List of architectural monuments in Viersen (M – S)

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

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image	designation	location	description	construction time	Registered since	Monument number
	Wayside cross	Dülken Mackenstein 2a card	A simple plinth with an engraved date: 1903 rises on a 4-step substructure. This is followed by the central block with a round arch field and an inscription on the front: So much - God loved the - world. The end of the cross pedestal is formed by a base-like structure of bulge and throat that tapers towards the top. The bar ends of the cross, on which there is a colored body of Christ, are rounded. Both the cross and its substructure are made of shell limestone. In front of the wayside cross, a memorial stone for those who died in the First and Second World Wars was subsequently erected. Nothing is known about the reason for the erection of the cross. The current location is not the original, because before the street was expanded in 1976, the cross was on the opposite side of the street. For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the crossroads according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1903	Sep 7 1994	348
	Residential building	Dülken Marktstrasse 2 map	The two-storey corner house facing Cape Horn is a two-storey residential building in five axes, which was probably built in the second half of the 19th century. The axially symmetrical, late Classicist plastered facade with the original central entrance door to Marktstrasse is divided into five axes. The windows are designed as arched windows on the upper floor and high rectangular on the ground floor. The façade is structured horizontally through the base, storey and sill cornices as well as the horizontal lintels. The gable end to Cape Horn was covered. Inside the building, the original roof structure, however partially renewed, with wooden wedge connections is visible. A steep wooden staircase leads to the upper floors. The entrance area to today's restaurant is covered with a stucco ceiling. The building is underpinned by a vaulted cellar. As a focal point in the center of Dülken, effective in terms of space design, the building with its largely original facade design is to be seen in the urban context despite the redesigned gable; it continues to reflect the historical cityscape at this point. For scientific, in particular urban, spatial and historical reasons, the preservation and use of the building is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	2nd half of the 19th century	May 5, 1986	98
	Residential building	Dülken Marktstrasse 5 map	The three-storey building is part of a row of houses on Marktstrasse and was probably built in the second half of the 19th century. The late classical plastered facade is divided into five axes. On the ground floor, the building is structured by ashlar plaster, above it, supporting the horizontal of the building, floor and bench cornices. The space in between is decorated with rosette-shaped, floral stucco. The original arched windows on the upper floor are covered with a horizontal lintel. A simple cornice separates the first floor from the second floor, the facade of which has been changed here. Inside the building, the load-bearing structure is partially visible in wooden walls. A steep wooden staircase leads to the floors above. The roof structure with wooden wedge connections is in its original condition. The same goes for the simply designed room doors on the upper floor, which are essentially made of battens with a structural frame. The building is underpinned by a vault. The facade in its strict geometry and its rather restrained design can be seen as a typical example of the current town house architecture. The building also reflects the historic cityscape. For scientific, especially urban and historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the building is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	2nd half of the 19th century	May 5, 1986	99
	Residential building	Dülken Marktstrasse 16 map	The house, built around 1860, is a stately building in a two-story row of houses. The axially symmetrical façade of the building is divided into five axes, of which the three middle axes are preferred to form a frontispiece. A flat triangular gable with a semicircular window covers the central projectile. The original entrance door is on the central axis. The street view is structured horizontally through the base, floor and sill cornices. A heavily structured cornice leads to the roof. The arched windows, separated by flat pilasters on the ground floor and the three middle ones on the upper floor with circumferential bulges, were originally provided with a rosette-like cast iron filling in the skylight. The facade is a good example of the mixing of classicist and romanized styles. Inside the building, the brightly patterned tiles and individual room doors with frames and panels have been preserved in the corridor area. The building is supported by a vaulted cellar. The architectural quality of the facade and the proximity of other representative residential buildings on the street to the market square of the city of Dülken make it a testimony to the current building attitude of the probably wealthier citizens of the city. For scientific, in particular urban planning, architectural-historical and historical reasons, the preservation of the building with historicizing decorative shapes at Marktstrasse 16 in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act is in the public interest.	around 1860	Oct 21, 1986	102
	Residential building	Dülken Marktstrasse 20 map	The two-storey corner house on Reiterstraße is a residential building built in 1850/60 with a slated half-timbered extension. The axially symmetrical street facade with the original central entrance door is divided into five axes; Overall, the facade is provided with a highly plastic ashlar plaster, which is given a horizontal structure by the base, floor and window sill cornices. The arched windows on the upper floor are covered by a supporting beam supported by two heads, above which the wall closes with an arched frieze. The soffit of the eaves is decorated with floral stucco. The gable side of the house on Reiterstrasse is divided into three axes, with two windows walled up on the left. Inside the house there is the original oak staircase and two original doors with frames and panels on the upper floor. The original roof structure with splint connections is also present. The ceiling of the cellar is formed in cap ceilings, which are underpinned by basket arches. The ornate facade design as well as the high-quality furnishings have mostly been left in their original condition and make the building a historical document. Furthermore, it reflects the historical cityscape outside the old city center on the formerly representative street to the market. For scientific, in particular urban planning, art-historical, architectural-historical and historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the building according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	around 1850/1860	May 5, 1986	100
	Villa Vogelsang	Dülken Marktstrasse 22 map	Outside the old town center of Dülken on the way to the market, Mr. Tonnar had the two-storey villa built on three axes near his factory. The axially symmetrical plastered facade with its colossal Corinthian column order and historicizing window framing is emphasized in the middle by the balcony on the upper floor. The adjoining gate with a smooth wall along the street side also has a column arrangement. The original front door, adorned with rosettes surrounding lion heads, is located on the stucco gable end of the house. The back is exposed to brick and has been preserved in its original state. The design of the stairwell with upright corner turrets is remarkable here; the twin windows to the stairwell are provided with colored glazing. Inside the house, the floor coverings, marble in the entrance area, are laid with a grid of black natural stone and parquet floors with inlays in the other rooms are in very good condition. Furthermore, individual areas of the original wall paintings have been preserved in the various rooms. The murals contain motifs such as angels and a floral arrangement of the walls. The building is underpinned by a vaulted cellar. The architectural quality of the facade and the representative interior design make the building, which was built around 1860/70, an extraordinary document of current demonstrative construction in the city of Dülken. For scientific, in particular urban planning, art-historical, architectural-historical and historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the Marktstrasse 22 building in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	around 1850-1860	May 5, 1986	101
	ev. Christ Church	Dülken Martin-Luther-Strasse 2 map	1609 First mention of a Protestant pastor in Dülken. Since the second half of the 19th century, the Protestant population has been increasing as a result of industrialization. In 1852 the Protestant service was held in a factory room in the cathedral courtyard. The inauguration of the Christ Church on Bahnhofstrasse (= Martin-Luther-Strasse) takes place in 1855. Correspondence between the mayor of Dülken and the Prussian government is an interesting one regarding the extensions, sacristy annex and external stairs to the gallery (planning application from June 27, 1906) Provides an insight into the preservation of monuments at the turn of the century. In 1966 a new church building with a connection to the old one on the north side is inaugurated. (Building application May 30, 1963) The entrance to the sacristy is also relocated to the apse. Description The church, built in a uniform neo-Romanesque style, will be built in 3 construction phases. The simple rectangular church interior with a 5/8 end of the choir is based on a type of building that existed in the Rhineland before Prussian influences. The head office in Berlin only influences this tradition of the 18th century in detail. The exterior of the brick-built structure is simple and clearly structured. The corner pilasters, raised by small turrets, are connected to one another on the east and west side by stepped gables. On the long sides, the middle parts of which protrude like risalit, round arched friezes create the connection. The tower, divided into 3 floors in the same way with pilasters and round arches, has the originally preserved entrance on the ground floor to the west. Rectangular pilasters support an arch, which is finished with a profiled roof made of ashlar. The plastered area in between bears the year 1876. The skylight, above a spire decorated with vine leaves, continues the arched shape of the frame in the inner division. A window appears above the entrance on the 2nd tower floor to the west, to the north and south an opening bud (in stone) framed by a profiled circle (in brick). On the 3rd floor, the bell tower, sits above the sound arcades, the clock originally pointing to all sides. (East side bricked up) The community room (width to length about 2: 3) has 3 large windows on each of the long sides, the original glazing of which has been lost. Only the choir still has the original windows (from 1855) and the sacristy (after 1906). The room is lavishly emphasized upwards by a stucco ceiling partly covered with gold leaf. The colored design of the stucco infills has been partially preserved. In 1963 the interior is restored to its original state. The gallery will be shortened to 1.00 m and the organ located there will be dismantled. The wooden floor is replaced by a stone floor. The chairs will be exchanged for movable, but modern seating. A neo-Gothic font is set up. In its simplicity, the church represents the spirit of the Reformed evangelical congregations. For scientific, in particular architectural-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the building are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1855	June 20, 1989	204
	old ev. cemetery Süchteln	Suchteln Merianstrasse map	Beginning in the 16th century, the first permanent facilities of an evangelical (reformed) congregation in Süchteln are occupied for the years 1608 and 1609. The previously hidden congregation was able to hold services with its own pastor from 1609, initially mostly secretly in private houses, then from 1669 in the church on today's Hindenburgstrasse. A year earlier, in 1608, a cemetery was laid out on a path outside the city walls, today's Merianstrasse. The narrow strip of land was probably enlarged towards the end of the 19th century by a rear, somewhat wider piece of land. The facility is surrounded by a brick wall. In the cemetery there are still numerous historical grave slabs and steles from the 17th and early 20th centuries, mostly made of sandstone or bluestone. Some older monuments are relatively badly weathered, so that they can no longer be clearly assigned to individual people or times of origin. In any case, there are some of the important names of early Protestant community life and also of the Süchtelner (and Oedter) economic history. The oldest pieces are now concentrated in the front area, which has essentially already been redesigned into a simple green area, but there are also some historical graves from the late 19th / early 20th century that are worth preserving in the rear, younger section. The transition between the two parts is marked by the Freudenberg family's mausoleum, which was probably built around 1900. The historically significant gravestones are summarized below. Otherwise, reference is made to the photo documentation. The order is based on today's list. Right from the entrance to the right green strip Deussen / Duyn 456 (1) Three grave slabs lying on pillow-like base stones, behind them two antique steles, the middle one with a double portrait medallion, probably from the 1st half or mid-19th century. Originally probably the same designed grave slabs by Ludwig u. Amalie Forsbeck (see below). An inscription documented in 1989 on the tall stele can no longer be read today: "Resting place of Friedr. Wilh. Deussen born on ... Aug. 1765, died ... 18 ... and Anna ... Deussen, born Vietzges ... 1778, died ... 1861". A relief of the Eye of God in a semicircular panel is carved out on the smaller stele in the lower area. Friedrich Wilhelm Deussen, grandfather of the manufacturer of the same name from the middle of the 19th century, was one of the first velvet weaving entrepreneurs in Süchteln. Neuss 456 (2) A square background with a flat triangular gable inserted into the surrounding wall, in front of it a marble plaque in an edicle-like frame with a recessed round arch and acroteria, 1890s. Leuken 456 (3) Four simple little gravestones on grotto stone plinths. 2nd half of the 19th / beginning of the 20th century. Duhr 456 (4) Wall panel in an edicle-like frame with pilasters on the side, above a flat triangular gable with a lush vegetal ornament and acroteria crowning over a tooth cut and egg stick; Late 19th century. Friedrich Wilhelm Duhr (1815–1886) mentioned on the inscription was u. a. Co-owner of the important weaving mill Ling & Duhr. Metzges / Zumbruch - Horn 456 (5) Wide, two-part wall panel in Art Nouveau shapes integrated into the brick wall, beginning of the 20th century. 20th century. On the right under the curved gable in aedicule frame, inscription plate f. Friedrich Metzges, on the left between two raised wall pillars in a freely curved frame, inscription plate Zumbruch - Horn. Kauwertz 456 (6) Small, simple tombstone, panel in grotto stone frame, 1933. Gravestone no longer exists Sieben-Dornbusch 456 (7) Obelisk stele on a flat pedestal with inscriptions, 2nd half of the 19th century. Clinker 456 (8) Small, simple tombstone on a rusticated base, 2nd half of the 19th century. Gravestone no longer exists Benzenberg 456 (9) Classicist stele, slightly tapered towards the top, with a flat gable and large corner acroteries, mid-19th century. Inscription faded: "HERE IS JOHANN BENZENBERG, SON OF EBERHARD BENZENBERG NEAR KETTWIG, BORN JUNE 17, 1716 GEST. MAY 4, 1795 AND HIS WIFE CATRINE SEVEN, BORN OCTOBER 17, 1717 GEST. JANUARY 4, 1784." Johannes Benzenberg, father of the theologian Heinrich Benzenberg and grandfather of Johann Friedrich Benzenberg, professor of astronomy, was a Protestant teacher in Süchteln around 1740. Küppers 456 (10) Obelisk stele on grotto stone pedestal, 2nd half of the 19th century. Forsbeck / Deussen 456 (11) Three grave slabs lying on a pillow-stone base, late 19th / early 20th century, belonging to the Deussen-Duyn group. From the entrance, left green strip Girmes 456 (12) Group consisting of a central stele in simple antique-like shapes with heavily fragmented inscriptions, flanked by two small cushion stones for Mathias Girmes (1815–1889) and Sybille Girmes, nee. Seven (1820-1895); 2nd half of the 19th century. Tillen 456 (13) Plain gravestone, 1896. 5 standing grave slabs (Huls, Zehres, Tillen and others) 456 (14) Ensemble of the oldest preserved grave slabs made of bluestone or basalt lava, 18th century and possibly older, with heavily weathered inscriptions. Predominantly framed double fields with curved or rounded gable crowns. Noteworthy v. a .: Huls resting place, grave slab made of bluestone (height 1.45 m, width 0.94 m) with indistinctly legible inscription for Jakob Huls, d. 1733 and Catarina Broex, d. 1737, also the verses Job 19, 25 and Philippians 1, 21. Tendrils and the flaming heart are depicted in a heraldic cartouche above the two round arches. Other plates u. a. for Adam Tillen (d. 1748?) as well as Theis Zehres (d. 1669) and Gritgen Zehres (d. 1676). - Rubbings of inscriptions are in the archive of the UDB Viersen. Vitz 456 (15) Simple three-part grave monument made of sandstone with a central raised stele, in the segment gable of which a palm frond relief is raised; in the left part meander frieze, right part weathered, beg. 20th century. Between the two parts of the cemetery Freudenberg (Mausoleum) 456 (16M) The grave house of the Freudenberg family is roughly in the middle of the complex. The facade and the side walls of the building are covered with polished stone slabs, the back is kept brick-transparent. On the long sides there is a medallion depicting an angel, in the gable the name in gold-plated letters: "Freudenberg family". Double pilasters frame the entrance, above triglyphs and a triangular gable with corner and ridge acroteries. Above the entrance door is the motto: "Per aspera ad astra." (Via rough paths to the stars / From darkness to light). One of the two sacrificial bowls originally standing in front of the entrance is now set up inside the burial house: a fluted column shaft with a neck ring rises on a base decorated with foliage and a classic bulge-throat-bulge profile, which carries a round, sweeping bowl above a mediating octagon. Two lion heads adorn the front and back, while the handles consist of two intertwined snakes (of a formerly second only the column base and part of the column shaft exist). Freudenberg (tombstones) 456 (16G) In front of the grave house is a grave bordered with a low ornamental grille, in the middle of which there is a simple grave stele with the inscription "Resting place of the Freudenberg family"; in front of it four small, simple lying gravestones. The Freudenberg family is one of the most influential families in the 19th and 20th centuries, as industrialists v. a. in the textile and later also in the sand industry. Prominent representatives are Richard Freudenberg, temporarily mayor, and u. a. also initiator of the connection of Süchteln to the railway network, and Carl Freudenberg, u. a. Villa Bong builder. In the extension part on the left side are large, z. Multi-part framed graves from the early 20th century, some of which are integrated into the wall, are worth mentioning: for Strommenger, Kauwertz, Girmes, Holthover-Hagenbroich. For historical reasons, the grave of Johannes u. Nissa Girmes should be emphasized, consisting of a rear grave wall with a low border made of polished black marble with inlaid small copper medallions, probably a design by the well-known Krefeld architecture firm Girmes & Oediger. The inscription in the gable reads: "LOVE, TRUE, INDUSTRY AND STRIVE / WAR YOUR LIFE", including: "JOHANNES GIRMES / KÖNIGL. KOMMERZIENRAT / MARCH 2, 1854 - SEPTEMBER 18, 1912 / NISSA GIRMES / BÜSCHER / 18 AUGUST 1875 - FEBRUARY 2, 1925 ". Johannes Girmes founded the textile company of the same name in Oedt in 1879, which his two brothers August and Dietrich also joined. They were the sons of Mathias Girmes, who came from a long-established Reformed Krefeld family and in 1850 married the Oedteress Sybille Sieben, the (adopted) daughter of the local Holthoverhof (cf. the graves of Mathias Girmes and Holthover). - The small evangelical congregation Oedt (with Hagen) was a daughter congregation of Süchteln until 1961. Electricity 456 (17) Kauwertz 456 (18) Girmes 456 (19) Holthover-Hagenbroich 456 (20) The Protestant cemetery on Merianstrasse dates back to the early days of Protestant-Reformed religious practice in Süchteln. Its location outside of the city is characteristic of the situation of early Protestant parishes within their Catholic environment and marks a seldom long continuous use here in Süchteln with almost 400 years. The historical testimony and monument value is therefore not only manifested in the individual grave sites, but in the entire cemetery as a unit of grave monuments, area and surrounding wall. The cemetery is therefore a monument in the sense of the Monument Protection Act. In the cemetery there are still a large number of historical gravestones from the 17th / 18th - early 20th centuries, some of which also have artistic features beyond their age, which certainly also expresses the great importance of some Protestant families in the industrialization process of Süchteln ( e.g. Deussen, Duhr, Freudenberg). The graves of the Girmes family from Oedt are also a special feature, on the one hand because of the national level of awareness of this important entrepreneurial family and because their tomb was designed by a well-known architecture firm, and on the other hand as a testimony to the longstanding association of the Protestant communities in both places. The evangelical cemetery on Merianstrasse is important for Viersen for the reasons given. There is a public interest in its preservation for artistic and scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of local history and religious history. According to § 2 (1) Monument Protection Act, it is therefore an architectural monument.	1608	July 6, 2004	456
	Residential building	Suchteln Merianstrasse 10 map	The residential building at Merianstrasse 10 was built in 1912 as a two-family house. In principle, it is identical in form to the neighboring house at Merianstrasse 12, with which it is being built according to a plan by the architect J. Felder from Kempen. However, details such as bay windows or balconies or dwelling are varied. The two-storey house with a base, built into a closed row along the eaves, rises above a slightly deep rectangular area (according to the design plan 8.5 × 11.6 m). The plastered facade has four non-continuous window axes, i. H. the door and window openings on the floors are not arranged exactly one above the other. While the entrance to the house is arranged on the left axis, a two-axis wide box bay window on the upper floor and a dwelling above it emphasize the center. The openings of the ground floor, which is provided with fine ashlar plaster, are closed in a rounded arch, those of the upper floors have straight lintels. The parapet fields are provided with simple, geometrical blinds. Lambrequins (saddlecloths) with radially grooved skylights adorn the ground floor windows. The box oriel sits on the narrow line of the cornice, with one window opening on each side and two narrow window openings to the front. Its roof serves as an exit for the dwelling. Its curved gable is decorated with a cartouche above the window and patio door. The side of the dwelling is accompanied by a dormer window; These are not listed in the draft plan, but they may still be original. The back of the building is left unplastered. There was no secret annexe. The probably original wooden front door with skylight, set deep in the steps, leads into the interior, the floor plan of which can still be read through the preserved access. The narrow corridor to the side leads to the staircase at the back with an exit to the garden. According to the draft plan, the first and second floors originally each have a residential unit consisting of two rooms, a bedroom and a kitchen; the toilet is on the landing. The hallway is laid out with small-format decorative tiles with abstract décor typical of 1912. The wooden staircase runs in the opposite direction with a turning platform, has turned balusters and a cylinder-like starting post, which formally also represents a later period than the mostly candelabra-shaped beginners of the late 19th century. The room divider between the closed staircase and the apartment has been preserved on the upper floor. Other frame panel doors are also still present. The factual design of the house in the conventional building type, For example, without stucco decorations or certain stylistic forms, refers to the time of origin at the beginning of the 20th century, when the historicism of the founding years with its applied ornamentation was set apart. This attitude also comes into play in individual details inside (tile decor, stair beginner). An exception to this are the comparatively lavishly decorated lambrequins, which apparently come from an area of ​​contemporary mass production in which "objective" architectural reform has not yet played a role. "As lambrequins (...) we refer to horizontally running, hanging material borders that are cut out in certain outlines and decorated with cords and tassels, decorated with embroidery, etc. At the top, the lambrequins are usually framed by profiled strips, so-called. Galleries. Lambrequins can be found as inner closings of the window reveals, on four-poster beds, canopies, support headliners, tent ceilings, marquises and the like and recently as a cover in front of roller shutters and blinds (although the cut, pressed sheet metal does not have the correct stylistic relationship to the shape stands)." (Meyer 1888, p. 201f.) Merianstrasse, formerly Nordstrasse, is a street leading northeast from the historic town center of Süchteln. It is already recorded as a path in the maps of the early 19th century (Tranchot 1805, original map 1812), with almost the same, not continuously straight, but multiple broken course as today. The Protestant cemetery is laid out next to it; the original map of 1812 shows large garden areas in the area of ​​the current row of houses in front of the town wall. In 1911–13 the street was expanded with two-story residential buildings. The correspondence with the district builder Ledschbor and his colleague Luthardt as the responsible building advice center, which is contained in the building files of the houses, shows that the city of Süchteln regards the expansion of Nordstrasse as an important urban development measure, which not only includes the above-mentioned residential buildings but also two new cross streets and a space between houses 1 and 3 on the one hand, 14 and 16 on the other. Although the First World War probably prevented the full development in this sense, the original design will can still be experienced in the street space. The building contractor Franz Jürgens is the owner of the entire expansion project on Nordstrasse. Despite the uniform builder ownership, the planning of the individual buildings is carried out by four different architects or construction companies. As the first construction phase, the residential buildings Merianstrasse 4, 6 and 8 are built in 1911 (plan author: Solbach & Remmel, Viersen). This was followed in 1912 at Merianstrasse 10 and 12 (J. Felder, Kempen) and in 1913 the corner buildings at Merianstrasse 14 and 16 (Franz Schrüllkamp, ​​Krefeld). Also in 1913, the semi-detached house Merianstrasse 1 and 3 was built on the opposite side of the street as a house and restaurant for Franz Jürgens himself (W. Rompelberg, Süchteln). The residential houses are partly designed as single and partly as two-family houses; In the corner building at Merianstrasse 16, there was originally a shop on the ground floor. Before Franz Jürgens appeared as a building contractor in Süchteln, he was initially a baker in Düsseldorf. According to local tradition, he invests the compensation payments that he receives after an industrial accident in the houses on Merianstrasse. Jürgens himself maintains a restaurant in Merianstrasse 3. Just before the inflation in the twenties, he sold his houses. He dies in 1936 at the age of 79. In the area of ​​house number 1/3 or 4 to 16, Merianstrasse forms an ensemble of residential buildings from the early 20th century that are well preserved in overall appearance and were built in several construction phases by the same client in 1911–13. The street, the design of which is varied in detail with an apparently uniform overall complex, was already considered in the 1970s as worthy of protection to the extent mentioned, since it was a comparatively extensive closed line of residential buildings (Merianstrasse 4 to 16) and a solitary building ( Merianstrasse 1/3), in which the planned expansion of the city from the years before the First World War is expressed more than almost anywhere else in Süchteln (see e.g. framework planning old town Süchteln, 1978, p. 29). As a substantially vividly preserved residential building from the early 20th century and part of the Merianstrasse ensemble, the house at Merianstrasse 10 in Süchteln is important for Viersen. For the reasons given, there is a public interest in its preservation and use for scientific, in particular architectural and historical reasons, as well as for urban planning reasons. According to § 2 (1) Monument Protection Act, it is therefore an architectural monument.	1912	July 18, 2001	412
