells (also a quarter milestone in Belgium on the N 3).	1817/1818	09/17/1989	31
more pictures	Ludwig-Gall-Haus (monument)	Aldenhoven Alte Turmstrasse map	Former St. Peter and Paul Chapel, later district court. Three-storey brick building on an almost square floor plan, different construction periods, brick grout. Prestigious house front from the early 19th century, on a large, ashlar basement floor, two five-axis plastered ground floor, the 3 central axes emphasized and gabled like risalit, plastered window frames. The rung division is probably original. Facade Markfestestr. all with window openings in the 19th century, a round-arched tracery window on the first floor facing the market square, on the ground floor remains of a walled-up, presumably pointed-arched window. Here and on the south side some baroque garments. Inside the walls and ceilings of various construction phases; otherwise considerably modernized. A round arched tympanum made of bluestone with a chronogram (presumably 1823) inserted in the stairwell. Mansard roof.	early 19th century	09/02/1986	07
	Old tower	Aldenhoven Alte Turmstrasse map	Renovation after war damage in the upper floor; Round tower made of brick with domed vault and conical dome, preserved as the remainder of the NW gate of the former fortification. Passage subsequently collapsed. Remainder of the western city gate, which was designed as a double tower gate.	2nd half of the 15th century	09/02/1986	09
	House in the courtyard	Aldenhoven Alte Turmstrasse 11 map	Inscribed date in the Keilstein 1747; Brick residential building in a courtyard, plastered; 2-storey, eaves with 7 axes, of which the right 3 axes are at a greater distance; the first axis from the right with arched gate passage; Entrance in the 3rd axis from the right with a new door; Window and door with stepped stone walls with rebate, arched lintel, in it limestone with palmette relief; right gable curved up over the ridge, gable roof; Courtyard side newly plastered, windows changed.	1747	04/15/1987	29
	Residential and commercial building	Aldenhoven Alte Turmstrasse 34 map	Dating in wall anchors 1741; residential house on the eaves of a former courtyard, semi-detached house (several construction phases) under one roof; Brick, 2-storey, plastered; shop fittings in both parts; Window of the first floor in the left part with stone walls, arched lintel and wedge stone; Back with entrance and windows largely preserved in their original state; The gable and back of the right part of the house have been changed significantly.	1741	04/08/1987	27
	Residential and commercial building	Aldenhoven Alte Turmstrasse 36 map	Dating in wall anchors 1741; residential house on the eaves of a former courtyard, semi-detached house (several construction phases) under one roof; Brick, 2-storey, plastered; shop fittings in both parts; Window of the first floor in the left part with stone walls, arched lintel and wedge stone; Back with entrance and windows largely preserved in their original state; The gable and back of the right part of the house have been changed significantly.	1741	04/08/1987	28
	Courtyard	Aldenhoven Alte Turmstrasse 38-40 map	Inscribed date at the cellar entrance 1557, date in the wedge of the gate passage 1767; stately large courtyard made of brick, muddy; No. 40 on the cellar of the 16th century, the entrance of which has been preserved under the gate passage, with arched lintel and 2 coats of arms with the inscription "Anno domini 1557"; 18th century house, eaves on 4 axes, entrance in the 2nd axis from the left with skylight, new door, walls made of bluestone, arched lintel with wedge stone in relief; Windows with stepped bluestone walls and arched lintel, wedge stones partially renewed in the 20th century; Lattice windows; rear courtyard side greatly changed; Gable roof; No. 38 following No. 40, but with a different floor height; large arched doorway made of pilasters, inscription and date in the wedge; Bluestone window frames renewed on the eaves side, original on the gable side preserved; Hipped mansard roof with loft extensions.	1557-1767	12/11/1986	20th
	Steinheuer farm complex	Aldenhoven Alte Turmstrasse 52 map	Dating in wall anchors 1630, changes in the 19th century; Brick courtyard, paved; 2-storey residential building, eaves to 4 axes, entrance with bluestone walls, arched lintel, wedge stone in the form of a palmette in the 3rd axis from the right; Lattice window with sill made of bluestone (19th century); old window division recognizable from relief arches; in the right part of the house there is a large arched gate passage (widened after the war); on the eaves side of the inner courtyard still original windows from the time of construction, in the basement a window with ashlar walls and rebate arched with a lintel and wedge; next to it small niche of saints; Window of the upper floor with wooden stick; Gable roof with raised tail gables; Barns at right angles to the house from the 18th century, with wooden block windows; rear barn new; in the courtyard still partially the original pebble paving.	1630	02/18/1987	24
	Ludwig Gall House (ground monument)	Aldenhoven Alte Turmstrasse 66 map	The house at Alte Turmstrasse 66, in which the municipal administration was temporarily located, was originally a chapel dedicated to the Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul. It stands in the middle of the village, directly to the west on the banks of the Merzbach and barely 20 m from the former Jülich Landenburg (BD DN 147). Both buildings are separated from each other by the Merzbach, but connected by a bridge. The floor plan of the current building measures around 17.50 × 16.80 m. The oldest document to date, in which the chapel is mentioned as a church within the fortification of Aldenhoven, dates from 1467. Since 1479, the citizens have supported the chapel financially, so that it began to develop into a civic church. Because of this so-called "citizen church" there was a remarkable legal battle, as can be seen from three documents from 1479. According to canon law it was a chapel, because the actual parish church of Aldenhovens St. Martin was outside the city; it was difficult to access early in the morning for mass. For military reasons, however, it was not opportune to open the city gates early in the morning. On the other hand, the pastor of St. Martin lost his parishioners when this new chapel of St. Peter and Paul celebrated Mass. It has not yet been possible to clarify whether a new church was actually built in the center of the village or whether it was built on an existing castle chapel, which is likely based on the current situation. However, the early mass was donated in the new chapel as early as 1430. In 1493 the early masses are called "castle masses", which indicates the close connection between the chapel and the castle. “During the Thirty Years' War, after the pastorate was set on fire in 1643, the pastor lived in an adjoining room of the St. Peter and Paul Chapel until around 1680. After the battle of 1793 the building was used as a military hospital. In 1823 it was sold at a cost of 2500 thalers. converted into a magistrate's court building. The stone that filled the arched area above the door after the renovation in 1823 is now used as the doorstep at the entrance to the prison overseer's apartment; it bears the inscription: CVRIA REGIS GRATIIS ET OPE CIVIVM REEDIFICATA. The rooms on the second floor were used as offices by the mayor's office in Aldenhofen until 1892 . By contract of February 5, 1892, the same were given from