List of architectural monuments in Gymnich

The list of monuments in Gymnich contains the listed buildings in the area of Erftstadt-Gymnich in North Rhine-Westphalia (as of August 2010). These architectural monuments are entered in the list of monuments of the city of Erftstadt; The basis for the admission is the Monument Protection Act North Rhine-Westphalia (DSchG NRW).

Architectural monuments

The list of architectural monuments contains sacred buildings , residential and half-timbered houses, historical manors and aristocratic buildings, industrial plants, crossroads and other small monuments as well as tombs and graves that have a special meaning for the history of Erftstadt.

Note: The order of the monuments in this list corresponds to the official list and can be sorted according to name, districts and streets.

image	designation	location	description	construction time	Registered since	Monument number
more pictures	Wayside shrine footfall	Kohlstrasse / Am Fußfall	The brick masonry of the 270 cm high and 150 cm wide wayside shrine is plastered in light blue and gray. A round-arched attachment with a round-arched niche is built on a stepped rectangular base. A profiled cornice is placed between the base and the picture niche . The wayside shrine was restored in 1979/80 by the residents of Kohlstrasse. The red sandstone relief in the niche with the representation of a cross If Christ and the inscription: THE LORD IS WITH YOU 1738 was designed by the Cologne sculptor Karl Fricke. In front of the picture niche there is a wrought-iron diamond lattice. The depiction of Christ's fall on the cross refers to the original function of the footfall as a station in the Seven Footfalls , which were still practiced in Gymnich in 1930.	1738	08/12/1982	024
more pictures	Parish Church of St. Kunibert	Gymnicher Hauptstrasse 1a	The brick church was built in the years 1759–1763 by the Cologne court architect Ignatius Kees in the baroque style. The single-nave three-axis hall church with an attached choir has a three-storey west tower in front of which a square slate-covered onion dome is placed. Light-colored plaster edges and cornices are design elements of the facade. The high slate roof of the nave stands out clearly from the lower roof of the choir. On the ground floor of the tower are the two entrance portals to the side, of which the southern one serves as the main entrance. A restored sundial from 1577 stands on a base above the main portal. The bronze gate of the main portal is the work of the artist Sepp Hürten . The nave with three large side arched windows, in which neo-Gothic tracery was inserted, is structured by buttresses on the outer walls.	1759/63	08/12/1982	031
more pictures	Marian column	Kerpener Strasse / Alter Burgweg	The approximately 525 cm high column on a two-tier basalt pedestal has a structure consisting of several sections: a square base, an octagonal shaft, on top of which a small column, the capital of which bears a statue of Maria Immakulata made of yellow sandstone. On the front of the base is the inscription: O Mary without sins, please receive for us who take our refuge in you, on the back: This picture was erected on May 1st, 1856 by Maximilian Felix Graf von Wolff Metternich and Hermenegilde Countess von Wolff Metternich born Countess of Bocholtz-Asseburg.	1856	09/20/1982	052
more pictures	Castle Schloss Gymnich	Balkhausener Strasse 2 map	The castle, which is surrounded by moats, consists of a wing with a chapel tower built in 1547, which was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1655 after being destroyed in the war and lengthened by a window axis in 1835, and a wing attached at right angles in 1722.	1547, 1722	09/20/1982	052
more pictures	Johannis Bridge with statue of St. John of Nepomuk	Balkhausener Strasse map	The Johannisbrücke, a baroque arched bridge, is the oldest bridge in Gymnich and is named after the bridge saint John of Nepomuk , whose figure stands on a pedestal on the bridge. The heavily weathered alliance coat of arms of Gymnich / Frankenstein still preserved on the bridge (it corresponds to the alliance coat of arms on the Gymnicher Mühle) refers to the builder Carl Otto Ludwig Theodat von und zu Gymnich .	around 1740	January 18, 1983	056
more pictures	Gymnicher Mühle , mill building	Gymnicher Mühle 8 card	The house of the three-wing mill complex has a brick facade on the ground floor. The half-timbered upper floor was built over a floor cornice. The compartments are lined with light-colored bricks, the beams have been painted green. The house has a jamb above the cantilevered, curved beam heads of the upper floor ceiling . Dormer windows were installed during the restoration. The iron water wheel is attached to the gable end of the mill house.	18th century	March 22, 1990	090
more pictures	Kämischhof	Kerpener Strasse 10	The two-story house on the eaves side facing the street was built in brick. A lateral, arched driveway leads into the courtyard, a two-step staircase, on the upper step of which a part of a mill wheel was used, leads to the front door. The windows in the basement, like the front door, have sandstone frames. In the lintel there is an inscription dated 1763 and the names of the builders. FLAGELLUM NON APPRO / PINQUABIT PS 90 IHS JOH FROITZH / AM KAULS AO MDCCLXIII	1763	06/18/1985	096
more pictures	Anna Chapel	Kohlstrasse map	The brick chapel on Kohlstrasse outside the village was built in 1880.	1880	December 4th, 1990	141