	Residential building	Suchteln Merianstrasse 14 map	The residential building Merianstrasse 14 in Viersen-Süchteln is a monument within the meaning of Section 2 of the NRW Monument Protection Act. As a substantially vividly preserved residential building from the early 20th century and part of the Merianstrasse ensemble, it is significant for Viersen. There is a public interest in its preservation and use for scientific, in particular architectural-historical and urban planning reasons. The residential building Merianstrasse 14 in Süchteln was built in 1913 together with the neighboring corner house Merianstrasse 16 as a semi-detached house. The two-storey house, built into a closed row along the eaves, rises above a deep rectangular, slightly irregular base area (according to the design plan approx. 7.5 × 10.4 m). The plastered façade is simply plastered over a high base and structured solely through the distribution of the openings and cornices without any ornamental decorative forms. A roof house with a high triangular gable dominates the roof area. In the view, the ground floor is divided into an entrance on the left, accompanied by a narrow window, and a three-part window that is slightly bayed in front of the escape. The ground floor and first floor are separated by a cornice, which makes the first floor look much higher than it actually is. The upper floor is opened in three closely spaced windows that are connected to a band by folding shutters. The facade therefore has no solid window axes. Of great importance for its two-dimensional appearance is the fact that the old cross-frame windows with their original lattice structure and the simple front door with a small diamond window and skylight have been preserved. The back of the building is also smoothly plastered. There was no secret annexe. The interior reflects the spatial image of the time it was created in great density. The division of the rooms has been largely unchanged. The narrow corridor at the side - with partially preserved terrazzo floor - opens up the living and dining room on the ground floor and leads past the stairs to the kitchen at the rear. The access from the hallway to the rear room, which was subsequently closed, is still indicated. The original wooden staircase is single-course with a turned in run-up, a simple square beginner and turned balusters. The original room doors with differently subdivided window inserts have also been preserved, as have the floorboards and the rear windows with again small-scale lattice structure. Another generously windowed door with skylight leads from today's dining room into the garden. Unlike the plan, it is not in the middle, but asymmetrically to the side of the room window. This preserved room image is continued in the bedroom area on the upper floor. The three-part window of the bedroom facing the garden deviates from the "norm" of the high rectangular cross-frame windows. The very functional design of the house, which not only dispenses with stucco decorations or certain stylistic forms, but also prefers more lying rather than vertical proportions, refers to the time of origin at the beginning of the 20th century. Compared to the neighboring houses Merianstrasse 12 and 10, which are only a year older, the houses Merianstrasse 14 and 16 clearly represent a more far-reaching form of reform architecture that sets itself apart from historicism. Further typical characteristics of this are the flat bay window on the ground floor and the variation of the windows that are not inserted into a rigid axis system, which are nevertheless brought into a calm order through ribbon-like arrangement and folding shutters. Merianstraße, formerly Nordstraße, is a street leading northeast from the historic town center of Süchteln. It is already recorded as a path in the maps of the early 19th century (Tranchot 1805, original map 1812), with almost the same, not continuously straight, but multiple broken course as today. The Protestant cemetery is laid out next to it; the original map of 1812 shows large garden areas in the area of ​​the current row of houses in front of the town wall. 1911-13 the street was expanded with two-story houses. The correspondence with the district builder Ledschbor and his colleague Luthardt as the responsible building advice center, which is contained in the building files of the houses, shows that the city of Süchteln viewed the expansion of Nordstrasse as an important urban development measure, which not only includes the above-mentioned residential buildings, but also two new cross streets and a space between should include the houses Merianstrasse 1 and 3 on the one hand, Merianstrasse 14 and 16 on the other. Although the First World War probably prevented the full development in this sense, the original design will can still be experienced in the street space. The building contractor Franz Jürgens was the owner of the entire expansion project on Nordstrasse. Despite the uniform builder ownership, the planning of the individual buildings was carried out by four different architects or construction companies. The first construction phase was created. In 1911 the residential buildings Merianstrasse 4, 6 and 8 (plan author: Solbach & Remmel, Viersen). This was followed in 1912 by the houses at Merianstrasse 10 and 12 (J. Felder, Kempen) and in 1913 by the corner buildings at Merianstrasse 14 and 16 (Franz Schrüllkamp, ​​Krefeld). Also in 1913, the semi-detached house Merianstrasse 1 and 3 was built on the opposite side of the street as a house and restaurant for Franz Jürgens himself (W. Rompelberg, Süchteln). The residential houses were designed partly as single and partly as two-family houses; In the corner building at Merianstrasse 16, a shop was originally housed on the ground floor. Before he started working as a building contractor in Süchteln, Franz Jürgens had initially been a baker in Düsseldorf. According to local tradition, he invested the compensation he had received after an industrial accident in the houses on Merianstrasse. Juergens himself entertained in the Merianstrasse house. 3 a restaurant. He sold his houses just before the inflation of the 1920s. He died in 1936 at the age of 79. In the area of ​​house numbers 1–3 / 4 to 16, Merianstrasse forms an ensemble of residential buildings from the early 20th century that are well preserved in overall appearance and were built in several construction phases by the same client in 1911–13. The street, the design of which is varied in detail with an apparently uniform overall facility, was already considered in the 1970s as worthy of protection to the extent mentioned, since it is a comparatively extensive closed line of residential buildings (Merianstrasse 4 to 16) and a solitary building ( Merianstraße 1–3), in which the planned expansion of the city from the years before the First World War is expressed more than almost anywhere else in Süchteln (cf. e.g. framework planning old town Süchteln, 1978, p. 29). As a substantially vividly preserved residential building from the early 20th century and part of the Merianstrasse ensemble, the house at Merianstrasse 14 in Süchteln is important for Viersen. For the reasons given, there is a public interest in its preservation and use for scientific, in particular architectural and historical reasons, as well as for urban planning reasons. According to § 2 (1) Monument Protection Act, it is therefore an architectural monument.	1913	Apr 18, 2002	427
	Catholic rectory of St. Cornelius	Dülken Moselstrasse 6 map	"The front of the old Widdenhof was towards the church, several steps led up to the elevation on which the church was built; in 1668 the second, and in 1863 the third new building." (Norrenberg: Chronicle of the City of Dülken) Today's rectory shows itself to the viewer in an axially symmetrical shape with a slightly warped frontispiece. The neo-Gothic street facade is structured by the alternation of red and yellow bricks, which are deliberately used and arranged as a design element. The windows and door reveals covered with arches as well as the corners of the building are made in an interlocking of the two brick colors. The entrance is also accentuated with a red sandstone wall that has been painted over. The building is covered by a hipped roof. Inside the building, the stucco ceilings and the old wooden stairs have been preserved. The ceiling of the cellar is made of capped ceilings, which are underpinned with basket arches. The house directly in the old town center, creating space on the square, until 1765 on the Moselle, from 1825 on the Mosel (today Moselstrasse), experiences its urban significance. For scientific, in particular urban history, urban development and art historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the rectory according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1863	Aug 27, 1986	128
	Residential and commercial building	Dülken Moselstrasse 8 map	The brick-facing building with a gable roof and subsequent workshop with a sawtooth roof is located in the immediate vicinity of the church, as well as in the original suburban settlement area at the source of the Mosell (now Nette). The corner house within a closed development opens to an alley that ends with the staircase to the church. The house, which was probably built in the first half of the 19th century, already underwent a change on the ground floor at the end of the 19th century. The opening for two shop windows with an entrance on the corner was created here by installing cast iron supports. Two simple, continuous sill cornices divide the floors horizontally. Above the shop, the facade is divided into three axes, each with a window. The eight-part lattice windows with skylight, left in their original state, are covered by an arched arch that is separated in the middle by a wedge. The gable side of the house is divided into three axes, which are, however, equipped with irregular windows, to which the former workshop with a sawed roof connects. Inside the building, the original floorboards as well as the spiral wooden staircase and various room doors with frames and panels have been preserved in their original state. Some of the furnishings from the original shop, which is now used as a bookstore, are remarkable. The load-bearing construction of the inner wall in wooden walls can be seen in the attic. The roof structure is also still in its original condition. The ceiling of the basement is designed as a cap top supported by basket arches. The building is used today as a residential and commercial building in its original form. The location of the house in the immediate vicinity of the church in the old town center is therefore of historical importance. Furthermore, as a corner house to the square, until 1765 on the Moselle, from 1825 on the Mosel (today Moselstrasse) and in the alley to the church, it creates space and thus experiences its urban significance. For scientific, in particular historical and urban planning reasons, the maintenance and use of the building according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	End of the 19th century	May 5, 1986	97
	Gasthaus "Zur Mosel"	Dülken Moselstrasse 15 map	The suburban settlement of Dülkens developed where the Heerstraße (today Lange Straße) running from south to west crossed the Moselle (today Nette) and met the Bruchstraße coming from the west (today Venloer / Moselstraße). The former courtyard was built right here at the source of the Nette. From the files it can be seen (drawing from 1889) that a brewery also existed in the courtyard. A small brewery with a brewing pan is shown in the rear part of the facility, the location of which is probably only evidenced by the chimney. The brewery industry in Dülken has been important since the 15th century. Before 1398, Dülkener brewers were granted the privilege of being able to brew in their own kettles in their homes, whereas previously they had to use the sovereign's brewing kettle. The farm is also the oldest inn in Dülken, the structural substance of which has been preserved. The tradition as "Gasthof zur Mosel" can be traced back to 1877. Here the Aengeneyndt family took over the inn from the Hansen siblings. The role of the house as an inn in the long period of its existence is therefore important for the city of Dülken. The Moselstrasse is the lowest point in the city and used to be exposed to many floods when there was no sewer system. All houses had devices at the entrances and basement windows to prevent water from entering the rooms. The building behind in the closed development forms a very nice extension of the street space on the square, until 1765 on the Moselle, from 1825 on the Moselle, today Moselstrasse. Description: The former courtyard was probably built in the 18th century and the facade was changed in the 19th century. The building is divided into seven axes, which can be read from the windows on the upper floor, which were originally divided into 16 parts. On the first floor there were the same windows, but with a skylight divided into eight parts. On the two right-hand axes there was a gate entrance (as can be seen in the façade through the arched arch), which, however, was closed and provided with a window in the middle. The door with a large skylight is in the third axis, so that originally two windows were arranged on the left and right side. The window and door are set in a wooden block frame. On the side facing today's Schöffengasse, the upper floor is divided into three fields in half-timbered construction with wooden walls, the lower part being made of masonry. On the ground floor, the axes are emphasized by a window, on the upper floor there are two small windows in the left and middle fields within the framework. The building is muddy and has a hipped roof covered with red tiles, ceiling anchors are visible in the facade. The former courtyard of the facility is now largely closed due to additions such as a bowling alley and back gardens from the current century. The interior of the building has been totally changed by renovations for the inn. For scientific, in particular settlement history, local history, urban development and space design reasons, conservation and use according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	18th century	Feb. 28, 1985	26th
	Ronneshof	Süchteln Mosterzstrasse 101–101c map	The Ronneshof in Süchteln-Sittard is a Kurmutgut of the St. Pantaleon Abbey. 1472–1477 "Des Ronenhuys" (House of Rono) suffered damage amounting to 16 guilders from the Burgundian soldiers. 1565 Nilles Roenis, as the beneficiary of the Süchtelner Erbenwald, is obliged to participate in the building or wood property. 1573 Arret Roeniss is the owner of the farm 1599 Mention of the "Roenys" farm 1670/71 Peter Ronnes owns taxable property: 14 acres, 87 rods at the farm, 78 and 27 rods on peschen and 42 rods in the bongard and garden. The courtyard is subject to curvature and tithing to the St. Pantaleon Abbey. 1773 J. Ronnes owns about 22 acres of land and keeps a horse and 3 cows. 1777 May 26, "Goetsch Ronnes", around 30 years old, is treated with the Ronneshof. He is the last elector of the court. 1812 The farm is entered on the map of the municipality of Süchteln with the name given. Description The Ronneshof in Süchteln-Sittard is documented around 1472. The former stable house shows itself in the form of the Lower Rhine hall house. It is characterized by the inner framework, which determines its appearance, its spatial design and its internal spatial arrangement. It is divided into a longitudinal and a transverse axis. The longitudinal axis is determined by the 4-stud frame with 3 compartments. The transverse axis shows in the central nave with two aisles. The facade of the house is made of brick. The house entrance is emphasized by the architectural framing, an ashlar frame. A brick lintel (presumably a lintel) can be seen above the stone frame. The windows have a brick lintel. Anchor pins can be found between the first and second floors of the facade facing the inner courtyard. These show the year of construction 1828. Inside the house there is a double-sided fireplace. This is a defining component for the Niederrheinische Hallenhaus. The former stable wing can be seen behind the original living area. The stable zone, like the living area, is structurally divided into three parts: a wide central nave, the former feeding hall, and two narrow aisles. These rooms are used as living and storage rooms at an early stage. The ceilings in the current living hall (formerly part of the lining hall) and in the former kitchen of the original living area are designed as Cologne ceilings. Half-timbered walls with clay and brick compartments can be found on the upper floor. The inner courtyard is behind the stable house. This is delimited by farm buildings. A large part of the farm buildings was built around the turn of the century, for example the barn opposite the residential stable house with a gate passage and stable wing (built around 1891). The barn, which is legally binding as seen from the house, is probably the oldest existing farm building on this farm. On the courtyard side, it partially shows a half-timbered construction and a vaulted cellar room. In addition to the age value and the typical example of a rural hall house on the Lower Rhine, the stable house with its agricultural outbuildings is significant in terms of settlement history. The house shows the ongoing structural development of the Lower Rhine farmhouse architecture. Typical for this development of a rural property in the Viersener area is the clear legibility of the extension of the courtyard complex from a solitary residential stable house to a closed square courtyard.	1828/1891	Feb. 1, 1995	356
	Catholic elementary school (Dülken elementary school)	Dülken Mühlenberg 1 card	From "90 Years of the North School": "With the continued increase in population in the city of Dülken and the constant increase in the number of pupils, the Catholic elementary schools were overcrowded and additional school classes had to be set up. As an extension of the existing school buildings was not based on or expanded the existing 7-class system with 8 Boys 'and girls' classes, both from an educational point of view and in view of the increasing expansion of the city, did not seem appropriate, at the meeting of the city council on January 15, 1890, it was decided to establish a new eight-class Catholic elementary school with a teacher's apartment in the northern part of the city The purpose was to purchase the site on Süchtelner Strasse, on Mühlenweg and on Mühlenberg and belonging to the Catholic parish, a size of 62.35 acres, at a price of 282 marks per area (17,582.70 marks) City architect Rudolf Ulrich designed in The building plans and projects approved by the city council meeting of February 4, 1891, the school building was set up in such a way that it could be extended to a 16-class school without any particular difficulty if a need for this should arise in the future. The total construction costs, including the school equipment and the building plot, amount to 117,000, - Marks, of which 12,000, - Marks are covered by the surplus of agricultural tariffs accruing to the city per 1889–1890 after the Iex Huene, while the rest is 105,000, - - Mark is to be raised by a bond with an interest rate of 4% and an amortization rate of 1%. It was hoped that the building would be completed by July 1, 1892, so that it could be transferred to its destination at the beginning of the winter of 1892. On August 13, 1891, the foundation stone of the Catholic elementary school on Süchtelner Strasse was laid in the presence of Mayor Voss, the city council, the school board and all teachers. "The new building was handed over on April 10, 1893." On July 25 In 1893 the district school inspector Dr. Ruland held the first revision in all classes of the north school. On this occasion, in the presence of the district school inspector and the local school priest Dyckmans, the first school bath was carried out and at the same time it was decided that from now on all students of the north school should bathe twice a week, namely the two upper classes during the drawing and drawing sessions. Handicraft lessons, the other classes on the other hand in non-school hours. But since the lower class of girls made too much difficulty in dressing and undressing, this class was temporarily exempted from swimming with the permission of the local school inspector. "Architect: Stadtbaumeister Ulrich Description: The two-storey building with basement and hipped roof is made of red and yellow exposed brickwork. The main facade is divided into three fields by vertical pilaster strips with red bricks. The pilaster strips open into the frieze under the parapet and continue to the frieze under the cornice. The central projection, covered with a triangular gable, is divided into three axes like the two outer fields on the ground floor and first floor. The top floor is divided into four window axes in the middle. The gable ends of the building are each provided with a window axis and a final gable. The hallway is arranged on this axis inside the building. The front-facing gables with crowning, which formerly protruded above the ridge, are reduced to the necessary construction height of the gable on all four sides. The dormers above the respective window axes of the outer fields were also replaced by roof windows. The original window layout was changed by modern pivot windows. The school with its brick facade, except for the decorative gable, is a typical example of school architecture from the end of the 19th century. Today's school, named after the dialect poet Paul Weyers, who gave it his name in 1973, is a witness to a cultural and historical development thanks to the school operations that have been maintained to this day. For scientific, in particular architectural and historical reasons, the preservation and use of the building are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1891-1893	Sep 14 1988	179
	Wiemeshof	Suchteln Mühlenheuweg 95 map	History: The Wiemeshof is mentioned three times in the curminess register of Süchteln: 1. Peter Wymes .......... Henrich 7 Morgen 2. 1767/1780 Mention of Peter Wiemes "Cath. Wiemes" Math. Wiemes 3. Wiemeshof 1781 Hyeronymus Wiemes , approx. 40 years old 1796 Febr. 4 Anna Wienen asks to treat her eldest son Joann Adam Wiemes in place of her deceased husband Hyeronymus Wiemes. This is what happened April 20, 1797. In the French original cadastre from 1812 3 buildings can be seen. Description: The Vierkanthof was built around 1900. The company buildings of the well-tended complex were built quite uniformly around the turn of the century. Corner pilasters and elaborate eaves cornices structure the brick surfaces according to their function. To the west, the farm yard, which is still covered with pebbles, is bordered by the rest of an older residential stable from the 18th century. The living area was rebuilt in 1912 and the remaining part of the stable was changed significantly, both in terms of the floor plan and the cube. In order to gain space and to be able to connect to the newly built outbuildings, the original roof is raised by about one meter to the north and about 3 m to the south. The living area stands out from the traditional courtyard buildings in terms of shape and color. An urban type of residential building, which can often be found in northern and southern Germany, is clearly added here, although the over-arched floor height remains above all strange. But what first catches the eye as a break is important here for several reasons. As an example of changes and developments, - increased wealth, increased living demands, abandonment of rural tradition, transfer of urban building forms, - and as an example for the directly readable comparison of living demands in the 18th century and around the turn of the 20th century. For scientific, in particular architectural-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the building are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	around 1900	May 29, 1991	270
	Elementary school Hagen	Suchteln Mühlhausener Strasse 33 map	History: For centuries the eastern border of Süchteln, which was also the border between the Duchy of Jülich and Kurköln, was a point of contention with the neighboring municipality of Oedt. The focus was on the course of the Niers, on the one hand the border, but on the other hand a branched system of various arms, canals and streams until it was straightened out. In the 20th century, first after the Niers amelioration in the 1930s and then in the course of the regional reform in 1970, reallocations and border corrections between Süchteln and Oedt took place. Hagen, east of the Niers, up until then an honor belonging to Oedt or churchly to the parish of Anrath, was added to Süchteln as the "fifth section". Hagen has retained the character of a scattered settlement like a row of peasants to this day, with only a minor densification at the intersection of the two country roads Tönisvorster Strasse / Mülhausener Strasse and Anrather Strasse. A school in Oedt-Hagen is said to have been founded by a childless couple at the beginning of the 18th century because the parish school in Anrath was too far away. The employment of a teacher for the year 1722 is documented, since then teachers have been occupied in Hagen relatively continuously. On July 8, 1879, the school building on Mülhausener Strasse was inaugurated. Description: It is a two-part brick building with gable roofs, consisting of a two-storey gable-end residential part (formerly a teacher's apartment) and a single-storey eaves-mounted classroom on the right. In between (still in the eaves part) there is a shared entrance with a corridor running straight through to the rear. Both components show three window axes towards the front, the windows of the classroom are kept larger in accordance with the regulations for generous exposure of classrooms. The clean, relatively elaborate detailing of the outside with the means of brick construction is remarkable: eaves frieze, stepped walls of the arched openings, ears of the gable base points. The small double windows in the gable tops also contribute to the harmonious proportions (an additional niche in the living area). Other elements such as the decorative anchors, the additional differentiation of the roof landscape by towing the roof over the entrance and the previously existing pinnacle-like attachments on the gable tops and feet, which were probably lost when the roof skin was renewed in the 20th century, raise the building above average contemporary communal buildings. On the back there are currently some more recent additions that do not build through the structure of the old building. This can therefore be rated as intact overall. There are also old lattice windows on the right-hand side of the gable. The characteristic floor plan elements have been preserved inside. Above all, it should be emphasized that the classroom is still undivided and therefore clearly available. The division of the corridor into a front porch, from which the classroom is accessed, and a rear part, which leads into the living area and also contains the stairs, should still be original. The staircase itself, currently two-lane with a turning platform, has been renewed on the cheeks, but the steps and substructure are probably original. The interior work is otherwise from the 2nd half of the 20th century. As public buildings, elementary schools have consistently played a major role in creating identity in what are often very sprawling honors, especially in cases like here, where churches or chapels are missing and the peasantry is also relatively far away on the edge of the municipality (which for Hagen both within Oedt and today in addiction applies). This certainly partly explains the comparatively elaborate design of the Hagen school. Today it is by far the best preserved example of an honorary school in the entire Viersen city area. In Süchteln the honors received their own school buildings around 1870, only the school building in Hagenbroich (Heerbahn / Mühlenheuweg) is older, built in 1845. With the abandonment of the dwarf school system in the second half of the 20th century, this use became a complete historical epoch. In Hagen, a wooden cross, possibly from 1776, was also installed on the school facade. The building at Mühlhausener Straße 33 is therefore important for Viersen as the former elementary school of the Honschaft Hagen. There is a public interest in its preservation and use due to the illustrative tradition of the shape and the functional conception for scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of location and architectural history.	1879	March 23, 2004	448