April 1, 1892 onwards for the purpose of setting up and keeping the land register of the municipality of Aldenhoven of the Prussian justice administration. ”(Moritz, Aus der Geschichte Aldenhovens 36 f.) The former chapel was later used as a City hall used. The importance of the house is not so much in its eventful history, especially since the last 250 years, but rather in its actual purpose as a chapel. Obviously, a small own church has belonged to the courtyard on the other side of the Merzbach since the beginning of the 15th century. This little church, which was structurally remodeled into the Peter and Paul Chapel around 1467, is known neither from the floor plan nor from the way it rises. However, it makes sense to think of a small house of worship, the foundations of which are to be found in the area of ​​the peace court building erected on this site since 1823. Together with the Jülich castle, which later became the Hallbergischer Hof, the chapel forms an architectural, urban and political dimension that, like the city fortifications, testify to the importance of the Jülich sovereigns. Foundations, inscription and coat of arms stones, but also objects that are still hidden in the ground, are very valuable as archaeological sources, even if they should only be exhausted by later generations. In order to ensure this and to protect the soil documents from destruction, protection under Section 2 DSchG NRW is necessary and an entry in the list of soil monuments to be protected is essential. The preservation of the archaeological monument “St. Peter and Paul Chapel ”there is a public interest.	1467	October 31, 1994	51
more pictures	Engelsdorf Castle water castle	Aldenhoven Bau-Bodendenkmal map	The moated castle was first documented in 1080. It has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. From the thickness of the walls and the moat, which got its water from the Merzbach, you can still see that this castle was a real one in earlier times.	1080	07/31/1990	32
	Engelsdorf Castle water castle	Aldenhoven Bau-Bodendenkmal map	The moated castle was first documented in 1080. It has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. From the thickness of the walls and the moat, which got its water from the Merzbach, you can still see that this castle was a real one in earlier times.	1080	07/17/1984	04
	Chapel of Mercy	Aldenhoven Dietrich-Mülfahrt-Strasse map	According to local tradition based on the model of the Altötting Chapel of Grace; small brick chapel, on an octagonal floor plan, flooded; 3 entrances with stepped, profiling stone walls crowned by triangular gables; original nailed doors; on the upper floor a small arched window on each side; steep 8-sided slate hood with lantern; inside 8-part, brushed ribbed vault on pilasters, with semicircular, deep niches in between; Wooden parapet with panels in relief from the 18th century; Baroque high altar with crucifixion group around 1650.	1654	12/11/1986	15th
	Chapel of the Discovery	Aldenhoven Dietrich-Mülfahrt-Strasse map	Place where the image of the Virgin Mary was found by Dietrich Mülfahrt in 1654; small plastered chapel on a square floor plan; Gable roof; Gable side opened by high basket arch; Roof and all individual forms renewed after severe war damage, a modern iron door on the side; 19th century lattice, in front of it remains of baroque steps in second use, inside decorative plate floor from the 19th century, other interior fittings completely modern; So extensively revised in substance and appearance that the chapel can only be recognized as a monument in terms of its local importance.	1654	12/11/1986	16
	Crossroads at Engelsdorf Castle	Aldenhoven Freialdenhovener Weg map	Inscribed dating 1843; Approx. 5 m high road cross made of cast iron in neo-Gothic shapes, 2-tier cast iron base with high pillar shaft and inscription plate, very high cross with cast iron body. Rare technique for crosses of this size.	1843	12/11/1992	38
	Jewish Cemetery	Aldenhoven Gerberstrasse map	It is a hedge-surrounded property of approx. 1.62 a, which is covered with lawn and has five gravestones, among which grave sites are to be assumed. The stones are not in their original place; Nothing is known about the probable occupancy of the remaining area. The history of the Jewish residents of Aldenhoven is only rudimentary. Jews were mentioned in Aldenhoven as early as the course of the Jewish pogrom of 1287. 1303 is a Cologne Jew whose father Aaron ha-Levi Baseler came from Aldenhoven, 1334 Saul from Aldenhoven signed a contract. After the pogrom of 1348/49 there were no more Jews in Aldenhoven until the 17th century. After Jews had been living in Aldenhoven again since 1658, a Jewish cemetery was established in 1669, which suggests a larger community. Activities relating to the purchase of the Jewish cemetery, which was located on the site of the still existing burial site and belonged to a meadow of the court chamber councilor Halberg, have been handed down from 1722. The almost 11 a large area was entered in the land register plan in 1820. The last burial took place in 1935, in 1939 the cemetery was sold with the stipulation that it could not be used again "only 30 years after the person last buried". The grave sites were destroyed during the war. In 1953, the Jewish Trust Corporation acquired the parceled out occupied part. The cemetery is important for the history of man and the city of Aldenhoven, as it is a tangible testimony to the once ubiquitous Jewish population in Germany. Until the 20th century, the Jews formed a small, but influential and ultimately culture-bearing part of the total population, whose traces after their destruction during the "Third Reich" are mainly limited to cemeteries and remains of synagogues. The cemetery is worth preserving in order to preserve the memory of important episodes of German and Jewish history from the Middle Ages to modern times using authentic documents.	1722	06/21/2007	60
	Former Capuchin monastery Haus Berg	Aldenhoven Kapellenplatz map	Founded in 1665 (in connection with the Chapel of Grace), cloister courtyard above a 16th century complex, abolition of the monastery in 1802; older part with the gable side to the Gnadenkapelle, here the date in wall anchors 1661; Building made of brick, grouted, windows on the 1st and 2nd floors changed in the early 19th century, small original openings in the gable; on the eaves side wooden eaves cornice with beam heads; Gable roof; At right angles, a new part with 8 axes, the whole ground floor changed, new roof extensions.	1665	12/11/1986	22nd