more pictures	Wayside cross	Pilgrimage	The base, shaft and cornice are made of Belgian granite , the attached cross is made of white marble, and the body is made of metal. The inscription on the base: MY JESUS ​​MERCY. The cross was moved from the "Drieschen" corridor to this point.	19th century	04/18/1991	152
more pictures	Wayside cross	Siedlerweg 27	The wayside cross consists of a stepped base, a high rectangular shaft with an inscription and a cross with a body. The inscription: This cross was erected for the glory of God and the edification of the faithful on June 1, 1846, by the owners of the Erbericher Hof, Heinrich Esser, b. March 14, 1773 d. November 15, 1845, Johann Esser born. January 25, 1779 and M. Cath. Keutmann's wife of Blessed Heinrich Esser born. to Broich January 1, 1769 OAMDG	1864	10/10/1991	162
more pictures	Wayside cross	Vorpforte / Neustraße	The roofed wooden cross protected by a diamond-shaped wooden plate with a metal body stands on a high shaft.	20th century	10/23/1991	166
more pictures	Jewish Cemetery	Neustrasse map	The cemetery, of which 27 tombstones are still preserved, was used as a burial place from 1846 to 1942.	1846	12/13/1991	172
more pictures	Half-timbered yard	At the tuft 31	The single-storey half-timbered courtyard consists of a residential building with a detached base and two-winged farm buildings. A connecting wing with a large entrance connects to the house on the gable side facing the street. When the building was restored and converted into apartments in the 1990s, the wooden structure was retained. Damaged wooden beams were replaced, the compartments were mended with clay, the lattice windows were renewed true to the original and the roof was covered with pans.	Early 19th century	03/14/1991	181
more pictures	Brennerhof	Spillestrasse 7	It is the most famous farm in the center of Gymnich. Its current house number Spillesstrasse 7 hardly says that it is literally in the perspective of the former Spillesplatze (formerly “Brennischpool”) and the old Spillesgasse (to the main street). The stately two and a half story building with four window axes was built in 1701. The initials above the window anchor indicate the year of the expansion: 1843. Certainly there was a half-timbered previous courtyard in front of today's brick building, parts of which can still be seen today were included in the new building. The later Cologne dialect poet Wilhelm Schneider-Clauss, who was in charge of the Rector's School in Kerpen around 1890 and who knew the Gymnich conditions well because his mother was the Gymnich blacksmith's daughter Katharina Segschneider (the blacksmith's shop was on Hauptstrasse, today Fuxius), describes it as early as 1895 Work "Der Gymnicher Ritt" the old Brennerhof from 1701.	1843	07/01/1993	186
more pictures	1-storey brick house	At the tuft 10	The single-storey brick house stands on a stepped brick base plastered on the gable side. The gable is made of brick. In the gable there are anchors B and A and three small windows with sills.	Early 19th century	03/19/1993	196
	Former school, brick building	Gymnicher Hauptstrasse 5	The two-story brick building was built as a schoolhouse in 1838. A sandstone memorial plaque on the upper floor with verses from the Bible names the year of construction. The extension of the building from 1842 was the seat of the mayor's office. Above the lintel of the street-side wide entrance in the third of eight window axes, the building is known as the mayor's office. A cornice separating floors runs between the two floors. The facade is evenly designed with a detached plastered base and evenly lined up windows with stone walls.	1838 and 1842	05/31/1994	209
more pictures	Schützenhalle, 3-aisled brick hall	Schützenstrasse 30	The three-aisled brick building with a high central nave and two low aisles was built in the basilica style in 1876 as a festival and meeting place. At the corners of the individual aisles there are small tops with gables. The remains (soldier with rifle) of the restored war memorial from 1926 were erected on the north gable of the rifle house.	1876	04/10/1995	239
	2-storey brick house	Spillestrasse 10	The two-story, 5-axis brick house was built in 1860. It has a stepped base with exposed basement windows. The entrance with a two-flight flight of stairs in front of it lies in the central axis. Below the sills of the windows there are cross-shaped wall recesses on both floors, which are arranged as an ornament band.	1860	10/10/1885	240
more pictures	2-storey brick house	Kohlstrasse 25 map	The two-storey brick residential building with a detached base and exposed cellar windows faces the street with the eaves side. A cornice separating storeys and an eaves cornice structure the facade. The entrance is in the middle of the 5-axis house. The evenly installed windows have stone walls.	Mid 19th century	10/27/1995	243
more pictures	Partial entry 2-storey brick facade	Kohlstrasse 29 map	The two-storey brick building with a detached brick base has a large, overbuilt, arched courtyard entrance on one side. There is a small access staircase in front of the arched house entrance. The window frames and the front door are made of dark-colored bricks. A cornice separating floors runs over the entire facade. The date is indicated by the numbers 1864 under the stepped eaves zone.	1864	10/27/1995	244