	Chaplains	Viersen Nelkenweg 1 / Notburgastraße 1 map	History: 1900 Founding of the Notburgavereins 1902 Construction of the Notburgahaus (design: Josef Kleesattel ) 1909 Founding of a church building association 1914 Design for a new neo-Romanesque church by Josef Kleesattel The war forces the building project to be abandoned 1923 Destruction of the collected money through inflation Revival of the church building association Establishment of an emergency church in the Notburgahaus (association for working girls) 1927 short-term tender for the new building and decision of the jury for the factual, modern building concept by Sültenfuß and Seidel June 29, 1928 laying of the foundation stone September 15, 1929 consecration 1929 pastoral care district St. Notburga (previously St. Remigius) becomes an independent parish 1930 Construction of the rectory and the first chaplaincy (planning: Freihoff) 1930/31 Completion of the access roads to the church 1947 Planning of the second, the first adapted chaplaincy (H. Meißen) 1948 Elevation to the parish 1952 Construction of the second chaplaincy (design by Meißen, traces by P. Salm) 1955 Aufs Positioning of the Notburga figure 1960 Renewal of the church roof (architect Limmers) and elevation of the facade gable 1964 Renewal and redesign of the church space according to post-conciliar developments (H. Döhmen: Rabitz folding ceiling, rear wall of the choir) 1966 design of the church forecourt (H. Döhmen) General: According to legend, St. Notburga was a model of hard work, faithful, self-sacrificing charity and piety. She lived in the 9th or 10th century as a kitchen maid at Rottenburg Castle in Tyrol and was dismissed for charity. In Tyrol she is the patroness of the maidservants and farmers, who is called upon in case of birth problems and livestock diseases. She is represented with a sickle, jug and bread. In 1923, Cardinal Schulte from Cologne expressed the wish that the future church in Rahser should be consecrated to Notburga, as there was no patronage in the Archdiocese of Cologne to which Viersen belonged until 1931. The new church building style of the 20th century was based on two foundations, on the one hand on the changing self-image of the church (which was defined in Vatican II), on the other hand on the architecture of the new building, which was oriented towards clarity, function and practicality, its goal Material authenticity, clear structural design and the reduction to clear components were. New materials (iron, glass, concrete and reinforced concrete) were only reluctantly used in church construction, as many theologians rejected them as "unworthy" or only used them for conventional forms of construction. Between the world wars, the design of the exterior of the church dominated, because the aspect dominating the settlement was still more important than the meaningful design of the interior. The external shape of the churches was relatively uniform: mostly block-like, closed structures with clear outlines, the individual forms of which were only used sparingly, thereby increasing the cohesion. Since the end of the twenties, the churches have mostly had flat roofs, the entrance side was designed as a monumental display side, which was no longer the case after 1945. The windows were often narrow and steeply proportioned and also appeared in the secular area (a typical feature of Expressionism in the architecture of the twenties and thirties). On the Lower Rhine, almost without exception, all the churches on the outside were built from bricks, reinforced concrete was only made visible inside or as a structural element. The brick walls were either smooth or loosened up with relief-like protrusions and recesses of individual stones and layers. The revitalization of the brick was promoted at the beginning of the century by the Rhenish heritage protection movement and the Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Heritage Protection, as the resistance of the material to industrial emissions was recognized. Furthermore, the brick corresponded to the trend towards simplicity and strict monumentality at the time. The desire for urban dominance not only emphasized the exterior, but also accentuated the church with high towers (the one-tower design was typical), even if the need for towers was controversial among theologians. Description: The younger building (1952/53) is exactly on the corner of Notburgastraße / Nelkenweg, the older one in front of it with the main side facing the church. The hipped roof spanning both houses seems to lie far behind the facade, similar to the rectory (cornice walling above the eaves line with internal gutter). Several window axes towards the street, towards the church a protruding staircase with a pointed gable and a steep arched window (quote), as well as a brick arch over the door as in the rectory. The sides of the building facing the rectory are loosened up by stairs and roof terraces. The Church of St. Notburga, together with the rectory and the chaplains, forms an almost unchanged, self-contained, harmonious unit that represents a center within the Rahser district, which was created in the 1920s. For scientific, in particular architectural, historical and urban planning reasons, the preservation and sensible use of the church in accordance with Section 2 of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1930	July 1, 1998	370
	Catholic rectory St. Notburga	Viersen Nelkenweg 3 map	History: 1900 Founding of the Notburgavereins 1902 Construction of the Notburgahaus (design: Josef Kleesattel) 1909 Founding of a church building association 1914 Design for a new neo-Romanesque church by Josef Kleesattel The war forces the building project to be abandoned 1923 Destruction of the collected money through inflation Revival of the church building association Establishment of an emergency church in the Notburgahaus (association for working girls) 1927 short-term tender for the new building and decision of the jury for the factual, modern building concept by Sültenfuß and Seidel June 29, 1928 laying of the foundation stone September 15, 1929 consecration 1929 pastoral care district St. Notburga (previously St. Remigius) becomes an independent parish 1930 Construction of the parsonage and the first chaplaincy (planning: Freihoff) 1930/31 Completion of the access routes to the church 1947 Planning of the second, the first adapted chaplaincy (H. Meißen) 1948 Elevation to the parish 1952 Construction of the second chaplaincy (design by Meißen, traces by P. Salm) 1955 Aufs Positioning of the Notburga figure 1960 Renewal of the church roof (architect Limmers) and elevation of the facade gable 1964 Renewal and redesign of the church space according to post-conciliar developments (H. Döhmen: Rabitz folding ceiling, rear wall of the choir) 1966 design of the church forecourt (H. Döhmen) General: According to legend, St. Notburga was a model of hard work, faithful, self-sacrificing charity and piety. She lived in the 9th or 10th century as a kitchen maid at Rottenburg Castle in Tyrol and was dismissed for charity. In Tyrol she is the patroness of the maidservants and farmers, who is called upon in case of birth problems and livestock diseases. She is represented with a sickle, jug and bread. In 1923, Cardinal Schulte from Cologne expressed the wish that the future church in Rahser should be consecrated to Notburga, as there was no patronage in the Archdiocese of Cologne to which Viersen belonged until 1931. The new church building style of the 20th century was based on two foundations, on the one hand on the changing self-image of the church (which was defined in Vatican II), on the other hand on the architecture of the new building, which was oriented towards clarity, function and practicality, its goal Material authenticity, clear structural design and the reduction to clear components were. New materials (iron, glass, concrete and reinforced concrete) were only reluctantly used in church construction, as many theologians rejected them as "unworthy" or only used them for conventional forms of construction. Between the world wars, the design of the exterior of the church dominated, because the aspect dominating the settlement was still more important than the meaningful design of the interior. The external shape of the churches was relatively uniform: mostly block-like, closed structures with clear outlines, the individual forms of which were only used sparingly, thereby increasing the cohesion. Since the end of the twenties, the churches have mostly had flat roofs, the entrance side was designed as a monumental display side, which was no longer the case after 1945. The windows were often narrow and steeply proportioned and also appeared in the secular area (a typical feature of Expressionism in the architecture of the twenties and thirties). On the Lower Rhine, almost without exception, all the churches on the outside were built from bricks, reinforced concrete was only made visible inside or as a structural element. The brick walls were either smooth or loosened up with relief-like protrusions and recesses of individual stones and layers. The revitalization of the brick was promoted at the beginning of the century by the Rhenish heritage protection movement and the Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Heritage Protection, as the resistance of the material to industrial emissions was recognized. Furthermore, the brick corresponded to the trend towards simplicity and strict monumentality at the time. The desire for urban dominance not only emphasized the exterior, but also accentuated the church with high towers (the one-tower design was typical), even if the need for towers was controversial among theologians. Description: The rectory was originally intended to be connected to the church by a cloister with pointed arches. Only two pergola-like, roofed extensions to the church and rectory were built, which give the lower-lying rectory the visual finish. The rectory is characterized above all by the staircase at the side, which with its steep arched windows takes up the shape of the church. The remaining windows are rectangular. Above the entrance door there is a round arch with a cross (brick relief), which is modeled on a tympanum. The hipped roof with pronounced postures seems to lie far behind the facade. The Church of St. Notburga, together with the rectory and the chaplains, forms an almost unchanged, self-contained, harmonious unit that represents a center within the Rahser district, which was created in the 1920s. For scientific, in particular architectural, historical and urban planning reasons, the preservation and sensible use of the rectory are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 of the Monument Protection Act.	1928/29	July 1, 1998	369
	Wayside cross	Dülken Nette opposite house No. 162 map	The approx. 3.00 m high cross from 1887 made of plastered sandstone rises on a 3-level substructure. On the 2nd level there is an enclosure made of iron bars. The upper zone of the stepped cross base bears the inscription: Established PS in 1887. PS are the initials of the founder Johann Peter Stapper. On the middle block of the cross is the saying in a round arch field: O holy - cross - our only hope - be greeted. Above that, a smaller final structure is given a dark red colored medallion, which shows the portrait of a man in profile. He wears a helmet and a sword in his left hand, and presumably an iron armor over his right shoulder. The identity of the figure represented cannot be precisely clarified. But it is probably a portrait of a Roman legionnaire; a detail from the Golgotha ​​scene is possibly shown here. The crowning cross bears a bronze Christ corpus; above the INRI symbol. There are no written notes about the reason for the erection of the cross. According to oral tradition, it was erected on the occasion of an accident that occurred on the farm of the farmer Johann Peter Stapper. His first-born grandchild dies as a result of this accident. The cross on the Nette is another example of the many different grounds for setting crosses and holy houses. For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the crossroads according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1887	Nov 6, 1990	245
	Residential building (manager)	Boisheim Nettetaler Strasse 14 map	The two-storey building with a mezzanine and flat saddle roof is the former villa of a manufacturer, which was built outside the town center in the mid-19th century. The late classical plastered facade is divided into six axes and is horizontally structured through the base, floor and slightly structured mezzanine cornice. The windows on the ground floor, e.g. Some of them have colored lead glazing and are in their original condition. One and two-storey commercial buildings are connected in the rear area. The gable ends and the brick additions are grouted. A winter garden connects to the left. Inside the building there is a colored patterned floor covering in the corridor area with a black and white checkered border. All doors and the wooden stairs on the ground floor are of high quality and have been preserved in their original condition. The stucco ceilings are also still there in most of the rooms. Noteworthy are various furnishings from the time of construction as well as two particularly noteworthy cupboards with top and carving. Various marble stoves have also been preserved in good condition. The villa, in the middle of a complex surrounded by old trees, is one of the most representative residential buildings in the former town of Boisheim at the time, and thus testifies to the demonstrative construction of the wealthier citizens. Furthermore, the stately property with its high-quality furnishings and its largely unchanged inventory is of historical importance. For scientific, in particular architectural-historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the Nettetaler Strasse 14 building is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	Mid 19th century	March 13, 1986	78
	Joseph House	Boisheim Nettetaler Strasse 103 map	The two-storey brick building with a hipped roof, in a prominent corner location on Nettetaler Strasse, indicates the year of construction in 1760 in a split pin in the facade. It received its present appearance in 1915 when it was converted from the precious blood to the "Joseph House" for the missionary sisters. After the First World War, there was a desire to establish a branch for the missionary sisters for outpatient nursing combined with a child care and handicraft school. There is no doctor of his own in Boisheim, so that the outpatient nursing as well as the care and instruction of the children who are not yet of school age and a handicraft school for Catholic girls who are no longer of school age are the concerns of Pastor Joseph Faßbender, which are realized with the help of foundation funds. The two-storey brick building with a hipped roof, located in a pronounced corner on Nettetaler Strasse, was changed in the 1920s. The anchor pins in the facade, however, refer to the year of construction 1760. The building is divided into 3: 2 axes, with the main facade being emphasized in the center by the central arrangement of the door. Another typical emphasis is placed on the corner of the house facing Wilhelmshöhe. Here the corner is beveled and a sandstone statue of Joseph is placed on a brick console. Below is a plaque with the inscription: "Patron of the sick and dying pray for us". Inside the house there are stucco ceilings on the ground floor and Cologne ceilings on the upper floor. The entrance side of the house is underlaid with a vaulted cellar. The house, one of the oldest brick buildings in the center of Boisheim, is of great importance for both the settlement and the local history. In its later use as the "Joseph House", it shows the importance of the Catholic Church in health and school policy issues. Preservation and use of the house are therefore in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act for scientific, in particular settlement, local and architectural-historical reasons in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1760/1915	May 27, 1986	103
	Nellessenhof	Boisheim Nettetaler Strasse 106 map	In a central location, the remainder of the residential building of a former four-wing brick courtyard complex, the barn wings and farm buildings of which were demolished in 1971. The outline and size of the so far not newly built courtyard and the course of the church path in relation to the parish church of St. Peter show the topographical importance of the courtyard in terms of urban development. The two-storey building with a gable roof in 5 axes, erected around 1800, faces the street on the eaves side. The main entrance door is in the middle and, like all windows (small bars) on this side, has wooden block frames. The skylight is missing from the original wooden door with iron fittings. The façade, with its calm symmetry, draws its structure from the rounded, brick-built arches over the door and windows and the evenly attached anchor pins. There are closed wooden shutters on the ground floor and wooden shutters on the upper floor. The courtyard side of the building shows structural changes to the windows, the arches of which are designed differently, namely flatter and rounder. On the north gable, the original windows on the upper floor and under the gable are still provided with wooden block frames and flat arches. The two windows on the first floor with rounded arches and brick sills are later changes. Changes have been made to some of the old door and window openings on the south gable, to which a farm building (now demolished) was added. Above all, one window had been converted into an arched door to create a connection to the neighboring building. The building, which is almost square in floor plan, is divided from the main entrance on the street side to the entrance on the former courtyard side, both accessible via bluestone steps, by a corridor with stone floor tiles. From this a second hallway leads to the door on the south gable side. The building stands a little higher on a partially plastered base and has three 1.90 m high, barrel-vaulted, brick-walled cellars with brick niches that are well exposed through cellar windows. On the south side of the cellar vault, ashlar stones from a previous building are included. There are old clay slabs as the floor, while the majority contains brick floors. All rooms on the ground floor and most of the rooms on the upper floor have Cologne ceilings. The load-bearing ceiling beams are visible. The wooden floorboards in the living rooms and the wooden sleepers are partially rotten. There are plank floors everywhere on the upper floor. Dark, square clay tiles have been laid in the kitchen and ocher-colored tiles in the neighboring room. There is also a sink in the kitchen on the south wall, which is in connection with the brick water basin outside (former well?). Most of the wooden frames of the doors are well preserved. The old oak roof structure with round wooden rafters has largely been preserved. The stately rural house is important for the historical development of Boisheim because of its age and construction with high quality furnishings and because of the size of the former courtyard in the town center. This last remnant of a courtyard in the immediate vicinity of the church forms an essential part of the old town center of Boisheim. For scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of settlement and local history, and as a testimony to the village farmhouse architecture, the maintenance and use of the Nellessenhof are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) Monument Protection Act.	around 1800	Aug 7, 1986	126
	Residential building	Boisheim Nettetaler Strasse 109 map	The two-storey residential building with a hipped roof is in a central location in a group of houses that were also built at the beginning of the 19th century. At the end of the 19th century, a plastered facade with a plinth and floor cornice was placed in front of the three-axis facade, which was formerly exposed to brick. The windows and the front door with floral ironwork are preserved in their original condition. The interior of the house has changed. The old oak roof structure was supplemented with round timber. The house, near the church, belongs to the inventory of the old town center and is therefore of importance for the historical development of the town of Boisheim. For scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of settlement and local history, the maintenance and use of the house at Nettetaler Strasse 109 in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	Early 19th century	March 21, 1986	90
	Residential building	Boisheim Nettetaler Strasse 112 map	In a central location as part of a former farmhouse settlement grouped around the church, this house can be seen as one of the smallest economic units. The two-storey house with an adjacent gate, which was built at the beginning of the 19th century, is in its original condition. Inside the building, the load-bearing structure is visible in wooden walls with clay infills. The rear of the gate is built in half-timbered buildings, filled with bricks. For scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of settlement and local history, and as a testimony to the village farmhouse architecture, the maintenance and use of the Nettetaler Straße 112 building is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	Early 19th century	March 13, 1986	80
	Residential building	Boisheim Nettetaler Strasse 113 map	In a central location as part of a former farmhouse settlement grouped around the church, this house can be seen as one of the smallest economic units. The two-storey house with an adjacent gate, which was built at the beginning of the 19th century, is in its original condition. Inside the building, the load-bearing structure is visible in wooden walls with clay infills. The rear of the gate is built in half-timbered buildings, filled with bricks. For scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of settlement and local history, and as a testimony to the village farmhouse architecture, the maintenance and use of the Nettetaler Straße 112 building is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	Early 19th century	Apr 21, 1986	81
	Residential building	Boisheim Nettetaler Strasse 119 / Kapellenstrasse map	The two-storey residential building with a gable roof in a central location is part of a row of houses that was built near the church at the beginning of the 19th century. The calm symmetry of the eight-axis facade is interrupted by a gate passage. To the right of it, a window opening to access the apartment was converted into a door. Ceiling anchors are visible in the facade at regular intervals. The new lattice windows are based on the original division and are covered with an arch. The courtyard side of the house was changed by a newer extension. The interior of the house has been completely modernized. Part of the vaulted cellar is still there. The building extends along Kapellenstrasse and is part of the old town center near the church and is therefore of importance for the historical development of the city of Boisheim. For scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of settlement and local history, the maintenance and use of the house at Nettetaler Strasse 119 is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	Early 16th century	Apr 21, 1986	82
	Residential building	Boisheim Nettetaler Strasse 120 map	The two buildings are remnants of what was once a three-winged brick courtyard that was built around 1780. The two-storey house, structured with five window axes with stone walls, has a hipped roof with protruding dormer windows. The building was changed or expanded in the 20th century. Among other things, the original old door in the center of the street front is worth mentioning. Inside the house, in the current economy, the plinth area is made of wooden coffers. In the hallway there is the colorful patterned floor covering and the stairs from the time of the renovation. The house has two vaulted cellars. The two-storey barn with three gates covered by basket arches is located on the opposite side of the courtyard and has been preserved in its original condition. For scientific, in particular local history and folklore reasons, the preservation and use of the remnants of the former courtyard are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (l) of the Monument Protection Act.	around 1780	Apr 10, 1986	93
	Residential house duplex	Boisheim Nettetaler Strasse 131/133 map	The two-story house with a gable roof extends on the eaves side to Nettetaler Straße. These are two semi-detached houses, which were built on in the first half of the 19th century to the residential building with a crooked hip roof in the rear area. The rear building, not facing the gable, was probably built at the end of the 18th century and was subsequently plastered. The facade of the front building is divided into six axes, with the entrances being assigned to the two middle ones. Inside the house, a steep staircase leads to the upper floor. A wooden wall with clay infills is visible in the storage area. Part of the building has a vaulted cellar on the street side. The house is part of the inventory of the old town and is therefore of importance for the historical development. For scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of settlement and local history, and as a testimony to village house architecture, the maintenance and use of the houses at Nettetaler Strasse 131/133 according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	End of 18th century	June 19, 1986	107
	Residential building	Boisheim Nettetaler Strasse 147 map	The residential building at Nettetaler Strasse 147 is one of those typical two-story brick houses from the 19th century that still characterize the townscape of Boisheim today because of their large number, especially on Nettetaler Strasse and Raiffeisenstrasse. The exact date of construction and other specific information on the history of the building are currently unknown; however, it can be located very precisely in the urban history of the village and as such is itself a document for this development. The house is located on a site north of the original town center that has only been structurally developed since the road was built in the 1840s. According to this, and as evidenced by the contemporary map series, the time of its creation is likely to be in the middle of the 19th century. It is a free-standing two-storey brick house, located on the eaves with a gable roof directly on the street. As a perforated facade, the front is only structured by the four regular window axes; the house entrance is on the left gable side. The window openings are walled with a stitch arch, each with a flat protruding arch as suggested roofs. Both gable sides are only slightly covered with windows, whereby the central corridor parallel to the ridge is primarily visible. The back of the house is very similar, facing brick with three single window axes; however, a small block frieze runs below the eaves. The entrance on the left side of the gable, also arched with a profiled wall, with a narrow, flat roof like the windows of the facade, still has an old wooden front door, above which an ornamentally grooved skylight sits above a warrior. Inside, the rare bluestone floor in the hallway is particularly noteworthy. At the end of the corridor (right gable wall) there is the wooden house staircase with a candelabra starting post, which leads relatively steeply turned in the direction to the upper floor. The floor plan of the room arrangement is likely to be largely original overall. Some stucco decorations have been preserved on the ceilings (central rosette, valley profile), as well as a room door and interior shutters. The house only has a basement at the rear. The entrance to the property towards the street is formed by flat wall pillars and a metal grille gate. The building at Nettetaler Straße 147 within the urban development of Boisheim Up until the above-mentioned road construction in the 1840s, the old west-east route connection had been the town's main street along which most of the development was located. In the Tranchot map (beginning of the 19th century) this supra-local route is referred to as "Route de Ruremonde a Duesseldorf"; its course is still included in the sequence of Brüggener Straße - An St. Peter - Kapellenstraße and Pütterhöfer Weg. At the Pütterhöfen this path crossed the “Grand Chemin de Venlo a Dülken”. Other noteworthy paths leading out of the town center were two along the Nette to Dülken, one along the break edge (Nettetaler Straße), the second slightly above (Wilhelmshöhe), furthermore the path to Lind and the one to the north towards Breyell / Lobberich leading "Buscher Strass" (Tranchot), whose route later merged into the Raiffeisenstrasse leading to the train station and in Alt-Breyeller Weg. In the middle of the 19th century, this network of paths was fundamentally changed. In the 1840s, the Nord-Süd-Chaussee was first expanded as part of the Cologne-Venloer Bezirksstraße, which is still known as Nettetaler Straße Boisheim today. To the north this road runs on a new route. As a provisional completion of this traffic route expansion, Boisheim received a stop on the newly opened Mönchengladbach-Venlo railway line in 1866. The old “Buscher Strass” was expanded as a route from the center of the village to the train station. Both the older and the 19th century network of trails can be seen in Boisheim. The time of the streets and paths can be read by the observer in the great density of the historical buildings. The residential building at Nettetaler Strasse 147 is an integral part of the buildings and urban development situations that are particularly characteristic of Boisheim and which were described as follows in a memorial by the state conservator as early as 1977: "" The core of the place has retained a uniform development; One, mostly two-story brick houses line the main street, now called Nettetaler Strasse, and the few side streets that branch off from it. Farmhouses with side gates and associated utility buildings backwards alternate with residential houses and the weaver's houses typical of the local area. Many good front doors from the last decades of the 19th century are striking; there must have been a good carpenter's workshop in the village back then. (Heimatbuch des Kreis Viersen 1977, page 85). Today, a large number of residential and farm buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved within the center of Boisheim, which, despite the individual changes that have taken place, result in a dense, historically shaped ensemble. Mostly brick-facing, the houses are directly on the street without a front garden. The younger houses from around the middle of the 19th century were mostly built free-standing, while older buildings had no or only narrow fire alleys. The eaves-standing two-storey house type with a gable roof from the middle of the 19th century (e.g. Nettetaler Strasse 136, 138, 140, 142, 144; No. 147, 149, 151, 153, Raiffeisenstrasse 2, 8, 18, 20 and 15). As a characteristic part of a historic group of houses that characterizes the townscape, the residential building Nettetaler Straße 147 is important for Boisheim, City of Viersen. Because of its clear exterior and interior preservation with the structural details mentioned, the preservation and use of the building are in the public interest for scientific reasons, here for architectural-historical reasons as well as for urban planning reasons. The requirements of Section 2 of the Monument Protection Act of North Rhine-Westphalia for classification as a historical building are therefore met. Sources Material collection Boisheim in the author's archive, LVR Office for Monument Preservation in the Rhineland. Monument database in the LVR Office for Monument Preservation in the Rhineland.	Mid 19th century	23 Dec 2010	497