more pictures	Parish Church of St. Martin	Aldenhoven Kapellenplatz map	The church was built as a parish and pilgrimage church in place of and on the ground plan of the late Gothic St. Martin's Church, which was destroyed at the end of the Second World War. It is the center and landmark of Aldenhoven. The scope of the monument includes the church including the surrounding wall with stations of the cross and gravestones of the old churchyard. In the first construction phase, an emergency church was built in 1949, which was integrated into the later church building and today essentially corresponds to the crypt below the choir. It is a double tower church in reinforced concrete skeleton construction with a shell ceiling. The side facades are structured by narrow concrete supports that are lined up as round arches and continue inside as a shell concrete roof made of transverse barrels. In the basement, the walls above the crypt are made of brick infills, while the rows of arched windows in the upper storey are completely glazed in blue-gray tones, in the choir area with sight glass up to floor level. The monumental west side is closed and structured by brick ironwork and a ribbon of windows under the eaves. The figural relief "Maria, mother of the church" is an addition from 1973. The entrance is raised above a semicircular flight of stairs. Originally, the spiers rose from the open bell towers as tubular steel frames. The steel frame is now covered with copper helmets. The choir is closed in a semicircle with a two-story gallery. Inside, the clear structure of the exterior is consistently continued. The strict direction towards the altar determines the space. Circumferential galleries, slightly inclined towards the altar area, take into account the additional space required as a pilgrimage church. Below the galleries in the parapet fields are paintings by Peter Hecker with 85 depictions of saints (cf. report by the Rhine. Office for the Preservation of Monuments of March 19, 2001 / 03.01Ba). The chancel, which also houses the organ (Klais), was redesigned in 1981 by Joseph Krautwald / Rheine. In the apex of the choir is an altarpiece by Wilhelm Geyer / Ulm depicting the Assumption of Mary. On the left front side is the fragmentary side altar top (Bitter suffering altar) of the old church from 1510. There is also a grave slab from 1525 on the left entrance to the chancel. Another organ is on the west gallery. The shell concrete roof was the first of its kind in post-war church construction in Germany. The structure of the building is based on the classic church building tradition with east-west orientation, galleries, apse and double tower facade, but is completely modern in construction and material, which the church builder Rudolf Schwarz, to whom Leitl felt very connected, commented on a “modern prayer factory “Prompted. The Church of St. Martin in Aldenhoven is significant for human history as a testimony to the history of church building, especially the Catholic church building of the post-war period. The object is significant for the place Aldenhoven as evidence of the reconstruction after the destruction of the Second World War, as a topographical and ideal center and orientation point and as a landmark of the place. With the new pilgrimage church, the Aldenhoven Marian pilgrimage, which has existed since 1655, is passed on and plays an important role in the history of pilgrimages in the Rhineland. Because of the architectural signaling effect of the church, Aldenhoven also became a "place of pilgrimage" for architects and architectural historians. There are architectural-historical reasons for the preservation and use. As the first shell concrete church, St. Martin's Church gave impetus to church construction in the post-war period. It is an example of the synthesis of traditional church building with a modern vocabulary of forms and represents a significant contribution to church building in Germany in the 1950s. Alfons Leitl (1909–1975) has worked in practice and theory (as the founder and editor of the magazine “Architektur und Werkform “) Significantly shaped the construction activity after the Second World War, especially in the Rhineland. In addition to town planning, church building was one of his priorities. There are also historical reasons. As the successor to the destroyed church, St. Martin was an essential part of the reorientation of the city and population after the Second World War. For the pilgrimage tradition, the new church meant a new gathering place for the pilgrims. The population of the "construction site" Aldenhoven had almost quadrupled between 1946 and 1954 due to the new development areas. The Catholic parish made up the vast majority of the population. Last but not least, urban planning reasons are decisive for the monument value. In conjunction with the Chapel of Mercy, the church marks the old center of the town and forms an accent in the town's silhouette that is visible from afar.	1949-1953	06/07/2002	58
	Residential and commercial building	Aldenhoven Kapellenplatz 7 map	2-storey residential building with eaves and brick walls with stone walls; Entrance with double pillar door and original lattice skylight in the central axis; Bluestone stairs; Entrance and window with stepped stone walls with arched lintel, in it wedge stone with palmette relief; Brick eaves cornice, gable roof.	E. 18th century	12/11/1992	40
	House Vaahsen ground monument	Aldenhoven Kapuzinerstraße 7 map	In 1654 a local resident found a picture of Our Lady in Aldenhoven. At this miraculous place, a wooden saint's house is first built, in the place of which the discovery chapel will later be built. A lively pilgrimage to the miracle quickly developed. In 1659 the Duke of Jülich built a chapel of grace. In the same year, the operation of the chapel of grace and the care of the pilgrims are transferred to the Jülich Capuchin Fathers. However, they did not settle in Aldenhoven until 1661. The Capuchin monastery was built in 1665 on the site of an older courtyard (a foundation stone from 1573 has been handed down). This is located southwest of the parish church and right next to the Chapel of Grace, which still exists today. At the beginning of the 18th century, the construction of a monastery church and a new monastery building were shelled. In 1718 the church was consecrated by the Archbishop of Cologne and Elector Joseph Clemens. After the fathers had to leave the monastery in 1797, the monastery was closed in 1802 and the former monastery buildings were converted into an estate. At the time of the abolition, the monastery had 18 fathers, six clerics and six lay brothers. The monastery is no longer recorded on the original cadastre from 1820. After the transfer from Bers it was located between the Chapel of the Discovery in the south and the Chapel of Mercy in the north, opposite the parish church. The monastery church is not mentioned. The former church was used as a barn and was converted accordingly. It still consists of two almost square yokes. The eastern yoke still shows the beginnings of a round arched cross vault on consoles. The western yoke has the remains of a low barrel and above it a flat-roofed room with square windows, a gallery. The former monastery residential building is a simple brick building with a barrel-vaulted cellar; last used as a farmyard. After the abandonment of agriculture in the 50s of the 20th century, the municipality of Aldenhoven left the facility they owned to the traditional mining association for use as a mining museum. During the construction work in 1996, the early modern barrel-vaulted crypt of the church and the monastery was uncovered. It is located in the southern part of the church and had two entrances from west to east. The western entrance led into the crypt from outside the building, while the eastern one was accessible from the church. In the floor of the crypt, below the clay screed, two intact burials and individual bones of other burials had been uncovered during the earthworks; there were also indications of further burials. These dated to the 18th century. The crypt was evidently cleared at the beginning of the 19th century and used as a cellar. Further earth outcrops during the construction work indicated older settlement phases and the like. a. recognizable by fire layers. The Capuchin monastery with the associated church represents a significant period in the development of the community of Aldenhoven. After the discovery of a miraculous image, a pilgrimage developed