more pictures	1-storey half-timbered house	Kohlstrasse 3 map	The single-storey half-timbered house facing Kohlstrasse with a brick extension was built according to the year in the wooden lintel in 1803. On the gable side, the upper floor protrudes slightly. There is an inscription bar above the entrance on the eaves side, the inscription of which is only partially legible: PRAISE JESUS ​​CHRIST IN 1803 HERE I STAND IN GOD'S HA (ND) GOD SAVES IT FOR FIRE AND FIRE. In the center of the bar is a circle with a cross and the letters IHS	1803	December 21, 1995	248
	Former Joseph Monastery	Pfarrer-Weißenfeld-Strasse 38	The three-storey brick building with a recessed plastered base was built in 1859 as an apartment for the nuns and to accommodate sick people in need of care. The side extensions were built around 1900 and 1931/32. Above the central axis of the 7-axis main building is a dwarf house with a cross on the pan-covered roof. The facade is designed with accentuated window frames and non-continuous cornices with a tooth cut .	1859, around 1900, 1931/32	01/08/1996	253
	Residential house partly half-timbered / brick	Am Flutgraben 2	The two-storey building with a half-hipped roof is just a few meters east of the church choir and borders the wall of the old churchyard. The building, which is partly made of half-timbered and partly brick, is plastered in white with gray windows. In the middle of the eaves side a two-step staircase leads to the entrance portal. The building, the chaplain, also known as the vicarie, was built by the von Gymnich gentlemen as accommodation for the castle chaplains. The house later served as the apartment of the Gymnich vicars until the parish of Gymnich acquired it in 1970. Thereafter, Countess Miranda de Maistre lived in the house until her death.	17./18. Century	01/09/1996	254
	Rectory / brick house	Gymnicher Hauptstrasse 1	The two-storey rectory facing the street and facing the street with three window axes was built in 1874 under Pastor von der Burg based on designs by the municipal architect Karl Friedrich Schubert. A two-storey wing adjoins the building with a detached base and exposed, barred cellar windows on one side of the eaves. A cornice separating floors runs between the lower and upper floors. A Madonna stands in a niche in the corner of the building on the upper floor. The entrance is on the eaves side opposite the south portal of the church.	1874	01/10/1996	255
	1-storey brick house	Gymnicher Hauptstrasse 22	The single-storey brick house, plastered on the street side, has the eaves facing the street. A two-flight flight of stairs is in front of the side entrance to the house. On the street side, the lattice windows are provided with sills and shutters. There are three small windows in the gable triangle.	18th century	02/06/1996	258
more pictures	2-storey brick building	Kerpener Strasse 2	The two-storey brick building with a detached base and access staircase faces the street with the eaves side. The former entrance gate has been replaced by a large window. A cornice separating floors runs across the facade; the eaves zone is designed as a suggested pointed arch frieze.	End of the 19th century	02/07/1996	259
more pictures	2-storey brick house	Sternstrasse 7 map	The two-storey brick house with offset plastered plinth and a large, arched courtyard entrance on the side is on the eaves side facing the street. The facade is designed with red bricks.	2nd half of the 19th century	06/07/1996	264
more pictures	Wayside cross	Kehler way	The cross with a metal body stands on a two-tiered base on the north wall of a silo. Inscription on the base: SAVE US FROM LIGHTNING AND UNSTORMED LORD JESUS ​​CHRIST RENEWED 1955	1955	09/16/1996	269
more pictures	Mission chapel and old cemetery, grave crosses of the old churchyard depicted in the St. Kunibert church wall, grave cross from 1724	Gymnicher Hauptstrasse	The cross in the old cemetery was donated in 1777 by the citizens of Cologne, the married couple Johannes Berghaus and Maria Elisabeth Graef, to avert the plague. When it was later used as a mission cross, it was moved to the neo-Gothic brick building built on the east side of the old churchyard in 1874, which is known as the "Missionskreuzkapelle". In the old cemetery (church forecourt of St. Kunibert) six grave crosses were placed on the churchyard wall of St. Kunibert.	1777, 1874; Grave crosses from 1691 to 1785	09/25/1996	276
	Father Kentenich's birthplace	Kunibertusplatz 9	The birth house of Father Kentenich, the founder of the Schoenstatt Movement , has been restored and set up as a memorial and meeting place.	18th century	06/30/1996	278
	1-storey half-timbered house, 18th century	Kunibertusplatz 13	The single-storey half-timbered house with a stepped brick base on the eaves side facing the street was built in the 18th century. It has six small windows on the eaves side and a door with a staircase built into the side. The dormer windows were built in during the restoration, and the side passage was also renewed. An inscription bar next to the courtyard door at the height of the lintel indicates the year of construction and the builder. ADAM VOIS AND CHRISTINE HOMERZHEIM BUILT ME IHS AM? JANUARY OF THE YEAR ANO DOMINI 1788	1788	11/27/1996	279
	Electroplating angel	Friedhofsweg	The Galvano Angel, a sculpture made of electroplating, stands on a high tomb of the Welter couple. In his right hand he holds a cross and a palm branch, the left hand points to the sky.	around 1904	11/30/1998	301
more pictures	Cemetery wall and tombs	Friedhofsweg	From the old cemetery, 11 grave crosses from the 17th and 18th centuries were placed in the new cemetery established in 1841.	1841; Gravestones 1666–1778	03/15/2005	301
	Grave slab Holzschuher, Gymnich Castle	Balkhausener Strasse 2			03/26/2007	352