	former police building	Dülken Neumarkt 1–3 card	The Neumarkt was laid out "from 1907" (Mellen, p. 6) or "1909" (Perdelwitz, p. 60) to expand the medieval town center to the north. In 1939-41 a HJ home was built on the western side of the square, which on Sunday, December 3rd, 1944 became the scene of one of the worst events in the history of Dülken in the 20th century. While a bazooka demonstration was being held in the Hitler Youth Home, three combat bombers attacked downtown Dülken at around 9:20 a.m. The environment got off relatively lightly, but the Hitler Youth home was hit hard; 46 people, 42 young people (mostly born in 1928) and four adults died in its ruins; other victims later died in hospital. Instead of this HJ home, a "police accommodation" with apartments was built in 1951/52 according to a design by the city building authorities. The proportions of the new building and the basement floor plan of the building drawings suggest that at least the preserved basement of the Hitler Youth was reused ("existing" and "new" walls are entered in the plan and the entire plan is referred to as "reconstruction"). Description: It is a three-storey building, plastered over a base, on a U-shaped floor plan with a flat hipped roof, with a wide front wing as a wall to the Neumarkt and two side wings that encompass a courtyard at the rear (the Hitler Youth home was in height roughly the same, but differently proportioned: two-storey with an attic, ie high, dormer-studded hipped roof). It has a perforated facade of similar, high-rectangular windows in regular axial symmetry; There are 12 window axes on the square and three on each side. Two entrances in the second axis on the right and left, via plinth-high stairs in a narrow stone frame with a flat segmental arch, already indicate an inner division of the building into two parts. A part of the original double-sashed window with a simple cross-shaped muntin division has been preserved. Inside, the rooms are grouped around a central hall with a staircase. Like the exterior, the impression of the space is purposefully sober. With the exception of a larger stand-by room in the middle of the house and, however, cell rooms in the rear wing that are recognizable as such only through the installation of couches, the rooms of the police accommodation in the right half of the house are of neutral size and arrangement. The stairs, which are similar in both halves of the house, have simple wooden railings on straight bars, are three-way with short runs and runs and a longer straight run at the back of the building. In the sixties, the cells in the police wing were moved from the basement (still recognizable there) to the ground floor; they are still clearly preserved through built-in (loungers). Architectural historical appreciation: Two features of the former police station at Neumarkt are obvious. Firstly: it is an architecture that is inconspicuous in terms of design at first glance; secondly: despite its considerable size, the building fits in perfectly with the historic core town of Dülken. Research into the history of architecture usually describes buildings like these as "official building style" or "adaptive architecture". Characteristics are usually clearly delimited, broadly positioned structures, a perforated facade without ornament (smooth wall surface with single cut openings), regular window axes, pitched roof, conventional masonry construction. In the development of German architecture, this trend played an important role as traditionalist modernism until around the mid-1950s. The term "adaptation architecture" refers to the fact that this type of building design was considered by its representatives to be suitable for use in sensitive areas such as B. to insert new buildings into historic old towns, which are "without intent to deceive" (according to the political scientist Klaus von Beyme), i. That is, without copying old forms, adapting or subordinating them to the existing ones. From this point of view, there is an affinity for homeland security. The creative spectrum ranges from the partial reference to traditional forms to neutral, functional structures. The Dülken police station is an almost ideal example of the latter. This architecture is called “official building style” because in the twenties to fifties many public buildings were built in this style, mostly by building authorities in which conservative traditionalism was strongly rooted. In this context, reference should be made to the listed school on Dammstrasse, which follows the same design principles. If one compares the police quarters from 1951 with the HJ home at the same location from 1941, continuities and differences are striking. The basic structure of the building follows the same conventions as the Hitler Youth Home, but it is much simpler in detail. Certainly one does not go wrong if the reasons for this are the still economically meager post-war period on the one hand, and the conscious reluctance of a public builder typical of the time on the other. This also prevented any malicious criticism - which certainly occurred elsewhere - which could have related the building design to a certain related use. A typological examination of police buildings has not yet been carried out; the comparable, better-researched barracks of that time, however, follow similar lines of development of greater functionalization and formal restraint. To the knowledge of the Rhenish Office for the Preservation of Monuments, a simple police building from the fifties in the Rhineland has not yet been protected (the police headquarters in Cologne cannot be compared due to its overarching tasks and size); From the thirties there are examples of monument worth seeing u. a. in Mülheim ad Ruhr, Oberhausen and Mönchengladbach-Dahl, in the forms of homeland security architecture customary at the time (comparable to the Dülken HJ home) or brick expressionism. The lack of building type-specific national emblems in particular is programmatic at the beginning of the fifties, one orientates oneself on anonymous administration buildings. What has been said for the exterior design also applies to the interior: the intent was simple, clear floor plans and simple, durable materials. Higher “level of demands” mostly came to fruition in a demonstrative solidity of execution (traditional material, craftsmanship). The police building in Dülken therefore embodies a typical appearance of public construction from the early 1950s: conservative, simple, uniform (a term that is obvious given the use); an intentionally simplified form of the high-quality traditionalist modernity of the twenties and thirties, some of which were of very high quality. These are tentative beginnings of a “democratic” architecture that tried to distance itself from past forms of dignity. Careful consideration reveals the harmonious, unexcited proportions and sober design as unspectacular, yet effective qualities. Because of their often disregarded value, similar buildings have often been changed or destroyed elsewhere. Let us remind you of two examples in Cologne, where recently two more monumental, but comparable buildings as evidence of the simple construction of public builders in the reconstruction were demolished against public protest or will shortly be demolished (main post office and town hall). It is the task of the preservation of monuments to preserve not only architectural excellence, but also typical contemporary documents, provided that the monument protection law is of sufficient importance and that it is worthy of preservation derived from the original state of preservation. In the case of the police accommodation in Dülken, the significance for Viersen can be derived from its use as a public building in a central location of the town. The state of preservation in its aspects relevant to the certificate value (building, exterior design, floor plan, staircase) down to details (some windows, cells as relicts of use) can be described as largely original. Because of the unusually clear testimony value for the public building industry in the reconstruction after 1945, an "official building style" fed from economic, aesthetic and moral motives, the building is of architectural historical interest. As a direct successor to the Hitler Youth Home, it has a local historical dimension in place of the heaviest and most momentous air bomb hit of the Second World War in Dülken, especially since it is likely that the structure and the basement of the previous building have been handed down in it. It must also be pointed out to its urban quality, as it blends in well with the historical cityscape and forms a proportionally effective and harmonious wall for the Neumarkt. The former police building on Neumarkt in Dülken is important for Viersen for the reasons mentioned. There is a public interest in its preservation and use for scientific reasons, here architectural and local history as well as for urban planning reasons. It is therefore an architectural monument in accordance with Section 2 of the Monument Protection Act.	1951/1952	July 18, 2001	422
	Tho-Rieth-Hof	Viersen Neuwerker Strasse 15 map	In Tho-Riethhof at Neuwerker Straße 15, which has been restored in an exemplary manner since 1978, we encounter the type of hall house Viersener imprint on the Lower Rhine. The half-timbered yard, which dates back to at least 1661, provides an extremely vivid illustration of the construction method customary in this country, in which the function of the farmhouse combines living and storage rooms and also houses the stables for cattle and horses. In addition to the half-timbered yard itself and a smaller stable building for keeping small animals, there is now a thatched half-timbered barn on the farm premises. It was moved here in 1965 from the former Möllmann-Hof, Donker Weg, and restored. In addition, in the course of the restoration, the half-timbered gate building from 1752, with some new basement, was rebuilt with remains and on the old floor plan according to all drawings. The newly found and newly fitted gate beam bears the inscription: ANNO 1752 THE 21st IVNIVS THIS BAV IS AVF-RIGHT IN GOD'S NAME M. T (I). R PETTER TOREITH GERDRVDIS TOHAM EL. The single-storey Tho-Riethhof with a high half-hip roof, whose original thatched roof has been replaced by roof tiles, shows overhanging roof surfaces on the sides. The small hip at the end of the living room hovers like a crested hip in front of the gable wall. In contrast, the cripple hip of the stable gable acts as a cover hip above the structure. To protect the lower gable wall, a protruding ledge roof is also attached, which is supported by headbands and leans against the gable beam at the top. On the gate beam is the inscription: DlS HAVS STANDS IN GOD'S HAND IN ANNO 1661 THE GOODS ... FEWR VND FIRE ON April 20th. The decorations on the framework are only modest. Some headbands have coarse, karnish-like profiles. Door frames, beam and headbands are provided with interrupted bevels. The leafing of the head braces and bolts are no longer secured with wooden nails, as in the houses of the 16th century, but with forged iron nails. The interior of the building shows the original room layout with the double chimney since the restoration true to the material, during which it was freed from newer modifications. The more important fixtures from the mid-18th century, such as the Cologne ceilings in one of the living rooms and the stairs in the chimney wall, however, remain. The stable part with the feeding area has three compartments, while the living part with the kitchen takes up only two compartments. On the left side of the stable gable is a wide, low door (originally reaching as far as the corner of the house), which was designed for bringing in the dung carts. The cowshed behind it was evidently cleared as a deep stall only at longer intervals. The animals were fed from the feed wall. The two-fold deep cowshed is followed by a chamber (which was later equipped with Cologne blankets). On the other side of the feed wall is the horse stable, which was later given a large opening to the hall. Adjoining it is a servants' chamber, from which the horses were probably originally fed. There was probably also a narrow stable door that led into the horse stable from the gable end. In one of the offsides of the kitchen-cum-living room, the Opkamer is located above a vaulted cellar, which protrudes a little so that a porch of the residential gable is created in the gable. The structure shows the double anchor construction typical for our area, in which each container is framed with two beams. Both the lower and the upper beams are embedded in the stands with push-through pins. The only exception to this are the upper beams in the gables, which are slit with the stand heads, so that the structure is closed at the top by a wreath formed by the two frames and the two gable beams. The ceiling beams, which are laid parallel to the first and otherwise rest on the flange beams, are simply placed on transoms in the gables. Since the upper beams are inserted a few feet below the frames, a sunk attic is created above the Söller. What is remarkable is the lavish use of strong and long timbers, especially in the posts in the central purlins, which indicate the richness of the area in deciduous forest at that time and the wealth of the builder. As a hall house with a two-part central nave, the half-timbered courtyard shows the typical character features with an approx. 6 × 9 m fodder wall above which a söller extends to the chimney partition and which extends a little deeper above the kitchen / living room. The window and door openings (shutters are no longer there) probably underwent some changes during a presumed renovation in 1661. To what extent the Tho-Riethhof, first mentioned in a document in 1408 as Propstgut "To Ryth", can be linked with a possible predecessor of the present-day court remains uncertain. The history of the square and the age of the half-timbered courtyard, as well as its state of construction and preservation, which has been subtle restoration and which clearly shows the type of hall house Viersener imprinted on the Lower Rhine, justifies its importance as an important testimony to the history of the Lower Rhine farmhouse in exemplary rural homestead architecture. The far-reaching knowledge of the building material, the architecture of the building and its function allow a constructive analysis of this type of courtyard, which can make a significant contribution to shedding light on the development processes in the history of living and its significance within the types of housing and settlement typical of the area. For reasons of folklore, settlement and architectural history as well as scientific reasons, the preservation and use of the Tho-Riethhof according to § 2 (1) Monument Protection Act is in the public interest.	1661	Jan. 8, 1985	2
	Tho-Ilem-Hof	Viersen Neuwerker Strasse 59 a map	The single-storey building with a half-hipped roof in an open position on Neuwerker Strasse is a farmhouse built around 1700 - dated 1957 AD 1710 on a drawing by Edmund Jansen - that was rebuilt in the 19th century with old oak frames and a half-timbered extension on a brick cellar at the back . The area on which the farm is located bears the field name "Stappenfeld", it is already documented as "in stappe" in September 1250. At that time, the estate was paid to Provost Arnold of the St. Gereon Monastery in Cologne. The owner of the property located there is Goswin von 'Ylam', a member of the only noble family resident in Viersen, which can no longer be proven after 1400. The extent to which the courtyard that has been handed down today is based on previous buildings has not yet been investigated. In any case, since the last quarter of the 14th century, the To Ylem family can be seen as fiefdoms of the To Ilem provost over the centuries. The last heirs sold the farm in 1874, which was restored by the last owner after another change of ownership in 1978. The building, which has only been used as a residential building since the turn of the century, was covered with vineyards with dormers (bat dormer window). The outer walls were largely renewed, the facade of the front gable was taken down and, with the addition of new window openings and reopening of a large basket arch door (now glazed), bricked up again, whereby difficulties arose on the longitudinal sides of the building when an earlier construction seam was made. These, as well as the shortened stand spacing inside and probably also the ceiling beams attached there, point to an earlier renovation. The half-timbered extension consists of a low basement with a straight plank ceiling. A lower half-timbered room (formerly Opkamer?) Sits on the cellar wall, which is visibly strengthened from the outside. Its clay weave was replaced by brickwork. Inside the building, despite the division (1: 3) into two residential units, the original division of a typical Lower Rhine hall building from Viersen can be read off. The partly renewed oak stud work (four studs) remains dominant, the chimney wall with the renewed chimney (in the place of the original double chimney) indicates the separation of the feed wall / kitchen. Hiking renovations and installations are subordinate to the overall concept. The well is still functional. The nearest barn was dismantled and rebuilt, while the half-timbered barn from the second half of the 17th century burned down before 1978. The To-Ilem-Hof offers a concise picture of historical continuity in Viersen, which is not only specific to location and settlement, but also genealogically, in which the family history can be traced on a specific farm. Despite - in individual cases more extensive - sometimes questionable - renovations and changes, the character of the essential structural architecture of a Viersen hall building on the Lower Rhine remains. According to § 2 (1) Monument Protection Act, the preservation and use of the To-Ilem-Hof is in the public interest for reasons of local and settlement history, genealogical and folklore.	around 1700	Jan. 8, 1985	3
	Merbeckshof	Viersen Neuwerker Strasse 349 a and b map	History: The Hemelrader Vroghe or Heimerath (from "Heimo") or today Heimer begins with the Thees-Hof, owed to St. Gereon (now Merbecks). It is the furthest away from the church and the bell must be rung on Christmas Eve until the residents of this courtyard have come to the church. (1706) There are still a few farms on the Netten (now Baum) in Laeck or Locht (now P. Schürkes) and in the Eicken or Neickes (now Schmilz and Merbecks). Residents of this farm are u. a .: 1706 Meves Neickes 1812 Hendrick Schmitz 1967 Merbecks, Heinrich (Ackerer, Heimer 14) Description: The brick-facing, four-wing courtyard, which is typical of the landscape, is a former residential stable as well as barns and stable wing buildings that are not listed. The former stable house shows itself in the form of the Lower Rhine hall house. It is characterized by the inner framework, which determines its appearance, its spatial design and its internal spatial arrangement. It is divided into a longitudinal and a transverse axis. The longitudinal axis is determined by the stud frame with the compartments and the transverse axis shows in the central nave with two aisles. The layout of the former stable house can be seen in its original form. It shows the living area and the former stable wing. The residential part of the stable house is characterized by the opkamer, individual living rooms and bedrooms and the large former kitchen-cum-living room. The fireplace, here the double-sided fireplace, is characteristic of the kitchen. This is a characteristic component of the hall building on the Lower Rhine. The former stable wing can be found behind the living part of the stable house. The stable zone, like the living area, is structurally divided into three parts: a wide central nave, the former lining hall and two narrow aisles. These rooms are used as living and storage rooms at an early stage. In addition to the age value and the typical example of a rural hall house on the Lower Rhine, the stable house is significant in terms of settlement history. For scientific, in particular folk and settlement history, architectural history reasons, the preservation and use of the former stable house according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	18th century	3rd July 1985	48
	Reception building at Helenabrunn station	Heimer Neuwerker Strasse 400 map	History: On April 1, 1835, the first railway on mainland Europe ran from Brussels to Mechelen. This was on a section of the railway line from Antwerp to Cologne, which was completed in October 1843. The monopoly of the Rheinische Eisenbahn, which operated this route in German territory, was broken by the Aachen-Düsseldorfer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. On August 21, 1846, the Prussian state granted the building concession for the route between Aachen and Düsseldorf. The commissioning from Mönchengladbach to Rheydt took place on August 12, 1852, from Rheydt via Baal and Lindern to Herzogenrath on November 12, 1852 and from Mönchengladbach via Neuss to Oberkassel and from Herzogenrath via Kohlscheid and Aachen-Templerbend to Aachen Marschiertor Bahnhof on January 17 Took place in 1853. In association with the Aachen-Maastricht Railway Company, the Aachen-Düsseldorfer also crossed borders. Mönchengladbach had already received a connection to Homberg via Viersen, Krefeld and Uerdingen on October 15, 1851 by the Ruhrort-Krefeld-Kreis Gladbacher Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. A railway project was set up in Homberg, which made it possible to transport the goods produced in Mönchengladbach to the other side of the Rhine. The competition between the private railway companies in the Rhineland resulted in concentration in three large companies, the Rheinische, the Cologne-Mindener and the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn. The Bergisch-Märkische took over the Aachen-Düsseldorfer- and the Ruhrort-Krefeld-Kreis Gladbacher Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft on January 1, 1866. In the struggle for transport volume, all societies tried to penetrate the domains of the others. The Rheinische Eisenbahn planned the connection between Aachen and Düsseldorf in competition with the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn from Düren. On September 1, 1869, it opened the line from Düren via Elsdorf, Bedburg (Erft) and Grevenbroich to Neuss. In return, the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn opened the section Mönchengladbach via Mülfort to Odenkirchen on February 1, 1870 and the remainder of the line from Mönchengladbach via Odenkirchen, Hochneukirch, Ameln and Jülich to Eschweiler Aue on October 1, 1873. Here it reached one of the most important German iron processing areas at the time, which until then had only been served by the Rheinische Eisenbahn. Now the Rheinische Eisenbahn tried to reach Mönchengladbach as well. On November 20, 1871, it received the concession for the routes from Neuss via Neersen and from Krefeld via Neersen to Mönchengladbach am Speik, which it put into operation on November 15, 1877. When on February 1, 1880 the Cologne-Mindener, January 1, 1982 the Bergisch-Märkische and on January 1, 1886 the Rheinische Eisenbahn were nationalized, the partially parallel lines had to be consolidated. For this purpose, the Neersen-Neuwerk-Blockstelle Eicken-Rheydt, Neuwerk-Mönchengladbach Hbf and the connection of the Mönchengladbach-Krefeld and Neersen-Rheydt lines at the Eicken block were established on May 1, 1909. The Royal Prussian State Railways began to separate the levels of the various modes of transport by building embankments, following the example of the Hanover train station. With the lifting of the tracks it became possible that the platform could be reached safely through a tunnel. The new conditions required a very special type of reception building. Description: In July 1915, the Royal Railway Directorate in Cologne applied for the construction of a new reception building in Helenabrunn. A very expressive brick building was created in extremely simple forms. The station building at Helenabrunn is one of a series of railway buildings that had overcome historicism very early on. The single-storey building is covered by a very high mansard roof with crooked hips, which remained modern until the late thirties. The facade was consistently "built from the inside out". The gable-facing and risalit-like projected main building contains the counter hall with lock and counters and the wing adjacent to the eaves on the left contains the waiting rooms on the ground floor. On the upper floor were the apartments of the station host and the station master with separately accessible stairwells from the outside. Although, as was customary at the time, a separate toilet facility was built for the passengers, the apartments already had their own toilet facilities. While the tall rectangular windows with skylights on the ground floor were further divided three times by bars, the windows in the dormers and in the gable were only given one further division by bars. As a result, the windows on the ground floor were given the 2: 3 pane format typical of the construction period and the windows on the upper floor were almost square panes. The polygonal porch was characterized by a cantilevered flat hipped roof. The double glazed entrance door and one side window each illuminated the counter hall. The express cargo and luggage room leaned against the connection building with the transition from the hall to the platform tunnel. The access from the road ramp to the express goods handling was through a door that quotes that of the main entrance. The strict, simple forms of the buildings based on historicism achieve their effect through their detailing, which has a particularly strong influence on the deliberately planned tension between the wall surface and the openings. Due to its typical design but also due to the good state of preservation, the property provides a clear picture of the reception building construction from the time shortly before the First World War. It is therefore important for the history of Viersen and its inhabitants, as well as for their living conditions. The unadulterated existence and the clearly identifiable execution of the facade and details right into the interior bear witness to the building culture of the ending empire and thus provide the artistic and scientific, especially architectural-historical reasons for a public interest in the preservation and use according to § 2 DSchG NRW. As a station building, there are also urban planning reasons for public interest in this property.	1915	Dec 20, 1993	334