that was supervised by the Capuchin Fathers von Jülich. They built a monastery in the municipality of Aldenhoven to create a center for pilgrimage and religious practice. After the monastery was dissolved in 1802, the complex was rededicated to a manor and the former church was used as a barn. The pilgrimage to Aldenhoven was an important economic, social and religious center of the community for three centuries. The monastery, built in 1665, was based on an older building, which, according to the foundation stones, dates back to the 16th century; older construction periods in the Middle Ages can be assumed. The development of the previous building and in particular the transition from the older building periods to the monastery can only be determined by archaeological methods. Indications of these previous phases were evident during the earth encroachments in 1996 in the form of fire layers, which could not be addressed in detail because of the small-scale cutout. In the preserved masonry of the church there are references to alterations or older structural members. These are usually well preserved in the ground and can be examined there using archaeological methods; this was shown by the accompanying archaeological investigations in 1996. This resulted in new findings on the individual building phases and renovation periods, on the use as a church and on the younger barn, but especially on the transformation of the church into a barn. There are both local and urban planning reasons for its preservation, as the Capuchin Monastery is an important building in the history and in the appearance of Aldenhoven.	1665	07/17/1998	54
	Brick courtyard (Burghof)	Aldenhoven Markfestestraße 4 map	The property is in a prominent place in the center of the village. Various features indicate that construction began in the 16th century. The stately multi-part courtyard complex, consisting of a residential building, an angular building and various farm buildings, date from the 18th and 19th centuries. The rare original condition inside and out contributes to the special monument value. The complex is important for the history of architecture and art and provides information about the development of Aldenhoven.	16th century	07/17/1984	01
	Hallbergischer Hof Burghof building ground monument	Aldenhoven Markfestestraße 4 map	The Hallbergsche Hof is located in the middle of today's town of Aldenhoven; at the same time it is the center of the former fortified city. It stands exactly where the important traffic and trade route from Cologne via Zülpich to Aachen crosses the Merzbach. At the same point, the road from Düren to Geilenkirchen cuts the place. Its exposed location at two crossroads was ideally suited to secure the Merzbach crossing. This favorable geographical position of the farm can be seen on all maps of the last centuries. The Hallbergsche Hof is named after Johann Hermann Hallberg, who was mayor in Aldenhoven between 1692 and 1694. His son and successor in office, Peter Theodor (1691–1752), was ennobled in 1721 by the emperor as noble von Hallberg. From 1727 he also held the office of a princely court chamber councilor. As such he acquired various noble seats, e.g. B. Haus Horrich near Brachelen and Haus Broich near Jülich. Presumably it was he who also took over the "Aldenhovener Burg", built a new building on the same spot and had it marked with Hallberg's coat of arms and the year 1726. He will have used the Hallbergschen Hof as his official residence. The floor plan of the castle house, as it is drawn on the Tranchot map from 1805, will be largely identical to that of the Hallberger Hof from 1726. Changes of the structural type can be deduced from the original cadastre from 1820. Further modifications have been made to this day; they are marked (see plan drawing). At the beginning of the last century, the irregularly polygonal floor plan had the dimensions of approx. 40 × 45 m; the main building (Markfestestrasse. 4) is about 20 m long and 13.50 m deep. Large administrative and farm buildings stretched along the Merzbach at that time; this wing is L-shaped. In the courtyard there was a barn measuring 15 × 4 m. The last to be mentioned is a gate or garden house in the eastern corner of the courtyard area. Due to the fact that the Hallbergsche Hof secured the crossing over the Merzbach on an important road in the 18th century, one can surmise that older facilities with the same function existed in the same place. However, nothing is known about such; Documentary evidence that would prove a castle cannot yet be produced. “... as things stand, it should originally have belonged to the Archbishop of Cologne. Perhaps as early as the 13th century it came under the control of the Counts of Jülich. ”This is the view of G. Bers. It was not until the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century that the term “am Burggraben” appears occasionally, which describes the location of properties near a “castle”. However, no statements can be made about their appearance and size. However, one can assume that the Jülich state castle has been preserved in Hallberg's house. The fact that there was not only a castle house in Aldenhoven, but a dense chain of castles along the Merzbach, should be helpful for recognizing large-scale historical connections. Due to the open-cast lignite mine “Zukunft West”, one of these facilities was archaeologically examined, the old castle of Lürken. It consisted of a motte or main castle, a north-west and a south-west outer bailey. The noble free from Lürken had their seat here, as we know from a deed of donation from 1140. Archaeological research, on the other hand, has uncovered much older traces that go back to Roman times. Like the castle in Lürken, the Aldenhovener castle, the Hallbergsche Haus, can look back on a long tradition. Since the problem of this castle, its existence and history, has not yet been fully recognized, it is all the more important to preserve all the witnesses of the past that are still in the ground and to be able to illuminate the significance and fate of the Jülich counts and to preserve them for later research to obtain. These also give rise to insights into the oldest history of Aldenhagen, which originated at both a Roman and a medieval traffic junction. Furthermore, information about the history of the castles in the Merzbachtal can be gained. Social dependencies could be clarified, agricultural and traffic-related questions can be answered on the basis of research into Hallberg's house. It is therefore urgently necessary to place these permanent archaeological monuments under protection, which are important for science, in accordance with § 2 DSchG NRW. There is also a public interest in the preservation and protection of the castle house.	1692 -94	06/26/1996	53
	House in a courtyard	Aldenhoven Markfestestraße 41 map	Inscribed dating in the wedge of the archway 1791, in wall anchors 1744; Residential building in a courtyard, brick, 2-storey, eaves; Eaves stone with 8 axes, entrance in the 4th axis from the right, bluestone staircase with a rounded step, double-winged door from the late 19th century with skylight; Door and window with stepped stone walls with wedge stone; Wedge stone of the lintel with palmette relief; in the two left axes an arched gate passage with a wedge in relief; Windows with all-glass panes; Gable roof; Farm building new, plastered brick.	1744 u. 1791	12/11/1992	34