supporting documents

1. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Erftstadt, transmitted by the Lower Monument Authority Erftstadt
2. ^ Matthias Weber: Erftstadt-Gymnich. Cologne 1984. p. 201
3. ^ Frank Bartsch, Dieter Hoffsümmer, Hanna Stommel: Monuments in Erftstadt. Erftstadt 1998-2000. Chapter 8.3 Parish Church of St. Kunibert
4. ^ Matthias Weber: Erftstadt Gymnich. Cologne 1984. pp. 201-202
5. ^ Frank Bartsch, Dieter Hoffsümmer, Hanna Stommel: Monuments in Erftstadt. Erftstadt 1998-2000. Chapter 8.4 Former Gymnicher Mühle
6. ^ Frank Bartsch, Dieter Hoffsümmer, Hanna Stommel: Monuments in Erftstadt. Erftstadt 1998-2000. Chapter 8.7 Gymnich Kämischhof
7. ^ Matthias Weber: Erftstadt Gymnich. Cologne 1984. pp. 204-205
8. ^ Frank Bartsch, Dieter Hoffsümmer, Hanna Stommel: Monuments in Erftstadt. Erftstadt 1998-2000. Chapter 8. 5. 2 Gymnich half-timbered courtyard
9. ^ Matthias Weber - Erftstadt-Gymnich: Heimatbuch - 1st edition - Cologne: Bachem 1984
10. ^ Matthias Weber: Erftstadt-Gymnich. Cologne 1984. pp. 161-162
11. ^ Frank Bartsch, Dieter Hoffsümmer, Hanna Stommel: Monuments in Erftstadt. Erftstadt 1998-2000. Chapter 8. 5.1 Gymnich residential building Kohlstrasse 3
12. ^ Matthias Weber: Erftstadt-Gymnich. Cologne 1984. pp. 244-246
13. ^ Matthias Weber: Erftstadt-Gymnich. Cologne 1984. p. 244
14. ^ Matthias Weber: Erftstadt-Gymnich. Cologne 1984. p. 243
15. ^ Matthias Weber: Erftstadt-Gymnich. Cologne 1984. p. 177