	Mission Cross Heimerstrasse	Heimer Neuwerker Strasse / corner of Heimerstrasse map	The cross was erected in 1864 in memory of the popular mission that was carried out. A popular mission aimed to deepen the faith in the parish and to bring about a religious renewal. It usually lasted 10 to 15 days and can be described as a "retreat for a congregation". From the 16th century onwards, it was practiced by Jesuits in particular, who preached, visited the believers, and administered the sacraments. The mission cross is intended to keep these days of reflection and conversion alive. The parish mission is the further development of the popular mission to the present day. The location of the cross was set back a few meters in the 1950s for traffic reasons Description: The white painted, about 4.50 m high sandstone cross with neo-Gothic shapes rests on a basalt lava base. In the two-part substructure, which communicates with a sloping cornice to the central building, are the words: Mission 1864. In the middle structure with pointed gable elements and three-pass arch is the reminder often chosen on mission crosses: Save your soul. There is a small console underneath. The crowning crucifix, consisting of a stone cross and a cast iron figure of Christ, stands on a multi-stepped base that tapers towards the top. The figure of Christ shows the three-nail type, which has been used since the Gothic period, in which the legs are crossed and both feet are pierced by just one nail. The figure is only dressed in a loincloth. Christ has a body marked by suffering. His gaze is directed towards the sky. For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the mission cross according to § 2 (l) Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1864	Dec 18, 2007	479
	Wayside cross	Viersen Neuwerker Strasse / corner of Kempstrasse map	The sandstone wayside cross with neo-Gothic decorative shapes rests on a 3-step staircase. The pedestal is decorated with a four-fun motif typical of the Gothic. On the middle block of the cross there is a black plaque with the inscription: "Be faithful to death", framed by 2 pinnacles. An octagonal shaft rises above the eyelash tapering to form a cross with a body. The metal body is a three-nail crucifix with a thorn-crowned Jesus Christ. The arms of the cross end in 3-pass motifs. The current location of the cross is not the original. In 1987 it was relocated and restored at the same time due to the widening of the road. For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the section cross are in the public interest.	1908	June 20, 1989	202
	Mission Cross Nelsenstrasse	Ummer Neuwerker Strasse / corner Nelsenstrasse map	History: The cross was erected in 1864 in memory of the popular mission that was carried out. A popular mission aimed to deepen the faith in the parish and to bring about a religious renewal. It usually lasted 10 to 15 days and can be described as a "retreat for a congregation". From the 16th century onwards, it was practiced by Jesuits in particular, who preached, visited the believers, and administered the sacraments. The mission cross is intended to keep these days of reflection and conversion alive. The parish mission is the further development of the popular mission to the present day. Description: A cast iron body is attached to the simple wooden cross with a slated protective roof. The figure of Christ, 60 cm high, shows the three-nail type, which has been used since the Gothic period, in which the legs are crossed and both feet are pierced by just one nail. The figure is only dressed in a loincloth. Christ has a body marked by suffering. His gaze is directed towards the sky. At the foot of the crucifix lies a boulder with the inscription MEMENTO MISSION 1884 Renov. 1934 1949 For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the mission cross according to § 2 (l) Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1864 (body), 2004 (cross)	Dec 3, 2007	470
	Cafe Restaurant "Zum Hohen Busch"	Viersen Noppdorf 15 map	In the immediate vicinity of the Kaisermühle is the former café-restaurant "Zum hoch Busch" of the Brassel family. The company, which was run as a restaurant around 1877, was given a new note, as a "café-restaurant" or "summer restaurant", due to the structural expansion in 1894 and 1898 (construction of a new hall and veranda building). For example, Theo Zart writes in his article "Gast- und Schenkwirtschaften in Viersen at the beginning of our century" (in: Viersen, Contributions to a City; Vol. 1; Viersen 1982, p. 26) about the restaurant: "Opposite the Kaisermühle was the restaurant "To the high bush" (...) Owning a large garden was very important for these establishments, because these "garden restaurants" enjoyed great visitors in the beautiful days of summer - when it was so - especially when the children also found a playground So it was with Brassel, from where you can quickly reach the forest on the back. " The rather large advertisements in the address books from 1925 and 1930 also suggest that the place must have been very well known in the 1920s. The last mention of the restaurant belonging to the Brassel family can be found in the address book from 1961. The hall building and part of the veranda have been preserved in their original form from the previous location. The hall wing, a single-storey building with a suggested saddle roof, has a profiled clinker brick facade. This is presented in a continuous yellow clinker brick. The profiling of the facade consists in the interplay between continuous clinker brickwork and protruding or recessed clinker brick ornaments. The street-side facade is divided into 3 axes, with the entrance in the middle. The entrance and the adjacent windows are provided with a flat arch, which is emphasized by its protruding profile with a central keystone. The clinker frieze above is designed as a two-row German band. The street-side facade is delimited by pilaster-shaped ashlar masonry in clinker stone arranged on both sides and by symmetrically projecting clinker brick ornaments in the gable area. The gable cornice is supported on ornate wooden consoles. In addition, the gable has a circular window divided by rungs, which is accentuated by protruding clinker bricks arranged in a circle. The adjacent garden-side facade also has a threefold structure with a central hall door. The entrance and the adjacent windows are provided with a flat arch, which is emphasized by its protruding profile with a central keystone. The clinker frieze above is designed as a two-row German band, as on the street side. Furthermore, the facade is framed by brickwork brickwork with pilaster strips on both sides. Facing the street and the garden, the windows show the same original shape, a three-winged window divided by bars with a skylight. The original hall entrance doors, a single-leaf wooden door with side panels that can be opened and a transom-divided skylight and a door window, are decorated with wooden coffers and other geometric wooden ornaments. A veranda was built in connection with the hall building in 1898. Of this only part of the building has survived, largely in its original state. This wing of the building is a single-storey construction with a gable roof. The facade is held in a wooden post construction with a central veranda door and a window on both sides, which have a rung subdivision. Furthermore, the facade is framed by pilaster-shaped brick masonry. The ornamental shape of the veranda's gable echoes the gable of the hall building. The symmetrically arranged ornaments can also be found below the gable cornice, here in wood, as well as the profiled wooden consoles. The hall building and the veranda are stylistically one unit through the conscious striving for symmetry. The facade, in a rural urban architecture at the beginning of the 19th century, is representative in its expression. Consistent in the material and well-crafted, the attention to detail is evident, such as figured clinker and woodwork. For scientific, in particular architectural and city-historical reasons, the preservation and use of the outline of the hall building, Noppdorf 15, (facades) and the existing cube of the former veranda (facade, ceiling, roof truss, roof covering) are in the public domain in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act Interest.	1894/1898	5th June 1992	303
	Peschhof	Viersen Oberrahserstraße 3–7 map	History: Already in 1408 a "Hein to Pesch" was mentioned on the plissure of the Rathusenhof and the farm was called "Pesch Hoff". (Mackes, p. 95) (In the body profit register, the same Heyn ten Pesche pays 3 chickens and 1 old Heller as prize money to the Stiftshof St. Gereon.) Description: The courtyard faces the Oberrahserstraße, which is called 1586 Radthuser Straße. After the demolition of the old barn, which stood at the southeast corner of the stable house, (original cadastre), the newly emerging outbuildings (1859/1912) were arranged around the farmyard. With the construction of Süchtelner Straße, the house with the commercial garden lost its free space to the west, so that it is now isolated, which is reinforced by the unrelated height difference of the street. Despite this location, the core of the 6-axis structure has been preserved, apart from 2 small extensions. The floor plan follows the residential stable house scheme with the division through the chimney wall into living (in the west) and business section (in the east). In the course of time, brick masonry was placed in front of the half-timbered walls, so that the original image of the half-timbered gable has been roughly preserved on the east side - wood has also been replaced here. The north and south sides are irregularly structured by 3 windows and a door each. The west side shows the usual scheme in the arrangement of the windows: 1 small window with overlying hatch in the offsides, 2 large windows in the central nave with 2 slightly smaller ones above and finally a hatch in the loft. The floors are divided by friezes, a "German band" above the ground floor and a continuous ledge above the upper floor. Despite many changes, the east side still clearly shows its original substance. While the openings on the northern side and the pointed floor are enlarged, there is still an old hatch with a drawer in the southern side. All crossings (stiffening wood) on the upper floor have been replaced by brick, they can only be seen in the loft. All jewelry is concentrated on the entrance to the Futterdeele. A 4-part skylight is formed by 3 short beams. The middle beam, which is in the building axis, is highlighted by lettering: the posts of the gate entrance are chamfered towards the reveal, the head beams are additionally profiled in Baroque style, the truss (lintel beam) is chamfered, profiled and richly labeled - a logical step in the entrance area. The text reads: God guarded this house from fire, Brandt die ..... and worldly shame nieckelass (?) Pesch nei ..... Abraham (?) AO 1702 April 19th (Clasen) Inside fall the strong Wooden profiles, the decorated headbands and the above normal floor height - a sign of the wealth of the builders. Despite the unusual position of the entrances, the floor plan has been changed slightly in the living area and more in the stable area. For scientific, in particular architectural-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the building are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1702, 1859	3rd June 1987	149
	Johan Götzke's memorial cross	Bötzlöh Omperter Weg map	In a wide ditch, the former Waterweg, northeast of the small Viersen district of Bötzlöh stands a small, simple memorial cross made of basalt lava. The height is about 55 cm, the width 46 cm. It is only held in place by iron straps on the head beam and shaft. This inconspicuous cross is a reminder of the fate of a man who was killed by his own vehicle on this former waterway from Ompert to Bötzlöh. The cross inscription in the lower capitals reads: "1785 / DEN / 22 / SEPTEMBER / DIEB / DER / EHRSAME / JOHAN / GÖTZKES" In 1989 the cross is restored. For scientific, especially folklore and local historical reasons, the preservation and use of the cross are in the public interest according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1785	Feb 1, 1991	250
	Section cross Ompert	Ompert Omperter Weg 100 map	Founder: Crossroads: Joan Peter Terwyen (* July 15, 1864 - † November 1, 1932) Property: Maria and Gertrud Nelsen Execution: (Martin) Aan't Heck, pliesterer and stucco shop History: According to the deed of foundation, the erection of a cross was decided on November 30, 1922 at a meeting of the residents of Ompert chaired by Heinrich Lochten in the house of the farmer Peter Terwyen. Peter Tewyen donated the cross out of gratitude for being spared in military service in the First World War and for surviving an illness. The siblings Maria and Gertrud Nelsen provided a piece of land for this. The other residents paid the rest of the costs. Wilhelm Neikes was appointed as the cashier. The order for the design and execution went to (Martin) Aan't Heck, who ran a pliester and stucco business for a long time. On June 30, 1923, the Helenabrunn pastor Dr. Consecrated to Vogtland. Description: The stele with crucifix rises on a two-tiered base. It tapers towards the top. It is made of fine concrete. All edge surfaces from the base to the cross are evenly finely sharpened. In the lower left of the sub-structure there is the inscription Established 1922. The upper part of the stele, separated from the base by a cornice, is embossed by a panel. Both are crowned by gable-shaped elements. The inscription is embedded in the blind work. Through his / wounds / we / are healed. The crowning crucifix consists of a multi-tiered cross in the base structure and a bronze figure of Christ. The figure of Christ shows the three-nail type, which has been used since the Gothic period, in which the legs are crossed and both feet are pierced by just one nail. The figure is only dressed in a loincloth. Christ has a body and face marked by suffering and is already dead. There is an INRI label above his head. Road crosses, also known as field crosses, are particularly common in Catholic regions as a sign of the people's faith. The wayside cross on Omperter Straße is also in the tradition of the court crosses that were erected near the donating farm. The idea behind the erection of the cross is to give thanks for the protection we have experienced. For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the mission cross according to § 2 (l) Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1923	Dec 18, 2007	478
	Bötzlöh stable house	Bötzlöh Omperter Weg 193 map	In 1575 there are reports of 4 farms "to Batzloyen". (Mackes No. 128, p. 280) Description: The former stable house, located on the eaves side facing Omperter Weg (1634 Unckepoeter Straße), today barely shows the traditional division due to renovations. While the floor plan normally consists of 5 bays (6 axes) - 3 for the commercial side, 2 for the living area - only 4 bays are built here. The living side, the yokes of which are a little smaller, follows the local tradition with the extended sides. The south-east side shows 5 windows, the south-west side 4 and the north-west side 3 in an irregular arrangement. Outbuildings from the 19th century are grouped around the small farm yard in the southwest. It is a rare type of residential stable house from the Lower Rhine region from Viersen. For scientific, in particular architectural and local history as well as folklore reasons, the maintenance and use of the building according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	18th century	May 29, 1991	271
	Residential building	Viersen Omperter Weg 92 and 92 a map	The courtyard building is on the eaves side on Omperter Strasse, which is first mentioned as Unckepoeter Strasse in 1634. The buildings and bodies of water entered in the French cadastre of 1812 (adopted unchanged from the Prussian cadastre of 1862) have disappeared except for the residential building. At the end of the 19th century, with extensions in the middle of this century, a right-angled assembly of barns and stables was created, which closed off the farm yard from the outside, as before in the 18th century. The residential building - a hall building in the Lower Rhine region with special shapes from Viersen - has essentially retained its characteristic floor plan. The transverse wall with the chimney in the central nave separates the living part to the north and the business part to the south to the inner courtyard. The number of fields can be read off in 4 window axes, the position of which is the same on the south-east and north-west side. On the north-eastern gable side, the traditional symmetrical scheme is broken through 3 times, - on the northeast corner you can see the hatch of a cellar through which the window of the Opkamer had to be raised, - on the southeast corner there are additional windows because there was weaving in the room behind - and a larger window emphasizes the living space behind it. The courtyard side with the protruding sides is structured by a canopy that overflows to the southeast into a stable building. The entrance to the former feeding hall is on the ground floor, accompanied by a window on the right and left. The lintel bar bears the inscription: Anno 1655. On the upper floor, two smaller windows, moved inwards, without shutters. Inside, the floor plan has been preserved except for changes to the northeast gable. The basement has been leveled in order to gain more space in the north side. The fireplace and built-in oven are still functional. Ground plan and structure are similar to the "Tho-Rieth-Hof", Neuwerker Straße 15 For scientific, in particular architectural-historical and folklore reasons, maintenance and use of the building according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1634	3rd June 1987	146
	Residential building	Viersen Parkstrasse 12 map	The building at Parkstrasse 12 at the corner of Poststrasse was built in 1892 as a “residential building and wing construction” for Wilhelm Doussier, a partner in the shoemaker's shop Von der Straeten & Doussier, who in 1896 applied for the repair of the former Genengerschen roofing felt factory on Seilerwall. The building contractor Martin Küppers from Viersen was the author of the plan for the building on what was then Bahnhofstrasse. The new building was connected to the right of the residential building Parkstrasse 10, which was built five years earlier (1887) for the same client (site manager: Lenhsen). In 1899 a laundry room and storage rooms were added in the rear courtyard. The address book of the city of Viersen in 1930/31 (at the old address Parkstrasse 8a) lists the apartment of Wilhelm, Michael and Paul Doussier as well as a shoe and leather shop. In 1945/46 the municipal health department was temporarily housed in the house. Description: It is a stately two-part corner house. The main residential part is three-storey with 2 window axes to Parkstrasse, three to Poststrasse as well as a sloping corner axis crowned by a pointed gable with a two-story balcony on the first and second floors. The wing building adjoining Poststrasse is two-story and has three regular window axes. Since it is not actually a back building, its street facade is stylistically matched to the elaborate plastered facade of the corner building. The ground floor shows strong banded plaster over a square base into which the rectangular windows and the entrance on Parkstrasse are cut with profiled walls. Window and door frames have volute-shaped wedges. Cornices and plaster strips separate the storeys or subdivide the facade into fields, giving the tall building a horizontal position at the same time. The brick-clad upper floors are structured by plastered surfaces; In addition to cornices, ribbons and corner pilasters, these are above all the ornamented parapet fields below and above the windows, which show striking neo-Gothic pointed arches, keel arches and tracery blending shapes, which are rather unusual in private residential building. Vegetable ornaments are also applied in between, and lush fruit hangings on the corner pilasters. A console frieze bears the protruding eaves cornice, above which the hipped roof surfaces only appear visually from a greater distance from the viewer (this distance is possible because of the open space in front). A defining component is the two-storey balcony on the sloping corner of the house, which sits on wide swung volute consoles and has squat columns on the first floor that support the exit from the second floor. Here, too, the parapets show (late) Gothic forms (pointed arch frieze, tracery). The facade of the two-storey "wing building", the upper storey of which, according to a building application from 1892, was to be built in iron framework, is adapted to that of the corner house. Due to the subordinate use and lower number of storeys, it was inevitable in the contemporary sense of the hierarchical wall structure that the less elaborate roofing of the windows on the second floor and not that of the residential floor of the corner house was adopted for the upper floor windows. Old windows and the original double-leaf front door have been preserved. The courtyard is closed to Poststrasse with a wall that has been designed with straps. A building application from Doussier for the construction of a wall was already handed down for 1888, another in 1897. The section belonging to the house Parkstraße 12 was partly changed in 1952 (gate opening), but is of the same type in connection with the adjoining wall and the residential building at Poststraße 7 Built by the client in 1902, it is nevertheless of urban development importance, as it contributes significantly to the visual cohesion of the ensemble. Monument value: Today's Parkstrasse is part of the predominantly right-angled street grid that was laid out in the Viersen town planning plan of 1856/60 in order to control the growth of the young city as planned. Its early name Bahnhofstraße (1891) refers to the street's once prominent location directly at the old location of the train station and near the town hall and the planned new market square, which was then laid out as a city garden in 1905. It was renamed Poststrasse in 1930, Langemarckstrasse in 1933 and finally Parkstrasse in 1946. The Parkstrasse / Poststrasse block was built a little earlier than the opposite, Burgstrasse / Poststrasse block, which was also built by a single client after 1900. Overall, these streets are characterized by the high number of well-preserved buildings from the period between 1880 and 1910. The three-storey corner building at Parkstrasse 12 is of considerable urban significance because of its location and its elaborate design in connection with its good state of preservation. The building at Parkstrasse 12 is a representative residential building from the end of the 19th century that has been clearly preserved down to the smallest detail in a preferred urban development location. The client also integrated the shoe and leather goods store he owned in the outbuildings. Together with its two neighboring buildings, it forms a clear testimony to the residential building architecture in Viersen around 1900 in terms of content and form, which also fits into the larger historical ensemble of its immediate surroundings - the town hall and the numerous other high-quality houses on Poststrasse, Parkstrasse and Burgstrasse. It is therefore important for Viersen. There is a public interest in its preservation and use for the stated scientific, in particular architectural and urban development-historical and urban planning reasons. It is therefore a baud according to Section 2 (1) Monument Protection Act	1892	July 17, 2008	482
	Residential building	Boisheim Pastoratsstrasse 1 map	The two-storey, brick-faced building with a gable roof, erected in the immediate vicinity of the church, probably dates from the 18th century. However, the doors and windows were changed after 1900. The facade is divided into five axes, with the entrance in the middle. The entrance door is decorated with floral ironwork. The windows, two-winged with skylight, are divided in a division that has become rare, with segment-arch-shaped bars supported by walkways. The spaces in between are glazed in a light green tone (forest glass). Single-storey brick buildings adjoin the rear area. Inside the building, a stucco ceiling with floral ornaments from Art Nouveau is visible. The brick vaulted cellar is located under the right half of the house. The house, which was furnished to a high quality after 1900, near the church, forms an essential part of the old town center of Boisheim and is therefore of importance for the historical development. For scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of settlement and local history, and as a testimony to the village architecture, the preservation and use of the house at Pastoratstrasse 1 in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	18th century	March 13, 1986	83
	Catholic rectory of St. Peter	Boisheim Pastoratsstraße 3 map	The two-storey, brick-faced building with a gable roof, erected in the immediate vicinity of the church, probably dates from the 18th century. However, the doors and windows were changed after 1900. The facade is divided into five axes, with the entrance in the middle. The entrance door is decorated with floral ironwork. The windows, two-winged with skylight, are divided in a division that has become rare, with segment-arch-shaped bars supported by walkways. The spaces in between are glazed in a light green tone (forest glass). Single-storey brick buildings adjoin the rear area. Inside the building, a stucco ceiling with floral ornaments from Art Nouveau is visible. The brick vaulted cellar is located under the right half of the house. The house, which was furnished to a high quality after 1900, near the church, forms an essential part of the old town center of Boisheim and is therefore of importance for the historical development. For scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of settlement and local history, and as a testimony to the architecture of village houses, the preservation and use of the building at Pastoratstrasse 1 in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	18th century	March 13, 1986	84