	former courtyard	Dürboslar Am Biemerhof 12 map	Dating in wall anchors 1569, later changes; former brick courtyard; House No. 12 with window division from the 19th century, two-axis; on the left adjoining gate from the 19th century, a small original window preserved in the knee floor; No. 8 with arched gate passage and nailed wooden door with pedestrian gate; original window bricked up in the basement, broken windows from the 19th century in the basement and first floor; Small original windows with wooden sticks above the gateway and in the knee; original pebble paving preserved in the passage; Gable roof over No. 12 renewed, over No. 8 in its original condition with old chimney vent; on the rear eaves side on the upper floor, the old window division has largely been preserved; Adjoining barn made of brick and half-timbered houses with clay stakes from the 17th century.	1569	03/18/1993	41
	Residential building	Dürboslar Am Biemerhof 18 map	Middle of the 19th century, part from the 17th century, the right part of the eaves wall from the 17th century with a bricked-up window and an intact wooden block window on the upper floor.	17th-19th Century	03/18/1993	42
	Residential building	Dürboslar Am Biemerhof 8 map	Dating in wall anchors 1569, later changes; former brick courtyard; House No. 12 with window division from the 19th century, two-axis; on the left adjoining gate from the 19th century, a small original window preserved in the knee floor; No. 8 with arched gate passage and nailed wooden door with pedestrian gate; original window bricked up in the basement, broken windows from the 19th century in the basement and first floor; Small original windows with wooden sticks above the gateway and in the knee; original pebble paving preserved in the passage; Gable roof over No. 12 renewed, over No. 8 in its original condition with old chimney vent; on the rear eaves side on the upper floor, the old window division has largely been preserved; Adjoining barn made of brick and half-timbered houses with clay stakes from the 17th century.	1569	12/11/1992	35
more pictures	Water castle	Dürboslar Burgstrasse map	The Dürboslar castle complex is one of the typical moated castle complexes in the Rhineland from the 16th to 17th centuries. Century with outer bailey, manor house and moat. The large gate with a brick bridge dates from 1651. On the upper floor of the gate there is a large Wurferker with the alliance coat of arms of Johann Wilhelm Hoen and Johanna Maria von Friemersdorf called Pützfeld. The alliance coat of arms Hoen von Cartiels and Metternich-Müllenarck is on the courtyard side of the manor house, which was newly built in 1841. The trench zone can still be read, part of the trench system is still filled with water. The castle complex is particularly original and complete. The object is therefore of importance for the history of the people, the building history and the history of the Jülich region.	16.-17. Century	07/17/1984	03
	Tomb of Ignaz Velder	Dürboslar Friedhof Dürboslar map	It concerns the grave of Mr. Ignaz Velder, mayor of the municipality Freialdenhoven and Dürboslar in the years 1863-1875 and his wife Agnes Velder, born. Tormentor. The tomb describes a simple cross beam (renewal after war destruction), which stands on a staggered base. The stone materials used are shell bank (upper structure) and Aachen bluestone (lower base). The following inscriptions can be found on the tomb: At the foot of the cross beam: Here the honorable Mr. IGNAZ VELDER rests, Mayor of the communities Freialdenhoven and Düsboslar, manor owner of Ungershausen. Born in Wanlo on August 10, 1815. Died at Ungershausen, Dürboslar parish on March 14, 1875. RIP On the lower plinth: Mrs. Bürgererm. Ignaz Velder b. Peiner - born Oct. 31, 1826 - died Oct. 10, 1907. The previously described memorial is characterized by its simplicity and severity, the formal language of classicism. It is a symbol of the disciplined lifestyle of the deceased, which was characterized by modesty and refined reserve and a high level of social commitment. The public interest in the protection of the grave is justified with the concern to keep the memory of the people who are valuable for the local history of Freialdenhoven and Dürboslar alive.	1875	02/18/2002	57
	Catholic parish church	Dürboslar Germania-Platz map	Hall church made of brick with a broad transept and a western tower in front of it on a square floor plan; Choir with 5/8 ending ; Building in neo-Gothic forms with pointed arched tracery windows ; Tower with high, pointed acoustic arcades and 8-sided slate pointed hood with strolling corner turrets.	1904-06	12/11/1986	17th
	Old pastorate and barn	Dürboslar Germania-Platz 10 map	Year of construction 17th century, redesigned in 1742 (inscribed date in the wedge above the main entrance door); Changes to the windows in the 19th century, dating in wall anchors (the last two numbers have been preserved) ..66, probably 1666, on the eaves side at Am Biemerhof; Residential house made of quarry stone, 2-storey with jamb floor, two-axis gable side to Germaniaplatzn with elaborate tail gable; Eaves side to the courtyard with 5 axes, main entrance with bluestone walls, arched lintel with wedge stone and dating in the central axis; 19th century lattice windows; Gable roof; Associated: rear barn, solid substructure, above half-timbered in lying compartments.	17th century 1742	12/11/1986	23
	Gut Ungershausen estate	Dürboslar Gut Ungershausen map	Gut Ungershausen, former property of the Kommende Siersdorf (since the 12th century), today's buildings 15th – 19th centuries. Oldest part (chapel) 15th century, house dated 1764 in the wedge of the courtyard gate, farm building 18th – 19th century. Century, four-wing courtyard, residential building next to the gate entrance, two-storey brick building on 5 axes with entrance in the central axis, arched bluestone walls with skylight, original fittings and knockers, open staircase; Pebble paving in the courtyard and in the drive-through, in the adjoining farm building to the east, a newly built apartment with reused double-winged wooden door in Louis XVI shapes, on the corner next to the gate entrance, a small 15th century chapel extension, above the entrance, dated Wilhelm von Neuhoff's coat of arms 1663, chapel with 4 ogival windows and turrets, saddle roofs.	12-19 Century	04/29/1986	06
	water pump	Dürboslar St.-Ursula-Strasse map	Approx. 3 m high water pump made of cast iron, profiled base, fluted shaft, handle in the form of an acorn.	1st half of the 19th century	09/02/1986	10
	Wayside cross	Dürboslar St.-Ursula-Straße end of map	Inscribed dating 1779; approx. 3 m high road cross made of bluestone, sacrament console, niche with shell closure; Cross with corner volutes and corpus in high relief.	1779	09/02/1986	11