more pictures	Catholic parish church of St.	Hamm Pastor-Grünig-Platz 1 card	Location and history: The parish and church of St. Marien are located in the eastern expansion area of ​​Viersen, in the area of ​​the old Hamm section, from which this district still takes its name. Industrial settlement and public as well as private housing construction activity caused the population in this area to rise sharply since the 19th century. As a result, efforts were made in the first half of the 20th century to separate Hamm as an independent pastoral care district from the responsible parish of St. Josef. However, the plans were not implemented until after World War II. In addition, the churches of Viersen vowed in October 1944 in the Josepfskirche that if the city was spared during a second bombing raid, "... after the war ... contribute to the construction of a church that is to be consecrated to the Immaculate Hearts of Mary. .! ”The decision in which part of the city this church should be built fell on Hamm. First, in 1946, an emergency church was set up in the gym of the Hammer elementary school. In the following year the search for a suitable building site was decided by a donation from Josef Kaiser. In 1949, the Düsseldorf architects Adam and Walter Dickmann (Düsseldorf) presented an urban design for the site, which, with the church, parish hall, nurses' home, kindergarten and parish apartments, was to become a new center of the district. The plan was to first build a parish hall, which would also serve as an emergency church, until the actual church was completed in a further construction phase "depending on the available funds". In the winter of 1950/1951, however, the plan was changed: now the parish hall was no longer to be built first, but the new parish church. In March 1951, plans and descriptions were then submitted for approval, "with reference to the preliminary project already available"; a church building association was founded in August. The groundbreaking ceremony took place in November 1951, and the official laying of the foundation stone in December 1952. Despite considerable donations from the population, the financing of the planned tower was unsecured for a long time and was finally taken over entirely by the mother parish of St. Josef in 1953; In this context, the tower design was redesigned again in December 1953. On November 7th, 1954 the new church could be designated, on November 13th, 1955 the solemn consecration took place. On December 8th, 2955 St. Marien became an independent pastoral rectorate, on October 1st, 1961 parish vicarie and finally on December 7th, 1991 an independent parish. Description: The Marienkirche shows itself on the outside as a very traditional, two-aisled brick building with a rectangular floor plan with a saddle roof pulled down asymmetrically over the low aisle on the north side. The west facade with the main entrance is accordingly designed as a gable facade, to which - placed in front of the aisle - an externally five-storey tower with a pyramid roof is inserted on the side. The choir is also closing straight away, a single-storey sacristy extension is built onto the east gable as an extension of the side aisle - the windows in the base of the extension and the choir make it clear that this area also has a basement and accommodates additional ancillary rooms. The craftsmanship of the brick walling is emphasized by details such as the lintel walling over the openings or the "Dutch triangles" on the gable edges. For the openings, "ashlar walls or surrounds made of concrete, which is covered with light-colored plaster" were provided in the building specification; apparently the traditional ashlar solution was chosen here too. In the west gable, a large rectangular, five-lane window is attached above the broad entrance with a canopy over four pillars, the opposite east gable (choir), on the other hand, is completely closed except for a small round window in the top of the gable; a rose window originally intended here was not implemented. The side of the nave receives its exposure through high three-lane windows in the south wall and smaller, lower-lying windows in the north aisle. The choir, which is lit from the side through an almost room-high, round-arched colored window in the south wall, stands out from this. The tower is more structured than the main nave - its four lower floors are separated from each other by thin, light-colored bands. A rather ancient round arch frieze leads to the high bell storey with sound openings on all sides. Its pyramid roof is towed away by slips and protrudes significantly above. The original wooden entrance doors in the west with small windows have been preserved (the mounting slightly changed). The "vestibule" behind the entrance, covered by an organ gallery, has been set off from the nave through glass walls that were added later. From here one reaches the organ loft through a staircase to the side, from which the upper floors of the tower can be accessed, and the chapel on the ground floor of the tower. The interior of the nave itself is kept clear and simple and is characterized above all by the large cubic forms made up of brightly painted wall surfaces, the bluestone colored floor and the flat ceiling. The wall templates and the beam-like ceiling structure also make it clear that the building was not built purely as masonry, but as a mixed construction with a structural reinforced concrete structure. Passing the low side aisle, which is open to the main nave with round pillars, the view is directed to the slightly raised chancel, which was subsequently extended towards the front of the community as part of the liturgical reform and provided with a new altar. The original block altar table made of polished Eifel bluestone (the tabernacle with the relief of the Annunciation on it also from the construction period) remained in front of the straight choir wall, which has a mosaic depicting the Holy Trinity (1954). Like the large colored window on the side with symbols from the life of Mary (1954), it was made by the Mönchengladbach artist Josef Höttges. The wooden benches are also contemporary and stylistically well adapted to the church interior. Architects: The Marienkirche was designed by the architects Adam and Walter Dickmann from Düsseldorf-Oberkassel. Adam Dickmann (December 29, 1876 Neuss - May 9, 1961 Düsseldorf) is known in particular as the architect of numerous residential buildings and residential and commercial buildings in (Düsseldorf-) Oberkassel. He originally came from Neuss, where a Heinrich Dickmann was already working as an architect at the end of the 19th century. Adam Dickmann's early buildings in Neuss have also come down to us (e.g. 1905 house Further Str. 109). From 1906/07, however, he seems to have concentrated on the rapidly developing Oberkassel, where he was one of the most busy architects in the following years. Many of his buildings in various historicizing styles within the urban ensemble of Oberkassel are now under monument protection. From the 1920s, the Heerdter Sandberg / Hansaallee residential complex in Düsseldorf, which he realized in collaboration with several other architects and which takes up the forms of brick modernism typical of the time, can be considered Dickmann's best-known work. Walter Dickmann (May 30, 1911 Düsseldorf -?) Was the son of Adam Dickmann. He studied architecture at the technical universities in Munich and Hanover, where he graduated in 1937. Until the beginning of the Second World War he worked in the offices of Ernst Vetterlein (Hanover) and in the construction department of the Reichspostdirektion in Düsseldorf. In 1939 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht, but was seriously wounded in 1941 and therefore discharged from military service. He then joined his father's architectural office in 1943 and received his doctorate in 1944 with a thesis on "The structural development of the city of Neuss since the end of the Electoral Cologne period" at the TH Hannover (Prof. G. Graubner / E. Vetterlein) as a Dr.-Ing . From the time of the joint office "A. & W. Dickmann" after 1945, besides St. Marien, some other reconstructions or new buildings of churches are known, such as the Catholic Church of St. Martin in Düsseldorf-Bilk (1951/52), the Tower of St. Barbara in Neuss (1954–57) and the Catholic Church of St. Josef in Hürtgenwald-Vossenack (1952/53). Last but not least, family relationships must have played a role in the commissioning of an architecture firm from Düsseldorf-Oberkassel: Paul Dickmann, the pastor of St. Josef in Viersen and thus representative of the builder of St. Marien, was a brother of Adam Dickmann. This is also supported by the reconstruction of the church in Vossenack by A. & W. Dickmann: Paul Dickmann was pastor there until 1942 before he moved to Viersen. A. and W. Dickmann also planned the kindergarten for the St. Josef parish in Viersen, which was built in 1958. Monument value: The Marienkirche in Hamm belongs to the traditionalist direction in church construction of the 1950s, which placed value on familiar conventions and adaptation to the surroundings, both in the form of the building and in the choice of materials. The architectural and historical significance of this traditionalism, especially in the period of reconstruction, has been worked out in numerous academic papers in recent years. The design quality, especially when referring to local conditions, is now widely recognized as a value. In terms of its basic layout, it is strikingly similar to the Franziskuskirche in Süchteln-Vorst, which was around the same time. Characteristics of both are the traditional structure, designed as a regular rectangular cube with a gable roof, the use of the building material brick and the formal reference to "Romanesque" forms by means of round arches, flat ceiling and the like. Ä. Even more than associations with the (Romanesque) Middle Ages, a reference to "archetypes" was the focus, which expressed itself in large simple cubes and surfaces, clear boundaries and unconditional concentration on the essentials. Both churches also have two aisles, have a tower in addition to the entrance facade as an extension of the side aisle and have a just closed choir. The Marienkirche does not appear as "archaic" as St. Francis, especially on the inside, which is not least due to the suggested reinforced concrete construction. The design of the church was, of course, also adapted to the financial resources of the community and the urban environment, which essentially consisted of simple residential and residential buildings from the 20th century. The architects explained their urban planning in 1950: "Depending on the overall size, the buildings are adapted to the settlement-like character of the district and, thanks to their spacious development in connection with horticultural facilities, allow free development of the property; so that the entire complex becomes a friendly, open-minded one The center of the town can be designed in the Hamm district "(quote from the architects' building description, January 6, 1950). Even if the planning was not fully implemented, the Marienkirche still fulfills its intended function as a defining structural center of the eastern districts of Viersen. The Marienkirche has been preserved largely intact both inside and out and is therefore a clear testimony to the traditionalist direction in church building in the 1950s. Their less avant-garde, but rather "master builder" attitude should not only have corresponded to the financial resources of the community, but also - as evidenced by the other well-known, also traditionalist church buildings of the office - the intention of the architects A. & W. Dickmann. As the parish church of the eastern urban expansion areas, the Marienkirche in Viersen-Hamm is important for Viersen. For the stated scientific, in particular architectural-historical reasons, there is a public interest in their preservation and use. According to § 2 (1) Monument Protection Act, it is therefore an architectural monument.	1951-55	Dec 17, 2007	475
more pictures	Catholic parish church of St. Peter	Bockert Pastor-Lennartz-Platz 3 card	History: In the 1860s, the parish church of St. Remigius, which was the only Catholic church in Viersen alongside the small parish of St. Helena, became too small for the large parish (almost 14,000 people). Since the church path was very long for the believers from Bockert, Oberbeberich and Hoser, the Bockert Church Building Association was founded in 1868 out of the desire to build a branch church. Interrupted by the war, the association continued its activities after 1871. Despite disputes about the building site and the refusal of the faithful from Hoser and Oberbeberich to support the planned church in Bockert, the foundation stone was laid on June 15, 1890. The consecration took place on November 19, 1891, and in 1895 St. Peter was elevated to parish church for the sections Bockert, Hoser and Oberbeberich. June 15, 1890 Laying of the foundation stone Nov. 19, 1891 Church consecration 1895 Elevation to the parish church for Hoser, Bockert and Oberbeberich 1905 Installation of the organ (Klais, Bonn), painting by Robert Rosenthal 1909 Foundation of the Josef Altar (company Goldkuhl, Essen) Installation of the Marien Altar (company Nix, Cologne) Installation of the Stations of the Cross in the church Installation of the statue of Peter 1928 Extension work on the sacristy (J. Peerlings Company) 1935 In connection with the new church decoration (Stations of the Cross: Weber, Düsseldorf), all "decorative wooden parts" were removed from Altars, pulpit and benches removed. Reconstruction of the organ by Fabritius, Kaiserswerth, World War II Damage from fire and shrapnel, broken window, tower clock damaged 1952 Renovation of the church tower (new rafters and slate cladding), Gebr. Gormanns 1956 Redesign of the interior according to plans by architect Hans-Ludwig Carmanns, Mönchengladbach: Elevation of the choir, demolition of the high altar, side altars and pulpit, overpainting of the frescoes from 1935 1961 Renewal of the church bells 1975–77 Renovation by the community: Replacement of the wooden and stone floors, painting and insulation against moisture. 1983 Restoration of the church tower 1997–99 Interior; Architect: Gregor Dewey Description: The church of St. Peter is a three-aisled brick basilica with neo-Gothic style elements made of stone. The floor plan shows, following the west tower with two side chapels, a three-bay nave and a transept, which merges directly from the crossing into a cone-like, polygonal closure with a transept chapel each. A narrow yoke connects the 5/8 choir with the crossing, on the south side of the choir is the sacristy. The 52 m high tower with a very pointed helmet is built up as follows: Portal with vestments and eyelashes (tympanum as tracery window), above tracery rose above which two high acoustic arcades rise on each side of the tower, followed by blinded round arches, cube frieze and one with cross shapes provided brick frieze. Above this is an eight-sided tower floor with four pointed gables, each with a clock. The gables lead over to the eight-sided tower spire. In contrast to the high roof structures of the side chapels, the central nave and the choir, the side aisles are covered with flat monopitch roofs. Each side aisle yoke has two pointed arched windows with tracery, each yoke has a larger top window. The crossing tower with a high spire on four corner supports shows a bell visibly suspended. The roof of the choir is also crowned by a roof turret. Inside the church is 34 m long and 17.50 m wide. The cross rib vault is supported in the nave by four marble columns with capitals decorated with plants; the crossing rises above four brick pillars with pillars and flower capitals. During the redesign in 1997/99, the floor covering made of small-format "pavement slabs" and large-format light concrete slabs on the altar were renewed. Remnants of the original tiled floor have been reused in the tower hall and the baptistery. The choir, raised by five steps in 1956, was lowered again to two steps in 1997/99. The baptistery, which has been in the north side apse since 1956, will be moved back to its original location north of the tower hall during the redesign with the old baptismal font. Remnants of the old furnishings (including the Madonna figure and wooden panels of the former oak altar of Mary, relief figures of the lost pulpit and the former Joseph altar and a crucifixion scene of the old Stations of the Cross - figures from 1909) have been preserved and some are placed in the church. Church pews from the construction period have also been preserved. The church painting from 1935 was destroyed in 1956. It showed the awakening of the daughter of Jairus above the altar of Mary; above the Joseph altar (apse in the south transept) the healing of a lame-born man. The way of the cross in fresco technique in the side tower chapel also dates from 1935 and is by the same church painter (Weber, Düsseldorf). The tabernacle was created in 1956 by Hein Carmanns, Mönchengladbach. In addition to two new bells from 1961, there is also the old Joseph's bell from 1895 in the church tower. Two grottoes from 1912 (made of Thuringian grotto stones and Lüdenscheider quarry mica) can be found in the church tower: Joseph grotto with a figure of Joseph and Lourdes grotto with clay figures of the Madonna and St. Bernadette (Walter, Trier; version: Robert Rosenthal); in the Lourdes grotto a memorial for the fallen from 1921 in the form of an altar (Lmouth and Winkelkemper, Erkelenz). For scientific, in particular architectural, historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and sensible use of the church, including its historical furnishings and the two grottos, are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) Monument Protection Act.	1890/91	June 29, 2000	390
	Catholic children's institution	Viersen Petersstrasse 7 a map	History: With the approval of the building application dated May 16, 1899 for the construction of a new children's institution, the parish of St. Remigius was erected under pastor Ludwig Stroux and the construction manager J. Cuylen, the two-storey building in the street line of Petersstraße. It is characterized by its particularly large storey height and therefore towers over the directly adjacent, also two-storey neighboring buildings. The reason for this can be seen in the school building regulations of the time, which in addition to the height of the room also regulated the lighting and lighting of the classrooms. A school facility on this property - albeit in the rear area - is mentioned for the first time in 1890, when Carl Schnitzler submitted an application to set up a Catholic child care school. Buildings for other uses are documented and verifiable since 1872: 1872 - Steam boiler system, client: Carl Genenger 1874 - Street wall, client: as above 1888 - carpenter's workshop, client: Johann Rungkers Due to social development, the child protection school experienced a wide variety of functions. In 1899 there was a large classroom on the ground floor with a courtyard behind it, and the embroidery room for the parament association and the sewing school on the upper floor. The top floor was mainly used as a storage room, partly as living space. In 1901 the Catholic Business Association in Viersen set up a business school. The classes took place in the evenings and on the weekends and imparted special knowledge in the field of business administration. In 1916/1917, a Catholic warrior day care center for initially 20–30, later 50–70 children, whose fathers served in the war and whose mothers were employed, was housed in the so-called "Petershaus" by Pastor Michael Schüten. The parish chronicle reports extensive structural changes. In 1962 the apartment on the top floor was enlarged. Reconstruction plans from 1937, according to which considerable demolition work should be carried out in the rear area and inside to build three apartments, were not carried out. Thus, instead of the planned three-storey facility with significantly lower storey and window heights, the originally two-storey facade has been retained. Description: The four-axis vertical facade is plastered and asymmetrically structured by emphasizing the entrance area on the right-hand side. From the base to the eaves, this axis is drawn out approx. 30 cm on the normal building front, above the entrance there is a keel-arch-like niche with the figure of St. Peter. The fighting points of the bow rest on consoles. This gives the input an additional special meaning. The straight lintels on the ground floor are vaulted by semicircular arches made of plaster, the interior of which is designed in an ornamental and plastic manner. The lintels on the upper floor are decorated with frieze-like, curved recesses in plaster. In the horizontal direction, the facade is structured by a base cornice, window sill cornices, a cornice running at eaves height of the neighboring buildings and an approx. 10 cm wide parapet cornice. The approx. 40 ° steep gable roof, which is hipped on the street side, is hardly noticeable from the street side. The interior of the building is mainly characterized by the size of its rooms (dimensions approx. 6.30 or 8.80 × 13.50 and 11.50 × 6.90 m with a clear room height of approx. 4 m or 5 m ). The straight staircase is still in its original condition. The wooden beam ceilings are in need of renovation. With the Petersstraße 7a building, the city of Viersen has retained a building which, in addition to its decorative facade design, which was typical of the Wilhelminian era, also impresses with the unchanged maintenance of the generic floor plan. For scientific, in particular architectural, cultural and historical reasons, the preservation of this building according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act is in the public interest.	1899	June 22, 1988	158
	Wegekreuz / Portenkreuz	Viersen Pittenberg map	The so-called Portenkreuz am Pittenberg dates back to 1730. Oral traditions testify to the history of the cross. The ther Porten family erects the cross at the place where a murder is allegedly committed. (today Gladbacher Strasse / corner Weiherstrasse). This cross was destroyed during the French occupation. The residents of that time collect the fragments and bury them on the Pittenberg. After the French leave and the cross has been repaired, it will be erected on the Pittenberg next to a saint's house, which no longer exists today. The holy house is dedicated to the three ice saints. The cross will later be placed in its current location, on the front of the house. The approximately 4.00 m high sandstone cross is made up of three zones. In the lower area, an oval area emerges from a rectangular frame. In the bead above it, cross leaves and a grape are shown. In the middle part there is a shell-shaped niche in which there used to be a Madonna with baby Jesus. The date of construction can be read in a square above the niche: A0 1730 d. October 19th. On a small fighter plate follows a low stone block that contains the names of the donors: Johann Porten, Cath. Anna Porten. The crowning cross is very small in relation to the total height and has a crucifix in relief. Under the cross there is a female figure in a long, waving robe, with a sword, presumably Maria. To the left of the cross shaft an angel hovers on a cloud and collects the blood from the wounds of Christ in a chalice. This motif, which is more common in painting and is related to the veneration of the Savior Blood of Christ, is seldom found on religious path paintings. For scientific, in particular art-historical, local-historical and folklore reasons, the preservation and use of the cross are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1730	June 20, 1989	203
	Residential building	Viersen Poststrasse 1b map	The two-storey house with a saddle roof is part of a row of houses that was built on Poststrasse around 1900. The brick plaster facade with historical decor is divided into 3 axes, with the central axis being offset from the building boundary by approx. 2 m inward. This in turn is emphasized on the upper floor. A balcony juts out over two ground-floor windows on the upper floor, which is supported by two brackets decorated with oak leaves. The balcony parapet is decorated with a figured ornament, a symbolized angel, which is framed by various leaf and flower ornaments. The inwardly offset central axis ends in a decorative element with an attached triangular gable. The decorative element, provided with a round arch, shows a coat of arms ornament with three lilies and two adjacent dragons and a sun-like stucco ornament above the coat of arms, a laughing girl or boy face surrounded by rays of the sun, and flowers sprouting from two horns of plenty. The one to three-winged windows on the individual floors, some of which have a flat arch, are bordered by a variety of constructed, geometric ribbon ornamentation, which is largely crowned by a flat lintel. The double-leaf windows with skylights should be emphasized. The skylight takes up a rung division, whereby the glass insert has a green hue. The inside of the house shows itself in its high quality originality. The single-leaf house entrance door with a door window and a metal grille in front shows a flower and ribbon carving. Coming from the house entrance one enters the generously cut hallway with the originally preserved floor tiles, in a color-contrasting blossom and symmetry ornamentation as well as the staircase. The staircase shape is straight, two-way with a change of direction in opposite directions. The stair post is decorated with a geometric and stylized flower ornamentation. The different design of the banister is remarkable. On the ground floor or mezzanine floor, the banister is on the one hand simple but elaborate in detail, as the selected arrangement of the balusters in the compound and the different types of profiling shows. The change takes place on the 1st floor, where turned wooden bars are arranged side by side in a much simplified manner. The stucco ceilings on the ground floor in the living area are artfully crafted in a variety of coordinated vegetable and geometric ornamentation. The inner doors have wooden coffers, whereby the door handles with latch lever locks, which can still be found rarely, have been preserved. The owner of the house at Poststraße 1 b is Johann Heinrich Lüps, born on May 26, 1858 as the son of Henrietta van Druynen and Mathias Johann Lüps. His father, Math. Joh. Lüps (1820–1891) was first alderman of the city of Viersen at the time and, as an assessor, was the head of the velvet and silk weaving mill Lüps & Bovenschen, which was founded around 1844 with his partner Bovenschen. He is one of the co-founders of the Viersener Aktiengesellschaft and enjoys a high social reputation. Like his brothers, Johann Heinrich Lüps remains a rentier for life and lives off the capital income from his property. On August 6, 1903, Johann Heinrich Lüps died at the age of 45 without having married or left children. The residential building at Poststrasse 1b, built in 1903, should be viewed in connection with the neighboring buildings in the ensemble that characterizes the street scene here. In addition, it is one of the residential houses whose architecture suggests a wealthy builder. This is evident on the one hand in the selected floor plan and on the other hand in the corresponding facade design and in the design of the interior, under the influence of Art Nouveau. What is to be emphasized is the consistency of various design motifs, such as the flower motif here, which can be found in the house entrance door in the floor tiles of the hall and kitchen as well as in the execution of the stucco ceilings. For scientific, in particular architectural, historical and urban planning reasons, the preservation and use of the building according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1903	May 5, 1994	338
	Residential building	Viersen Poststrasse 1c map	description The residential building, which was originally integrated into a street-side row development on both sides, was built in 1902 by the construction company Ludwig Hansen for the factory owner Wilhelm Brand ("Wibra" hat manufacture). The eaves-facing brick-plaster street facade is two-storey with a picturesque, asymmetrical structure. The plinth and ground floor are clad with red brick, above only the decorative divisions are made as brick strips between the otherwise white plastered wall surfaces. The right axis with the entrance and staircase also shows lower heights in the facade, the entrance itself is nestled under arches. The original three-part large ground floor window in the wide left facade area also closes in a rounded arch and has a stepped division. On the upper floor, the living area is divided into two axes: on the left a narrower two-winged window, next to it a polygonal bay window in the middle, which was renewed in 1920 by the architect Willy Esser. The openings are closed here in an arched segment. The 2nd floor of the right-hand staircase axis as well as the dwelling above the living area were renewed in adapted forms after war damage. Inside, the floor plan distribution with a side hallway and staircase in the right axis and a living area in the left area is basically retained. The furnishings such as the stairs, doors and slab floors come mainly from the reconstruction after the Second World War, but are of a very high quality and adapted to the style of the house, so that they are also worth preserving. Monument value The residential building at Poststrasse 1 c is significant for Viersen as a defining part of the quarter between Königsallee and Freiheitsstrasse, which is still strongly and clearly shaped by the urban development of the imperial era between 1870 and 1918. The house is a vividly preserved example of late historical residential architecture from around 1900, especially its urban ensemble quality in the series of structures and facade designs that are basically similar, but varied in detail. Its historical substance testifies to the still handcrafted construction and material use of the time around 1900 (and their continued effect right up to the time immediately after 1945) and thus allows general knowledge about the construction industry of that time, in this case not as an individual artistic piece by an architect, but with a largely standardized construction task, carried out by a busy construction company on site, of which other buildings have already been recognized as monuments and placed under protection. There is an architectural-historical interest in preservation and use. The house is an essential part of a regular block perimeter development that is still tightly preserved in this area, which can also be found in adjacent streets in addition to Poststrasse and offers a clear picture of the implementation of the Viersen town planning plan from 1860, which formed the basis for the development of the Viersen city center . The contiguous row of houses on Poststrasse, within which Poststrasse 1c is an indispensable link, represents a result of this long-term plan that has been preserved and is therefore a testimony to the history of the city's development. There is an urban development interest in preservation and use. Sources and literature Building files of the city of Viersen. Werner Mellen: The Viersener town plan from 1860. In: Heimatbuch des Kreis Viersen 1979, pages 13-24. Viersen. Contributions to a city 5th ed. Association f. Heimatpflege, Viersen 1983. On the way to the city. Viersen in the 19th century. Viersen Home Care Association / Viersen City Cultural Office, booklets accompanying the 1983 exhibition.	1902	13 Aug 2013	507
	Residential building	Viersen Poststrasse 3 map	The three-storey building with a gable roof is erected in four axes, with the left, at the same time, the entrance axis, slightly drawn forward and provided with a corner cuboid. This axis is further emphasized by a balcony with a wrought iron railing and a gable. The brick plaster facade with neo-baroque decor is horizontally divided by the heavily structured plasterboard as well as the floor and sill cornice. The windows on the ground floor are covered with round arches, which are decorated with a wide ornamental frieze and floral stucco. The windows on the upper floors are provided with arches, while the openings on the first floor are gabled in neo-baroque decor. The windows and door of the house have been preserved in their original state. Inside the house, the wooden staircase with turned balusters and stucco work under the platforms as well as the colored tiled floor have been preserved. The triplet window with floral motifs facing the hall is remarkable. The entire expansion of the house, such as doors with frames and panels as well as stucco ceilings, has largely been preserved in its original condition. The building with its ornate facade design should be viewed in connection with neighboring buildings in the ensemble that characterizes the street scene here. For scientific, in particular architectural, historical and urban planning reasons, the preservation and use of the building according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1897	Feb 1, 1991	261
	Residential building	Viersen Poststrasse 4 map	The two-story house with a gable roof is built in three axes. The left axis of the house is greatly broadened and is particularly emphasized by the flat, round bay window on the upper floor and the gabled house above. Here, triple windows with arched roofs are arranged on each floor. An exception are the windows on the two right axes on the upper floor, which are spanned with a clover leaf arch. The plastered facade with historicizing decorative shapes has a base with polygonal masonry decor and is made of strip plaster on the ground floor. An arched frieze, the legs of which rest on lions' heads, completes the facade towards the roof. The windows of the house have been modernized overall. The front door, with floral patterned fittings, has been preserved in its original state. Various lightly structured stucco ceilings and the wooden stairs with turned balusters have been preserved inside the house. The stairwell in the middle of the house is illuminated by a skylight. The interior expansion has been partially changed by various modernization measures. The building receives its monument value in particular through the ornate facade design, which characterizes the street scene in connection with other neighboring buildings. Thus, the building can also be viewed in the ensemble. For scientific, in particular architectural, historical and urban planning reasons, the preservation and use of the building according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	17th century	4th July 1989	211
	Residential building	Viersen Poststrasse 6 map	The 2 1/2 storey building is built in two axes. The left axis is strongly widened, 3-storey elevated and is emphasized with a tail gable. The Art Nouveau facade is dated on the inscription plaque above the arched entrance door. Windows and doors are in their original condition. Inside the house, the wrought-iron banisters with floral decorations and the wooden stairs with banisters that lead to the upper floors are in good condition. Other extensions, such as room doors with frames and panels, have been preserved in their original state. The building is to be viewed in connection with other neighboring buildings in the ensemble, which characterize the street scene here. The facade with its filigree stucco also reflects the historic cityscape. For scientific, in particular architectural, historical and urban planning reasons, the preservation and use of the building according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1904	Feb 1, 1991	262
	Residential building	Viersen Poststrasse 7 map	The residential building at Poststrasse 7 was built in 1902 by the owner of the neighboring building on the corner of Parkstrasse (today Parkstrasse 12), the entrepreneur Wilhelm Doussier, a partner in the shoemaker's Von der Straeten & Doussier. The building contractor is Johann Peerlings from Viersen. At the same time, an existing storage building in the courtyard is being converted into a kitchen, toilet and a veranda open to the front for the new building. In 1906, the two rooms on the street side on the ground floor of the building adjacent to the town hall were rented by the city of Viersen in order to set up the newly established city building department. The position of a master builder had previously been advertised in March 1906 in the Rhineland and was then filled by Eugen Frielingsdorf, who had been working in the Cologne city building department. In the period that followed, Frielingsdorf was responsible for a number of new buildings that shaped the city. Today the house is again used in full as a private residence. Description: The two-storey, plastered structure stands on the eaves and with three window axes that face Poststrasse. Its right side is built on, the left is free and also includes the house entrance; The associated courtyard is shielded from the street with a plastered wall stylistically adapted to the house, including a built-over gate. The ground floor, rising above a high, windowed plinth, faces the street with partially roughened plaster bands. The rectangular windows, which are framed over the parapet and lightly drilled, have wedge-shaped stones ornamented like cartouches. Here, as on the upper floor, corner pilasters accentuate the building edges. The storey and sill cornices optically separate the storeys. The middle of the three upper floor windows is highlighted by a slightly protruding exit (renewed in 1949) in front of a French door. It has a lavishly ornamented roof with a head mask accompanied by foliage under a keel arch and is framed by pilasters at the side. The two flanking windows are also elaborately ornamented with cloverleaf arches, straight entablature roofing on top of them, and with a flat plant relief. Volute brackets on a thin cornice support the strong protruding eaves beam. The not very steep roof surface, which is hardly visible from the street, is covered with three dormers, of which the middle one with a pointed triangular gable and ornamented framing is enlarged like a penthouse. The original wooden windows, which have been preserved throughout, make a significant contribution to the exceptionally intact historical appearance, two-winged with T-division and grooved skylights, the latter also with green-colored glass inserts. The entrance gable on the courtyard side is a bit simpler, without plaster bands or pilasters. The ground floor, asymmetrically arranged, accommodates the entrance with an old front door, which is nested down a few steps, and a wide three-part window on the left, both in simple plaster framing with cartouche-like wedge stones. On the window, the preserved lambrequin (ornamented roller shutter in front of it) is also remarkable. The upper floor is structured by two blind windows with a keel arch frame in accordance with the side upper floor windows at the front, which flank a formally unusual blind structure with two small round openings. The gable zone below the roof, which is designed here as a cripple hip, finally shows a narrow arched panel. The single-storey rear wing is older than the house itself (1899), but in the course of its conversion from the storage building to the kitchen and veranda wing of the new building, it was stylistically aligned (plastering, framing of the openings, cornices). A blend baluster parapet closes the upper part of the porch, which was opened with old door / window fixtures. The wing has been rebuilt inside. The floor plan of the house is unchanged in all essentials. A central corridor leads from the entrance to the staircase in the right rear corner. The ornate tiled floor of the hallway, stuccoed ceiling valleys and old doors and walls have been preserved. The original wooden staircase is straight two-way with a turning platform and pulled through to the converted attic. The stairwell windows are colored glazed with a slightly abstract festoon motif between the ground floor and upper floor and shield motifs between the upper and attic floors. The rooms on the upper floor also still have their stucco ceilings, with varied central rosettes and also differently designed accompanying throats. Inside, too, the windows that have been preserved make a significant contribution to the extraordinarily intact historical impression of the room. Monument value: The straight course of Poststrasse still reflects the grid concept of the urban planning plan from 1856/60, to which the city center of Viersen owes its urban character. When the corner house on Parkstrasse was built (1888), it was still listed in the site plan as a "proj. Street" or private street, so it was laid out immediately afterwards around 1890 (the names of the streets around the town hall changed frequently later). The building at Poststrasse 7 is a residential building from the beginning of the 20th century that has been exceptionally well preserved down to the last detail. Its lavish decor corresponds to its preferred location in the center of the city, not far from e.g. B. from the town hall and train station, and certainly also the level of demands of the client Wilhelm Doussier, who owned his own representative house next door with a shoe and leather shop. Together with this, it forms a clear testimony of the residential building architecture in Viersen around 1900 in terms of content and form, which also fits into the larger historical ensemble of its immediate surroundings - the town hall and the numerous other high-quality houses on Poststrasse, Parkstrasse and Burgstrasse. It is therefore important for Viersen. There is a public interest in its preservation and use for the stated scientific, in particular architectural and urban development-historical and urban planning reasons. As the first seat of the Viersen municipal building authority, local historical reasons may also be added to a lesser extent. According to § 2 (1) Monument Protection Act, it is therefore an architectural monument.	1902	July 6, 2004	455
	former Reichsbank	Viersen Poststrasse 8 map	In 1904 the Reichsbank established a branch in Viersen. The architectural design of the corner building on Poststrasse and Parkstrasse was made by Professor H. Stiller. The two-storey building with a steep, slate-roofed gable roof is divided into 5 axes towards Poststraße and 3 axes towards Parkstraße. The entrance axis is emphasized by a bay window with a high helmet roof. A rusticated ashlar plinth, boss masonry, leads to the sill on the upper floor. Above it is light brick with sandstone walls. Special details, eaves cornice and verge are also made of sandstone. It is worth mentioning the stone relief with an imperial eagle on the east gable at the level of the sill on the upper floor. Inside the building, the entrance and staircase probably still show the original ceiling decorations. The sandstone plinth in the entrance area has meanwhile been given color. The staircase consists of cantilevered sandstone wedge steps with decorated wrought iron railings. Ornate granite pillars in the ground floor checkout room support the concealed steel girder ceiling construction. Most of the ladder's apartment on the upper floor is still in its original condition. In the rooms formerly known as the master's room, salon and living room, there are parquet floors, wooden doors, valley friezes and restrained ceiling decorations. In 1935 and 1979/80 renovations were carried out on the ground floor and basement, which did not lead to any significant damage to the monument. Unfortunately the white wooden frame windows were replaced by dark brown aluminum windows. The high quality design and the high level of craftsmanship speak for the building's monumental value. The use and maintenance of the bank building is in the public interest for artistic and scientific reasons, especially for reasons of art and architectural history and local history in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1904	Aug 29, 1985	64
more pictures	Residential and commercial building	Suchteln Propsteistraße 1 map	Immediately behind the old choir of the Catholic parish church St. Clemens, still part of the old town center of Süchteln, the two-storey brick building with Art Nouveau ornaments, a gable roof and a gable facing the street is built. The houses Propsteistraße 1 and Propsteistraße 3 form a unit. The house will probably be built at this point around 1700 and underwent a renovation around 1900 that encompasses the entire house. A completely new facade is shown. The house Propsteistraße 1 is "clad" with a gable facing the street. The gable creates a connection to the former half-timbered house, which was also located on the gable. A window is built into the gable in the middle. Below that, three narrow, high-rectangular windows are each covered with an arched arch and a total relief arch. The space that was created between the arches is, as in the case of Propsteistraße 3, adorned with a floral art nouveau decoration. The entrance is asymmetrically arranged on the right-hand side and a shop window next to it. The old windows and doors have been replaced by new ones. The building is supported by a vaulted cellar parallel to the street, which probably comes from the older structure. The house, which is centrally located in Süchteln, and Propsteistraße 3 as a building complex form a very beautiful ensemble on Propsteistraße. The rare facade design with Art Nouveau ornamentation characterizes the type of residential and commercial building that reflects the historic cityscape. For scientific, in particular art-historical and urban development-historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the building Propsteistraße 1 according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act NW is in the public interest.	around 1700	Dec 11, 1991	288
more pictures	Residential and commercial building	Suchteln Propsteistraße 3 map	Immediately behind the choir of the Catholic parish church St. Clemens, still belonging to the old town center of Süchteln, the two-story brick building with Art Nouveau elements and a saddle roof is built. It forms an architectural unit with the house at Propsteistraße 1. The house will probably be built at this point around 1700 and underwent a renovation around 1900 that encompasses the entire house. A completely new facade is shown. At the same time, the building is being expanded by an axis towards the former prison, through which a ground floor passage leads into the courtyard. In the part of the facility facing the courtyard, a forge furnace still bears witness to the former blacksmith's shop. During the last modernization in 1979, Propsteistraße 3 was again extensively rebuilt. The floor plans are totally changed. The passage to the courtyard and part of the former smithy are being converted into a small shop. The old staircase is being replaced by a reinforced concrete staircase that opens up several apartments. The roof structure will be preserved in its original state, but dormers will be built to illuminate the top floor. The facade of the house is separated from the roof by a bricked cube frieze that continues with a ribbon to the flat top of the gable of the house Propsteistraße 1. The house, which was previously symmetrical without the extension with a passage, can still be seen in the facade. The front door, which is arranged in the middle, shows very beautiful ironwork in the form of flowers with foliage. To the left and right of the front door there are two windows with arches and relief arches above. The space created “constructively” between the arches is adorned with a floral stucco decor of the Art Nouveau style, as is the case with the house Propsteistraße 1. The same windows are arranged on 4 axes on the upper floor, with the right window in the middle above the redesigned shop window. The building is supported by a vaulted cellar parallel to the street, which probably comes from the older structure. The house, which is centrally located in Süchteln, forms, together with the Propsteistraße building, a very nice ensemble on Propsteistraße. The rare facade design with Art Nouveau ornaments characterizes the building type of the residential and commercial building, which here reflects the historic cityscape. For scientific, in particular art-historical and urban development-historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the building Propsteistraße 3 according to § 2 (l) of the Monument Protection Act of North Rhine-Westphalia are in the public interest.	around 1700	Aug 9, 1985	58
	"S. Pantelio" inscription plaque on the house	Suchteln Propsteistraße 5 map	The board on the house wall Propsteistraße 5 with the inscription "S. PANTELIO ANNO 1557" probably refers to a previous building that serves as a prison. The prison, also known as "Duffes" or "Stock", is located near the Schultheißenhof. In 1924 the open-air bank was housed in Propsteistraße 5. Today it serves as a transformer station. For scientific, in particular local historical reasons, the preservation and use of the inscription panel in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1557	May 11, 1990	224
more pictures	Provost's tithe barn	Süchteln Propsteistraße 8 / Ostring 24–26 map	In the center of Süchteln, directly behind the parish church and still within the course of the old city wall and with a high brick wall, is the three-winged complex consisting of the former provost house, tithe barn, coach house and its park. Behind its northern wall was the demolished rectory, to which one had access through a small gate. A coat of arms stone was previously attached in a niche above this. This coat of arms in relief is now on the inside of the entrance gate. Rocaille and a tree as a coat of arms are carved between three spheres on it. The mayors of addicts lived as tenants on the former farm. They were also the administrators of the entire property of the St. Pantaleon Abbey in Süchteln and were appointed by the Cologne monastery. The earliest (1240) known mayor was a Gerhard Pilatus. The court was popularly called Propstei because the last mayor Birkenbusch to live here, a monk from St. Pantaleon, had been provost since 1792. He lived on the farm from 1785 to 1808. After the secularization in 1803, the Schultheißenhof was sold by the St. Pantaleon Abbey for 7,025.00 francs to Ernst-Friedrich Ebisch from Süchteln; since then it has remained in private hands (since the beginning of this century in the possession of the Rossié family). Propstei. The stately residential building was erected in 1797 as a free-standing, three-story plastered building five axes wide and three axes deep. It has a strongly protruding, high hipped roof on strong consoles. Of the narrow-high bat dormers laid out in pairs on top of each other, only two have survived on the south side after the renovation (1961–64). The basement in strip plaster has round arched windows with massive keystones; it is visually finished off at the top by the accentuated cornice. The windows on the middle floor are high-rectangular and, with a crowning arched profile as a hint of window roofing, take up the theme of the arched windows on the ground floor, but also lead to the almost square windows on the third floor. These have flatter keystones based on the highly developed decorative keystones of the ground floor windows. In the frieze of the knee floor there are small, wide windows. The clear window structure is emphasized vertically by the corner pilasters. Some windows were closed. With the exception of two windows on the north side, they were all renewed at different times. On the north broad side is the accentuated house entrance with the original wooden door. The south-eastern part with the entrance to the single-storey rear extension (former garden room) was built in 1928. The building has only a partial basement (northern half, also only under the northern extension). Old vaults were found on the site in front of the front door (in the area of ​​the barred window). On old cadastral plans a development along the west-south property wall is drawn. It is possible that the former farm buildings stood here and the current villa was partly built over the former Schultheißenhof. However, only excavations could provide information about the original development of this oldest settlement center in Süchteln. The original division is easy to read inside. Corresponding to today's use, the individual floors in the corridor area have been separated from the stairwell. In the center there is a large wooden staircase with a turned railing and carved railing post (lion heads and laurel wreaths). The lavishly designed interior wooden doors (often double doors) are largely from the time it was built or have been well refurbished over time. On the upper floor there is still one of originally two round arched room doors with a wooden keystone. It is believed that this room was intended as the prayer room of the provost at the time. In the entrance area (the vestibule is spanned by a vaulted ceiling) and in the stairwell there is the original black and gray large-format stone tile floor. On the ground floor, the former so-called gentleman's room is hexagonal (fireplace?) And has a fine stucco ceiling in empire ornamentation. In the other rooms, including the upper floor, only stucco friezes run around. The interior wooden shutters are still preserved on the ground floor. The wood paneling may have been added at a later date. The old oak plank floor is in the corridor areas, and spruce in the rooms on the upper floor. The approx. 1.00 m thick outer walls created deep, low window parapets. On the courtyard side there is a pebble surface, partly as a path towards the opposite entrances to the tithe barn and also on the entrance side. There are two posts (now renewed in concrete), engraved with the year 1802 and initials. Their former function is not clearly recognizable. The large street-side square in front of the Propstei used to be covered over a large area with pebbles. From there, the two enclosure walls open, here also in strip plaster, one in the course of the south wall, the other in that of the west wall, through three courtyard-facing round gates and a round-arched entrance gate, the beautiful wooden doors of which have been partially reworked using the old fittings. The gate as a garage entrance, originally a counterpart to the smaller door, was only enlarged in the 1950s. The old swelling stones are still preserved. Next to the entrance gate is a relief plaque with an abbot's miter, on which the coat of arms of the abbot Schallenberg of St. Pantaleon and the year 1746 are carved. The now heavily weathered panel probably comes from a previous building. The sandstone used on the gates and window sills is also brittle. Tithe barn: A single-storey brick wing with two old entrances and wide arched openings (a former coach house belonging to the construction of 1797?) Along the southern perimeter wall leads to the former tithe barn. This very large, elongated brick building (approx. 38.5 by 13.5 m) with a crooked hip was built in 1771 (anchor pins and AO). All of the tall, rectangular windows were broken out later. Only one of the two entrance gates can still be read. Windows and doors have been changed several times. Inside, too, the division of today's use as apartments and workshop (since 1949, then later renovation since 1981) has been changed accordingly. The oak supports are still preserved in small parts. The courtyard in front is paved with basalt stones, bricks and pebbles. The park is lined with old tall trees. The entire building complex with the provost's office, tithe barn and shed including the park and the enclosure wall passes on the local history of Süchteln by reflecting the city-defining situation of ecclesiastical and secular administration (rulership). The historical contexts had an impact on the urban plan on the one hand, and on the functional buildings (namely Schultheißenhof: administration, representation and tithe barn: economic and lordly legal situation of those liable to pay the tithe) on the other. Even today, the task of the simple brick wall must still be to enclose such a grown historical space and to have the important function of delimiting the medieval city center, which is still clearly legible on the city map, with its wall. For scientific, in particular art and architectural history, urban planning, location and legal as well as social history reasons, the maintenance and use of the complex are in the public interest according to § 2 (1) Monument Protection Act.	1797/1771	Apr 16, 1985	38
more pictures	former Primary School Fleckschule	Suchteln Propsteistraße 9 map	The oldest school in Süchteln can be found right next to the Catholic Church until the middle of the 18th century. Due to the dilapidation of the building, the municipality decides to build a new school, which will be built on the site of the old school in 1765 at a cost of 823 Reichstalers. In the Catholic elementary school, also known as the Fleckschule, 312 children were taught in 1834, all of them in one class. Due to the number of students and the limited space, the establishment of a second school class can no longer be postponed. The office apartment above the school hall and not used by the teacher Schumacher is being converted into a classroom. During the tenure of the head of the Fleckschule Karl van Kempen (1843–1886), numerous parents demanded that the sexes be separated in classes. Around 1856 the four mixed classes of the Fleckschule were converted into three boys 'and three girls' classes. Description: The building, a brick building, has two floors with a hipped roof in 4 axes. On the one hand, the facade presents itself as brick and, on the other hand, muddy. The entrance to the house as well as the windows on the first and second floors are provided with an arched arch. The double-leaf windows with skylights have a rung division. Coming from the house entrance you enter a small hallway, from which a simple wooden staircase leads to the upper floor. The ground and upper floors remain largely unaffected by structural changes. So there are still simple single-leaf frame panels. The school building is one of the series of school and administrative buildings that were built after 1615 after the Rhineland became part of Prussia. The facade design is simple and reserved, with a strict and purpose-related structure. The facade is representative in its expression. In its entirety, the building shows a harmonious clarity and rigor of structure as well as the reduced plastic design. For scientific, in particular architectural and urban history reasons, the preservation and use of the building according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1765	Apr 16, 1985	329
more pictures	Flankhäuschen behind churchyard	Suchteln Propsteistraße 10 map	History: The house near the church is part of the inventory of the original town center. At that time it was part of a series of farmhouses grouped along the churchyard wall. The residents of the house, then called the "Flankhäuschen behind the churchyard", can be traced back as follows: 1627 Peter Zetz 1636 Heinrich von Kempen. Jakob Hacken. 1644 Sophie Voss 1781 Thomas Wilhelm Plönnes 1818 Ww. Joh. Feld, later Mathias Rixkens 1934 Wilhelm Hurtmanns, Friedhofstrasse 10 Description: The house with a gable roof is two-storey and is directly adjacent to the wall of the former provost's office. At the rear, a protrusion can be seen in the wall and roof, which suggests that the building must once have been two house units, the structuring of which, as the smallest economic units, can be traced back to the original development of Süchteln. On the right-hand gable side of the house, a console points to the half-timbered construction of the house, which has been preserved under the slate cladding. The left gable side was probably renewed with bricks after a fire. The façade on the eaves side is divided into four axes and was grouted. The windows and the front door have been preserved in their original condition. A strong wooden cornice forms the end of the roof, which is hipped on one side. A single-storey shed is angularly attached to the slated gable, corresponding to the routing. Inside the building, the small parts of the house, which in their understanding of construction go back to the Middle Ages, have been preserved. The staircase is in its original condition. The building, located in the shadow of the church, and other buildings on Propsteistraße, reflect the originally given fragmentation within the city center and are therefore of importance for the historical development of the city of Süchteln. For scientific, in particular urban planning and historical reasons, the preservation and use of the building are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	17th century	Sep 14 1988	177