	Metal Age settlement arena ground monument	Freialdenhoven Freialdenhoven Corridor 7, parcel 542 map	The soil monument "Metal Age settlement area" lies on a plateau sloping slightly to the south. To the south lies the Merzbach lowland. The fertile parabrown soils were formed from the loess and loess loam found here. It is a typical settlement on a slope on water-bearing channels on fertile soils. This settlement location, which was preferred in the Metal Age, has been confirmed again and again in extensive scientific research on prehistoric settlement in the lignite opencast mines. The first indications of prehistoric settlement at this point emerged from the collection of surface finds in 1975 (RAB archive 1157 004; Kuper et al. 1975, p. 207 Freyaldenhoven 1). Here two find concentrations were found, which were separated by a relatively empty zone in the surface image. In addition to flint artefacts (blades, chopping cores, arrowheads, hatchets, scratches), ceramics were found that date back to both the Early Bronze Age (due to their design) and the Iron Age. A qualified prospecting was carried out in spring 2001 (Ibeling 2002). A total of 97 artifacts were documented on surface finds. These are flint, slate and rock artifacts and ceramics. The prehistoric ceramics from surface finds cannot generally be addressed chronologically. It is hand-formed, fired at a low temperature and therefore not very durable. When it comes to the surface, it weathers relatively quickly. Nevertheless, due to the way they were made, some of the sherds could definitely be dated to the Metal Age (2nd – 1st millennium BC). The surface finds do not yet reveal any concentrations. However, they correspond to the known old sites and thus condense the evidence of the Metal Age settlement areas. By means of boreholes and probes in the course of the prospecting measures, it was found that the upper slope area had already been largely eroded by erosion. This means that very deep archaeological findings may have been preserved here (e.g. deep pits, wells). In the lower slope area the soil erosion has not progressed so far, so that an overall good preservation of the archaeological relics (soil monuments) can be expected here (Ibeling 6 f.). This is confirmed by the archaeological findings documented in the probes. These are pits and post pits. The mine findings in particular are in good condition. They are still several decimeters high. Numerous archaeological relics as well as dated finds, soil samples (with remains of fauna and flora) etc. have been preserved in them. The so-called post pits are relics of the former locations of the wooden posts that supported the half-timbered houses. Several of these post pits (probe point ¾) were arranged in a linear fashion, so they belonged to a house floor plan (which, however, was not fully recorded in the probes). From one of these post pits, a shard dating back to the Middle Latène period (3rd – 2nd century BC) could be recovered . Further pits were found in the vicinity of this house floor plan. The pottery recovered from these findings dates to the Older Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC). Two post pits can also be assigned to this period (with reservation, as there are no dated finds). On the one hand, they differ from the post pit of the Latène period, one of the older ones, by a different filling, which results in a relative stratigraphic sequence. This results in at least a two-phase settlement of the area. On the one hand in the Older Bronze Age, on the other hand in the Middle Iron Age. In these historical periods, settlement forms predominated in which a few individual farms formed a hamlet. The individual courtyards - multi-house courtyards consisted of several, functionally differentiated buildings. These mainly have four, six, eight or nine posts and were used as storage, workshop, stable and residential buildings. The supporting posts of the half-timbered buildings stood directly in the ground without a substructure (recognizable by the so-called post pits). The partition walls consisted of wooden fillings that were sealed with clay. After a certain time (approx. 20 to 30 years) these buildings had to be completely renewed. A new single courtyard was created in the vicinity of the old one. In the course of the long period of settlement, large settlement areas were created, which can cover up to 40 hectares. As the archaeological findings in the probes prove, relics from at least three courtyard areas have been preserved, one in the southeast (the Older Bronze Age and Middle Iron Age) and one each in the west and east (Older Bronze Age). The metal age settlements of Freialdenhoven are important for the history of Aldenhoven and the region. They belong to the so far little explored, Metal Age lowland settlements of the Lower Rhine area. Findings of settlements from the Older Bronze Age in particular have a high scientific value, as this period in the Rhineland - due to the lack of evidence so far - could only be scientifically researched inadequately. The occurrence of finds and the findings of house floor plans and settlement pits that have so far been proven indicate that several villages have been preserved. The houses and farm buildings of Metal Age settlements were made of wood, traces of the inserted posts - the supporting frame of the house as well as wall moats and remnants of the wattle plastering are preserved as discoloration in the ground. In addition, settlement findings such as storage and rubbish pits are to be expected, which contain a large number of materials of daily use, such as broken ceramics, remains of organic materials (grain, various types of plants) and which document the way of life and eating habits of the population at that time. Damaging fire and warlike destruction become visible in fire and rubble horizons. From the result of extensive research in the lignite mining areas of the Rhenish Loessbörden, it is now possible to describe a fairly uniform type of settlement from this era. These are extensive settlement areas on which several multi-house farms stood. This type of settlement remained in use until the last century BC. The majority of the settlements were in the vicinity of lowlands for the supply of water. The soil monument “metallic settlement sites” comprises at least three courtyard areas, as the investigations during the prospecting revealed. These are in the west, south and east. In the south-west, the archaeological relics have been completely removed in the course of sinking a material extraction pit. In the west there are older excavation areas (beyond the wall). Older mining fields are adjacent to the east, and there are no more relics here either. To the north there is a protective strip ten meters wide.	Bronze age	12/17/2002	59
	wooden mission cross	Freialdenhoven Hüsgenstraße 20 map	Approx. 4 m. high wooden mission cross with nailed wooden body. Shank curved like a baluster, cross with baluster ends; colored wooden body, small sacrament niche.	1777	12/11/1992	39
	Courtyard	Freialdenhoven Schulstrasse 38 map	Dated 1788 by wall anchors; Former 4-wing courtyard, brick with street-side bluestone walls, former east wing with gate passage broken off. Residential house facing the eaves on 5 axes with entrance in the central axis, window with arch and wedge stone, door with door leaf in Louis XVI ornamentation, modern skylight, mullion window 19th century, today blue stone stairs, gable roof, farm building in simple shapes with gable roofs the time of construction; In place of the broken off east wing, a modern residential building.	1788	12/11/1986	21st
	DN 173- Villa rustika Niedermerz ground monument	Niedermerz Corridor 13 map	As part of the preparation of the development plan 38 N, the LAND office carried out an archaeological survey on the Niedermerz parcel, corridor 13, parcels 27, 77, 78, 79, 80. A Roman settlement was proven. At least one building complex could be delimited by means of probes (search cuts). Furthermore, finds and findings from the Bronze Age (presumably) and the Older Iron Age were found that were in a good state of preservation. It should be noted that only minor interventions in the ground monument are permitted. That means: - Securing of the soil monuments by filling the area proven to be a soil monument (removal of humus to a depth from ground level of a maximum of 20 cm; no driving on the stripped area with heavy equipment; overhead tilting with gravel or similar compaction material), -exclusion of basements in the areas of conflict. The earthworks necessary for the access roads as well as for the supply lines and sewer connections are permitted subject to a permit under monument law. Earth encroachments outside of the ground monument are only permitted under the supervision and direction of the Rhenish Office for Soil Monument Preservation - Nideggen branch office.	Bronze age	02/15/2001	56
	Catholic parish church	Niedermerz Hofbongardstrasse map	East tower 12th century, upper structure 18th century, nave enlarged in 1742 - ceiling in 1819; 1865 choir restored; small hall church with retracted east tower, in it choir, basement of the east tower and parts of the nave quarry stone, otherwise brick; inside 3 yoke hall with groin vaults and belt arches, 3 round arched outer windows, 19th century furnishings with organ gallery, confessional, pulpit, communion bench, main and side altars; Windows modern; Tower with simple tent cover, nave covered with a gable roof, small vestibule from the 19th century; grave crosses and grave slabs made of bluestone from the 18th century in the associated cemetery.	12-18 Century	12/11/1986	18th
	Rectory	Niedermerz Hofbongardstrasse 2 map	Dating by wall anchor 1745; 2-storey brick building with 3 axes, narrow side with 2 axes, bluestone walls with straight lintel, windows and doors modern, white grouted, hipped roof.	1745	12/11/1986	19th
	Wayside cross	Niedermerz In der Gracht map	Cast iron wayside cross on a new brick base, approx. 1.50 m high, neo-Gothic ornamentation with a framed writing field, cast iron body.	2nd half of the 19th century	09/02/1986	13
	Wayside cross	Niedermerz Von-Paland-Straße / Dürboslarer Straße map	Inscribed date 1857; Approx. 4 m high wayside cross on 2-way stepped newer base, on it cross pillar on bluestone, with cornice plate and sacrament console, above it a cast iron cross with cast iron body in neo-Gothic forms, statue of Mary at the foot of the cross.	1855	09/02/1986	12
	Wayside cross	Pützdorf Zehnthofstraße map	New wooden crucifix on bluestone plinth from the 18th century; Stepped substructure, grooved base above, pillars with relief fields.	18th century	09/02/1986	08
	Holy house with wooden cross	Schleiden Dreilindenstrasse map	The above The object was built around 1920, presumably to accommodate the wooden cross from 1694. The inscription on the cross bar uses the chronogram to indicate the year of creation and the donor. It is not known whether the current installation site corresponds to the original. The shape of the cross bar shows rural Baroque forms, a sacrament niche has been cut out. The metal body is modern. Based on the architecture of the design of the two-wing grille and the type of flooring, the age of the building can be traced. The complex as a whole represents a document for the popular piety of this region. The monument value is also based on the connection between the cross and the building.	1694 and 1920	12/11/1992	37
	Former Station building	Schleiden Landstrasse 15 map	In 1875, the railway line between the cities of Aachen (-Nord) and Jülich was completed and put into operation by Aachener-Industriebahn AG. The line was initially set up for the transport of goods with the aim of transporting coal mining or agricultural products to the processing plants faster and in larger quantities. A few years later, the railway system was already subordinate to the newly founded Aachen-Jülich Railway Company, and the railway line was also prepared for local passenger transport. As a result, around 1880, numerous type stations were built on this route, as well as the reception building in Aldenhoven-Schleiden, which still exists today. This is the type of rural micro-installation, a two-story brick building, leaning against it a one-story goods hall. The external shape and the architectural features correspond to the formal idiom that was widespread at that time, the materials used refer to the typical regional building traditions, the design details and decorative shapes are based, albeit in a reduced version, on the architectural trends of classicism and historicism. The current appearance of the structure still reflects the originally conceived shape and is therefore a particularly informative document for the history of construction and transport - especially with regard to the fact that all other stations on this route have either been destroyed or significantly defaced or changed. Inside the railway building - or as it was then, the “station building” - the layout of this type of station can still be read today. From the track side, two separate doors lead into the waiting room for all car classes and into the service room with ticket sales. While the waiting room takes up the entire depth of the building, the service room is shortened in depth by a stairwell on the site. This stairwell, which is also accessible from the town side, leads to the official apartment on the upper floor. There is also a door from the service room to the goods hall on the side. The arrangement of the rooms found here and their relationship to one another correspond to an early design that does not yet take into account the later installations for the necessary ticket blocking. The railway line was shut down in the 1970s, the track systems were dismantled. In the topography, however, the track structure can still be read.	1875	11/11/1992	33
	Villa in the garden of the Nonnenhof	Schleiden Siersdorfer Strasse map	Villa in the garden of the nunnery, 2 ½-storey brick building, street side plastered in neo-renaissance ornamentation, eaves facing street front on 5 axes with entrance in the left axis, corner axes emphasized like risalit, on the gable sides 1-story extensions, left kitchen, right winter garden with wooden windows and doors to the garden side, backs unplastered, gable roof.	E. 19th century	03/18/1993	44
	Cemetery with a cemetery cross	Schleiden Siersdorfer Strasse map	Approx. 4 m high cemetery cross on a stepped base. Next to the church a group of priestly graves and at the church on the cemetery side several bluestone tombstones from the 19th century.	19th century	03/18/1993	49
	Brick courtyard with residential building	Schleiden Siersdorfer Straße 21 map	4-wing brick courtyard, residential house facing the eaves on 4 axes, stone walls with a straight lintel, eaves cornice with block frieze. Gable roof, entrance doors with original skylight, doors new; Courtyard building after the 19th century, with saddle roofs, openings largely modernized, entrance with old paving.	1st half of the 19th century	12/11/1992	36
	Courtyard with residential building	Schleiden Siersdorfer Strasse / Nonnenhof map	Large 4-wing courtyard from the 18th and 19th centuries, brick, residential building dated 1733; 2-storey residential building, on the courtyard side with openings modified in the 19th and 20th centuries, panoramic window on the ground floor; Door with blue stone walls from the 18th century, and dating, above skylight; new outside staircase, walled-in coat of arms of Anna Carolina Margarethe von Renesse, Abbess of Porz; all around the courtyard farm buildings from the 19th century, brick with iron plate anchors, gable roofs, windowless to the street with arched gate passage; The water pump from the 19th century and the original pavement are still preserved in the inner courtyard.	18. – 19. Century	03/18/1993	43
	former Fronhof	Siersdorf Bettendorfer Strasse 2 map	1st half of the 19th century using older remains. Residential house on a right-angled floor plan, street side to 4 axes, 2-storey, brick with bluestone walls, windows with straight lintel and with original muntin division; Entrance with outside staircase, new door; on the south side walled-in console with coat of arms, on the ground floor of the north-east wall bluestone walls with arches and wedge stone, wooden block window above; surrounding brick cornice, gable roof; associated courtyard building largely renewed; Behind the residential building, the utility wing (formerly stables) as a typical brick building from the turn of the century, with its external appearance belonging to the courtyard and recognizable, original purpose; no protection of the rear, transverse shed.	1st half of the 19th century	12/02/1993	50
	House here facade	Siersdorf Bettendorfer Strasse 31 map	Inscription dated 1877 in the wedge of the gatehouse; 2-storey brick building, eaves to 3 axes; Ground floor window bluestone walls with straight lintel and protruding sill, first floor window with bluestone sill, then on the right a basket arched gate passage with a small window above, eaves cornice with brick block frieze, saddle roof; left axis of the house without bluestone walls, later changed.	1877	03/18/1993	45
	House here facade	Siersdorf Bettendorfer Strasse 36 map	Dating by wall anchor 1835; 2-storey brick residential building, facing the eaves to 4 axes with a basket arched passage on the right, walled-up window above, bluestone window frames with protruding sill and straight lintel, bluestone door frames, renewed door; Gable roof.	1835	03/18/1993	46
	Courtyard with residential building facade	Siersdorf Bettendorfer Strasse 62 map	Inscribed dated 1766; 4-wing brick courtyard, residential building on 3 axes, 2-storey, arched windows with plastered walls, new all-glass windows; Saddle roof, then on the left farm building with arched gate passage and small pedestrian gate.	1766	03/18/1993	47
	Wayside cross	Siersdorf Heidgasse map	Approx. 3 m high wayside cross, high bluestone pillar with weathered inscription and beveled cover plate, on it a cast iron cross with fine cast ornaments and leaf ends, body missing.	2nd half of the 19th century	09/02/1986	14th
more pictures	Catholic parish church	Siersdorf Kirchstrasse map	16th century, tower upper floor 1636, changes in the 19th century, large extension in 1957; Formerly 2-aisled hall church of 3 yokes with polygonal choir and protruding, retracted west tower, brick with ashlar elements, tower with corner blocks, tower upper floor and roof renewed after war destruction, small west vestibule from the 19th century on the originally smooth and completely closed north wall of the Starting a new building, south aisle with hipped roofs, on the nave and choir a continuous hipped roof. Related: cemetery with old walling and newly erected grave crosses from the 17th and 18th centuries, almost illegible grave slabs from the interior of the church, small bronze sculpture of St. George based on a wooden figure from the interior of the church, newly erected at the south entrance to the cemetery.	16th century	02/18/1987	25th
more pictures	Coming from the German Order	Siersdorf Kirchstrasse 11 map	In the 13th century, shortly before his crusade to Egypt, in 1219 Count Wilhelm III von Jülich transferred the churches of Nideggen and Siersdorf to the Teutonic Order and thus founded the Siersdorf Teutonic Order. It developed rapidly, gained extensive land in the 14th century and was in full bloom in the 16th century. During this time, the building complex was created as a one-piece castle complex as you can still see it in the locality today, despite many Destruction. Outer bailey: It was built on the medieval remains of the previous castle, in brick construction with blue stone elements. The oldest component was the stately outer gate from 1700 with two flanking eight-sided towers, of which only one tower stump has survived today. The farm buildings, also made of brick (see map), were built in the 18th and 19th centuries and are in a good state of preservation. Mansion: In 1578 an oblong brick building with 4 rectangular corner towers and a central projection facing the courtyard with a splendid drawbridge portal was built on an island, surrounded by water. The moats are dry today. A mighty hipped roof and strong spiers crowned the building, the striking roof landscape was destroyed in the war and was not rebuilt later. Only the ornamental gable above the central projection with its Renaissance shapes gives an impression of the formerly magnificent appearance. On the northwest side of the manor house is the garden, which was walled in the 17th century, with garden walls and a small two-storey tower. The tower is still well preserved today after a restoration, the garden wall is z. T. expired.	in the 13th century	04/25/1986	05
	Moated castle, church, commander of the Teutonic Order	Siersdorf Kirchstrasse 11 map	In the 13th century, shortly before his crusade to Egypt, in 1219 Count Wilhelm III von Jülich transferred the churches of Nideggen and Siersdorf to the Teutonic Order and thus founded the Siersdorf Teutonic Order. It developed rapidly, gained extensive land in the 14th century and was in full bloom in the 16th century. During this time, the building complex was created as a one-piece castle complex as you can still see it in the locality today, despite many Destruction. Outer bailey: It was built on the medieval remains of the previous castle, in brick construction with blue stone elements. The oldest component was the stately outer gate from 1700 with two flanking eight-sided towers, of which only one tower stump has survived today. The farm buildings, also made of brick (see map), were built in the 18th and 19th centuries and are in a good state of preservation. Mansion: In 1578 an oblong brick building with 4 rectangular corner towers and a central projection facing the courtyard with a splendid drawbridge portal was built on an island, surrounded by water. The moats are dry today. A mighty hipped roof and strong spiers crowned the building, the striking roof landscape was destroyed in the war and was not rebuilt later. Only the ornamental gable above the central projection with its Renaissance shapes gives an impression of the formerly magnificent appearance. On the northwest side of the manor house is the garden, which was walled in the 17th century, with garden walls and a small two-storey tower. The tower is still well preserved today after a restoration, the garden wall is z. T. expired.	13th century	04/25/1986	52
	Residential building, here facade	Siersdorf Marktstrasse 4 map	Dating in the wedge of the archway 1784; Dating in wall anchors 1841; 2-storey, eaves-standing brick house with adjoining gate passage, ashlar walls with straight lintel and protruding sill, all windows modern glazed;	1841 u. 1884	03/18/1993	48

See also

• List of ground monuments in Aldenhoven

Web links

Commons : Cultural heritage monuments in Aldenhoven  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monuments in the Düren district ; Accessed September 12, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Günter Bers: The Miraculöß Mariä Bildlein zu Aldenhoven. History of a Rhenish pilgrimage 1655–1985 (= Writings on Rhenish History. Issue 6). Gondrom, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-88874-014-2 , map 3.
2. ↑ cf. on this: Bers (Ed.), Aldenhoven, p. 11 Note 17.
3. ↑ Bers (Ed.), Aldenhoven, p. 10 and note 15

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