more pictures	Tendyck house	Suchteln Propsteistraße 11 map	History: The history of today's "Weberhaus", Hochstraße 10, and today's "Tendyckhaus", Propsteistraße 11, are interwoven. In the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, two separate buildings with different owners were formed. In 1534 the Leuthen and Stüpergut is mentioned for the first time. Stinken Stüper is named as the owner. This estate is located on the Stüperstrasse or Jacobsstrasse, today's Propsteistrasse. The Stüpergut is curvaceous to the church. In 1589 the new owner Gert Stüpers is listed in the stock register. Every year at Easter he pays the church 1 pound of wax and 2 Heller radars as interest, as he uses the church wall as the rear wall when building his house and the roof overhangs the churchyard. He is also obliged to maintain the church wall. When the next owner, Tilmann Stüper, makes structural changes, this church wall collapses. Tilmann Stüper is called in to pay the costs against his protest. 1627 Jan Leuthen is the new owner of the estate. 1642 Matthias Leuthen is listed as the new owner. He is married to Eva Kox. The subsequent owners are Matthias Kox and later Jan Leuthen, Matthias Kox's son-in-law. This works as a schoolmaster. In 1741 Peter Rath is named as the owner. In 1782 his daughter, Anna Gertraud Rath, married Johann Endepohl from Gladbach. This marriage had 6 children: Seraphin, Anne-Marie, Balbeau, Jacob, Peter Theodor and Matthias. In 1975 Johann Endepohl, 47, took over the farm after moving to Süchteln and became a farmer. His brother-in-law Jacob Anton Rath also lives on the farm. In 1798/99, in the population list drawn up in French times, the name of today's Propsteistraße is given as rue de Freithoff (cemetery). 1812 or later, Jacob Endepohl, the eldest son of Johann Endepohl, is named as the new owner. He buys the house of the ribbon weaver Hubert Dickmann on Hochstrasse, which is directly adjacent to the old Stüpergut. His brother Peter Theodor works as a teacher, but also runs an important retail business in his house at today's Propsteistraße 11. In 1975, Peter Theodor Endepohl resigns from his teaching post to only trade. The youngest son of Johann Endepohl, Matthias Endepohl, is also a teacher and vicar. 1834 The wedge above the gate of Propsteistraße 11 indicates that it was renovated or rebuilt by Peter Theodor Endepohl. Around 1853 the undeveloped property used as a garden between the former Stüpergut and the residential and commercial building of Peter Theodor Endepohl is closed. Houses with stables are built. In keeping with the importance of the Endepohl family, today's Propsteistraße is now called Endepohlstraße. 1975 Johann Tendyck takes over the shop from Peter Theodor Endepohl. He is converting a shed adjoining Propsteistraße 11 into an apartment. In 1897 after a fire, Oswald de Haer acquired the former Stüperhof with the building on Hochstrasse and the houses with stables that were built in the vacant lot, virtually the property of Jacob Endepohl. During the reconstruction, Oswald de Haer changed the use of the building as an inn, later known as the "Süchtelner Hof". The side of the building on Hochstrasse is given its present-day appearance. 1964–1975 The Stadtsparkasse Süchteln takes over and uses the property of the Tendyck family. In 1975 the ownership of the Stadtsparkasse Süchteln - former "Süchtelner Hof" and former "Haus Tendyck" passed to the city. This houses the youth welfare office and the city library in the entire complex, with minor renovations being carried out. 1985–1988 The city of Viersen converts the former "Haus Tendyck" into a public meeting place. Description: The two-storey, brick-faced, white muddy structure is divided into 6: 4 axes on Propsteistraße. The calm facade, clearly structured through its windows, indicates the classical language of form. Structural changes or extensions cannot be read at first glance. The former gate passage is closed. The wedge stone over the archway on Propsteistraße indicates the year (1834) of this change. The front door built into the doorway and the overhead door above (a pictorial or decoratively lively and framed area above the lintel) from this period have been preserved in their original form. The overhang has a skylight carved with leaf tendrils. The house in the center of Süchteln has a particular impact on the historically significant Propsteistraße. The street is led around the corner structure. Together with today's "Weberhaus", the "Haus Tendyck" forms a unit that has grown in terms of urban development and documents the history of the former stucco property and its various owners. For scientific, in particular urban planning and local historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the building according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1834	Aug 30, 1993	237
more pictures	Jakobsgut local history museum	Suchteln Propsteistraße 15 map	History: The Jakobsgut is curvy at the Krakenhof in Vorst and pays the pastor 2 1/2 quarters of the Zinshaber. 1547 Bitus Jakos 1583 Gerhard Jakobs (is a basket maker, delivers a bread basket, a mus basket and a cheese basket to the pastor). 1624 Pet.Jakobs 1812 Johann Grefges 1818 Wwe.Joh.Griefges 1893 Kiffels Description: Jakobsgut, located in Propsteistraße 15–17 and first mentioned in 1547, is one of the oldest buildings in the center of Süchteln. The two-story building is a half-timbered building from the 17th century. The half-timbered eaves house with a free-standing gable wall to the east has a middle mezzanine-like mezzanine floor and above it a cantilevered upper floor on consoles. The house entrance is emphasized by the architectural framing, a block frame with cross-shaped wooden ornaments. The entrance door is a single-leaf solid wood door with wooden panels. A skylight reveals itself over the front door. The windows are also held in a block frame. In the interior of the house, the fragmentation of the interiors typical of rural architecture is preserved and can be seen. The preserved wooden staircase can be found in the rear ground floor area as well as simple frame panel doors on the individual floors. The Propsteistraße building with house numbers 15 and 17 forms a structural unit. This is documented by the half-timbered and roof construction as well as the uniform design of the facade, such as mezzanine-like mezzanine, cantilevered upper floor, console frieze, uniform design of the window and front door openings, continuous roof cornice. The half-timbered building from the 17th century experiences its importance in terms of its historical location and its age. The half-timbered construction is a rare example of Lower Rhine architecture, as well as an important document for the historical development of the town of Süchteln. For scientific, in particular architectural-historical, settlement-topographical and local-historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the building Propsteistraße 15 (today Süchteln Local History Museum) is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	17th century	Dec 20, 1993	330
more pictures	Jakobsgut	Suchteln Propsteistraße 17 map	History: The Jakobsgut is curvy at the Krakenhof in Vorst and pays the pastor 2 1/2 quarters of the Zinshaber. 1547 Bitus Jakos 1583 Gerhard Jakobs (is a basket maker, delivers a bread basket, a mus basket and a cheese basket to the pastor). 1624 Pet.Jakobs 1812 Johann Grefges 1818 Wwe.Joh.Griefges 1893 Kiffels Description: Jakobsgut, located in Propsteistraße 15–17 and first mentioned in 1547, is one of the oldest buildings in the center of Süchteln. The two-story building is a half-timbered building from the 17th century. The half-timbered eaves house with a free-standing gable wall to the east has a middle mezzanine-like mezzanine floor and above it a cantilevered upper floor on consoles. The house and shop entrance is emphasized by the architectural framing, a block frame with cross-shaped wooden ornaments. The windows are also held in a block frame. Inside the house, the interior and the original floor plan have been changed more and more over the years, so that the monumental character for the interior of the house at Propsteistraße 17 is no longer given. The Propsteistraße building with house numbers 15 and 17 forms a structural unit. This is documented by the half-timbered and roof construction as well as the uniform design of the facade, such as mezzanine-like mezzanine, cantilevered upper floor, console frieze, uniform design of the window and front door openings, continuous roof cornice. The half-timbered building from the 17th century experiences its importance in terms of its historical location and its age. The half-timbered construction is a rare example of Lower Rhine architecture, as well as an important document for the historical development of the town of Süchteln. For scientific, in particular architectural, settlement topographical and local history reasons, the maintenance and use of the Propsteistraße 17 building (facade, roof truss and roof covering) is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	17th century	Dec 20, 1993	331
more pictures	Residential building	Suchteln Propsteistraße 19 map	The two-storey gabled house with a side entrance gate is a brick building from the 18th century / early 19th century. The facade facing Propsteistraße has a plastered stucco architecture. This design, which has been modified compared to the other facade surfaces, was probably made around 1900, under the influence of historicism. The house entrance is framed by two pilasters, the capitals of which are decorated with flower and leaf ornaments. The two-winged entrance door with skylight has various types of geometric wood ornamentation and door windows with metal grilles in front, which are held in floral and geometric shapes. Above the entrance there is a flat lintel blind with a vegetable stucco decoration. The windows of the individual floors are framed by geometric bands facing the street and adorned with various stucco ornaments, such as decorated keystones, shoulder arches, coat of arms and flower ornaments as well as leaves and bands. In the gable area, next to the window decorations, there are two fan-like stucco decorations and a rosette, a stylized abstraction of a flower shape. The brick-facing facade facing the inner courtyard has anchor pins with the letter combinations AM JH. The former farm building can be found on the rear courtyard area of ​​the two-storey gabled house on Propsteistraße. The farm building is a single-storey brick building with a gable roof. The house Propsteistraße 19, located in the center of Süchteln, and other buildings on Propsteistraße reflect the originally given fragmentation within the city center and is therefore of importance for the historical development of the city of Süchteln. For scientific, in particular urban planning and historical reasons, the preservation and use of the building outlines of the residential building and the farm building are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	18th century	Dec 20, 1993	332
	Catholic elementary school Süchteln	Suchteln Propsteistraße 25 map	On the Ostwall (now Ostring) opposite today's Josefshaus, the municipality built a single-storey school building with three classes in 1836. By building a second floor in 1854, the school building was expanded to four classes. The building, a classical brick building, has two floors with a hipped roof in 9 axes. The sides are muddy and the front is plastered. The school building has a rectangular floor plan and has a central projectile on the street side. A gable triangle, also known as a frontispiece, can be found above the 3-axis central projection. The back of the building is similar, but without the gable. The division of the window areas is identical, a two-winged muntin divided, high rectangular window with skylight. Decorative anchors (cross anchors) can be found between the ground floor and the upper floor. The entrance area, facing the garden, is simple and reserved. The original double-leaf entrance door with a skylight is decorated with geometric wood ornamentation. The school belongs to the series of classical school and administrative buildings that were built after 1615 after the Rhineland became part of Prussia. The facade design is simple and reserved, with a strict and purpose-related structure. The facade is representative in its expression. Classicism, a style based on antiquity, shows a harmonious clarity and rigor of structure as well as the reduced plastic design. For scientific, in particular architectural and urban history reasons, the preservation and use of the building according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1836/1854	Dec 11, 1991	289
	Frankeser Hof	Boisheim Pütterhöfe 10 card	Below the group of farmsteads, outside Boisheim, is the property of the small Frankeser Hof. The four-winged brick-view courtyard was built around 1870, although the rear barn wing is partly older. The main house, two-storey, is divided into five axes. Inside the house there is an octagonal natural stone flooring in the entrance area with square marble spacers. There are also stucco ceilings in the room. The ceiling above the upper floor is designed as a Cologne ceiling. The two-storey stable building with seven axes and the later added single-storey extension, which forms the western end of the courtyard, are connected to the residential building. Attached to the inner courtyard is an original "Göbelgang", a kind of covered walkway under which two horses used to drive a threshing device via a gear. The gate construction as the southern wing has been partially changed and renewed. The former horse stable connects to the east. On the roof there are two little houses, from which a roll of hay was pulled onto the ground. All around the farm buildings are designed with a brick arched frieze as the upper wall finish. The courtyard is partially paved with an old pebble stone surface (Keienboden, Kieselboden). As an example of Lower Rhine farmhouse architecture and as a testimony to the work and production facilities at that time, the farm is of great importance due to the almost unchanged residential and stable architecture. For scientific, in particular folk and settlement history, architectural-historical reasons, preservation of the courtyard is in the public interest according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	around 1870	March 13, 1986	85
	Wayside cross	Boisheim Pütterhöfe 10 Rand card	At the edge of the Pütterhöfe 10 yard, there is a gable-roofed wooden crossroads in front of a wall. It essentially consists of the cross and the wooden body of Jesus. This cross was erected as a replacement for a much older wayside cross by the Frankeser pastors from Pütterhöfe (Boisheim). The original location of the cross was approx. 80 m further in the direction of Heyerhöfe. This wooden cross, which does not have a year, probably dates from the 2nd half of the 19th century. As one of the few surviving wooden crosses of this type, the Pütterhöfe Wegekreuz has monumental value in addition to its artistic significance. For scientific, in particular artistic, religious history and folklore reasons, the maintenance and use of the crossroads according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act is in the public interest.	2nd half of the 19th century	Apr 23, 1986	94
	Great Frankeser Hof	Boisheim Pütterhöfe 3 map	The Groß-Frankeser-Hof is an impressive brick courtyard under the Pütterhöfe farm group, outside Boisheim. According to Ankersplinten, the main house was built in 1763 by the Frankeser family. This is followed by stables, sheds, a two-storey barn, renovated in 1882, and a single-storey gate wing. Together they form a pentagonal courtyard. The barn and gatehouse are partly built in half-timbered houses with clay and wood mesh infills. To the left, under the gate wing, which was built later, is a vaulted cellar as well as under the large barn, the street-side gable wall of which has a split pin with the year 188 (2). The single-storey brick courtyard is of the type of the Lower Rhine hall house Viersener coinage. The building is erected in post construction (oak construction). Its half-timbered interior walls are partly filled with clay bricks, partly with clay-wood mesh in the compartments. The building has a half-hip roof and has a large entrance gate to the courtyard. To the left of it a low, wide door for dung carts leads into the cowshed and to the right of it a narrow door to the horse stable. In the 19th century the court gable side was renewed; their door and window openings show flat, brick-walled arches. The front gable side, on the other hand, is still original in its door and window openings. They are emphasized by the brick-walled relief cage arches. The entrance door and the right-hand window are spanned together by a second arch. The window bars were added later. Folding shutters are mostly missing. The block frames are made of wood and partly replaced by cement. In addition to the year of construction, the Christogram JHS, the anchor pins still show the letters MF and CF. The building rests on a slightly thicker brick base in which the cellar openings are located. The entrance is adorned with an approx. 1.20 m wide pebble paving with pattern (Keienboden). The window axes of the eaves sides are not regular; the openings uneven. Inside, the overall structure of the residential and stable house can still be clearly read. As a 7-frame house, it has an unusually large amount of space. The enormous length of the building is divided into a stable and a living area by a double chimney wall. In the right half of the chimney wall towards the lining wall there is still the brick oven and above it the smokehouse. To the right of it a (renewed) staircase leads upwards. On the left is the door to the kitchen wing. The cattle sheds and servants' chambers are located off the side of the fodder wall. The feed openings of the cowshed on the left underside can be closed by wooden folding shutters. At about the end of the cattle shed in the hall there is a walled pump well. On the opposite side is the horse stable with a feeding trough, which could be filled from the servant's chamber attached to it. Another servants' chamber follows them. Both are raised about 30 cm with their bottom. Between the two doors, facing the hall, a steep staircase leads down from here through a cupboard door that is placed in front of it into an approximately 1.80 m high vaulted cellar, the length and width of which extends under both chambers (Opkamer). The opposite chamber, adjoining the cowshed, now leads to the attached stable building. The floor of the lining is mainly covered with pebbles and next to it with newer paving. The approximately 10.00 m by 5.5 m large kitchen in the living area with a fireplace has a brown clay slab floor. It and the three chambers in each of the two sides there wear Cologne ceilings with a profile. The chambers formerly had wooden floors. In the side window corner of the gable wall there is an extended cellar cupboard with an attachment. A steep wooden staircase leads through its low, two-winged door into an approximately 2.15 m deep vaulted cellar with a brick floor. The vault extends to the cowshed, but is divided under the last chamber with a 24-brick wall; a secret floor hatch led from this last chamber to the back of the basement. Between the double doors of the two bedrooms there is a second basement exit, this time designed as a low wooden door cupboard, as in the Futterdeele. The main building hardly shows any later additions or changes. The 5-cornered inner courtyard, paved with pebbles and cobblestones, with its obtuse angles, different gate entrances and gatehouse gives a clear impression of the former importance and size of the courtyard. The two-storey barn opposite the main house has living rooms on the upper floor with Cologne ceilings. Outside the homestead there is still a half-timbered shed next to the gatehouse side. As a more recent example of a Viersen-style hall house in the Lower Rhine, it is of great importance: due to the almost unchanged residential and stable house architecture with its original structural condition, due to the fully preserved post-and-beam construction with half-timbered loam and brickwork of the outer walls, due to the legibility of the original Use, due to the special size and the original equipment. It is not only the characteristic features of the main building that make it worth preserving, the rare pentagonal courtyard floor plan is also remarkable. For reasons of folk and settlement history (division courtyard), architectural history and scientific reasons, the preservation and use of the Groß-Frankeser-Hof is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) Monument Protection Act.	1763/19. Century	Jan 15, 1985	1
	former Dinsing stove and oven factory	Viersen Rahserfeld 12 map	History: At the beginning of 1898, the Dinsing brothers, furnace builders from Viersen, submitted a building application to build a stove and furnace factory on land previously purchased by Wilhelm Brauers in Rahserfeld. The planned number of employees (50 people) and the intended drive technology (boiler of 56 m², steam engine of 30 hp) emerge from the application. The building application is approved on July 26, 1898. Although no construction acceptance has been certified, it can be assumed that production started in 1898. First of all, the southern edge of the property was built on; the 9-axis warehouse, which still forms the southern street front today, and the manufacturing building to the west were built from east to west. In 1899 the remaining space between the two buildings was closed. Between 1900 and 1906 the contiguous building stock was enlarged by south-north facing wings in the western part of the area. Today's view of the Rahserfeld and the railway was created in 1909 with the construction of an office building, a warehouse and assembly halls to the north, with a warehouse from 1898 and an office building from 1909 flanking the factory entrance. Further construction work was carried out until 1962. In 1971 the Dinsing works went bankrupt. The Rapido company (Wilh. Pfahl, Dülken, founded in 1896), which also came from the metal industry in Viersen, took over the company until 1976, trading as "Rapido-Dinsing". Description: The eastern edge of the plant is characterized by the 3 1/2 storey office building from 1909 (3). Two triangular gables, each 3 or 2 axes wide, accentuate the building. The southern gable facing the factory entrance has, in addition to its greater width, extensive decorative shapes. Ox-eye, stepped gable and semicircular, banded top as well as the wrought-iron initials "GD" - "Gebr. Dinsing" - emphasize the entrance situation. The front of the building visually lives from the clear contrast between yellow and red facing bricks. The vertical pilaster strips and ledges as well as the bay window on the first floor of the south gable, which carries a balcony at the height of the second floor, are yellow. To the north, the eight-axis storey building is joined by three further, two-storey axes, an adjoining wall with an attic zone trimmed with coupled blind window fronts between yellow brick pilaster strips, the shed roof zones behind. The interior layout, stairwell, paneling and doors of the office building are still in their original condition. The nine-axle, two-storey warehouse building (1) is located south of the factory entrance. The building has large, cast-iron-latticed arched windows on the upper floor and arched windows on the ground floor. Yellow pilaster strips and overlapping arches as well as a stepped cornice create structuring accents on the red brick surfaces. As with the office building, the two axes at the entrance to the entrance emphasize the factory entrance with a slight elevation. The two parts of the building of the former Rhenish stove and oven factory, Gebr. Dinsing, described above - warehouse and office with adjoining wall - is a monument in the sense of § 2 (1) DSchG NRW. The buildings are important for the history of cities and settlements as well as for the development of working and production conditions. There are artistic, urban and scientific reasons for their preservation and use. The latter result from the high design quality of the west, but above all the east view of the work, which is deliberately designed for show. The office building in particular has an original and idiosyncratic contour with the asymmetrical design of height and length and the contrast between yellow and red brick surfaces. Due to the dominant impression of the widely visible factory front in the Rahser district with a uniform design, it still gives this former production district of the city of Viersen a trademark today. In addition, there is the knowledge value for the architectural history of factory construction. It is represented here with two clearly distinguishable phases before and after the turn of the century and documents the gradual implementation of modern principles over historicist factory construction, the influences of which can still be felt here. After all, the work is an impressive example of the iron processing industry that has developed in the city and district of Viersen.	1898/1909	Aug 30, 2005	457
	Laboratory Niersverband	Viersen Rahserstraße 315 map	The two-storey, L-shaped building with a flat roof was built according to plans by A. von Feldmann in an expressionist style. The laboratory wing has a basement and is accessed via a staircase that was subsequently changed. The main facade facing Rahserstraße is essentially formed by the two corner windows, which are typical for the period of construction, and the staircase in between. Attached to the building is a garage wing with a caretaker's apartment above. The entrance to the apartment with the balcony above is located in the corner. Most of the windows of the house have been preserved in their original condition. The facade is structured at the height of the windowsill and the cornice, which is structured in detail here. The facade is also structured by masonry details between the individual components. Inside the building, the extensions have been preserved in their typical simplicity for the time it was built. For the most part, black and white tiled floors have been preserved in the wet rooms and in the entrance area of ​​the caretaker's apartment. The actual operating room of the laboratory with its symmetrically arranged windows, originally horizontally structured according to the drawing, is remarkable. Axially to the middle window, a square skylight extends over the entire room on the ceiling. The architecture of the turn of the century is still clearly recognizable in the distinction between representative and purpose-built facade design. The high-quality facade design of a more technical building outside the city is also remarkable. Preservation and use of the laboratory are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act for scientific, in particular technical and architectural-historical reasons.	1929	Sep 14 1988	178
	Bontenackelshof	Viersen Rahserstraße 321 map	Typical of the landscape within the row of other farms along the Niers is the single-storey, brick-facing courtyard with unbroken axes and a gable roof. The building - the outbuildings are new - is a former residential / stable house, which can be assigned to the Lower Rhine hall house type. As a half-timbered house, it is built in a post construction (4 posts, oak wood construction). Three compartments each approx. 3.00 m in length formed the former feed wall and two shorter (approx. 2.00 m) compartments formed the kitchen-cum-living room. Presumably a double chimney used to separate the two areas. Today's fireplace is modern; the chimney offset laterally. During the renovation (approx. 1976-1979) the stands in the former stable area had to be replaced below. In order to enable the upper floor to be extended for residential purposes, the upper anchor beams were also raised. As a result, beams (old ones from other buildings) were placed in front of the stud frame. The roof structure and roofing are also new. The half-timbering inside has been newly lined and partially supplemented; the Cologne ceilings are new. The floor - today designed on a staggered living level - on the ground floor was covered with clay tiles. The Opkamer protruding outwards to the gable and the vaulted cellar below with a height of approx. 1.90 m are still preserved. The outer walls were rebuilt - but not in a cross connection. They were also reinforced from within. The window and door openings are only partly original. Doors and windows are new along with the block frames. The former wide courtyard gate has received a brick-walled relief cage arch above the iron girder. Likewise, all pronounced stitch arches are new. The old well in front of the kitchen gable is covered. The residential / stable building, which was probably built in the 18th century, has undergone multiple changes. Probably at least the court gable was rebuilt in the 19th century, whereby perhaps the usual cripple hip was lost. The anchor pins from 1731 attached today are new, inanimate and are in the wrong place. The original on the building is therefore large parts of the stud frame, which today still clearly shows the type of hall building on the Lower Rhine, the roughly legible floor plan and the historical location. This proves to be significant in that it marks another settlement point in the chain of half-timbered farms along the Niers lowland, and thus represents part of a so-called farmer's line. For reasons of settlement history, cultural history and the landscape, the preservation and use of the building is in accordance with §2 (1) Monument Protection Act in the Public Interest.	18th century	Jan. 11, 1985	13
	Villa Frankeser	Boisheim Raiffeisenstrasse 4 map	Outside the old town center of Boisheim, a two-storey villa in neo-renaissance forms with a bent tail gable was built for Mrs. Frankeser around 1903. A spacious garden is attached to it. The building, erected in bricks, is accentuated by the various details of the window reveals and the structuring of the upper end of the roof. The building was recently completely restored and is therefore in very good condition. Inside the house there are windows with colored lead glazing as well as a carved wooden staircase. The floor covering, with a colored pattern in the hallway, beech parquet in the other rooms, is also in very good condition. In the stucco hall there is a chest with four lion heads and two portraits, one of which represents the builder. Other furnishings and fittings as well as the lamp in the hall date from the time it was built. The villa is one of the most representative residential buildings in the former municipality of Boisheim and is therefore to be seen as a testament to the demonstrative construction methods of the wealthier citizens. Furthermore, the stately property with its high-quality furnishings and its very good inventory, unchanged since the time of construction, is also a document of its time and therefore of historical importance. For scientific, in particular architectural and historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the Raiffeisenstraße 4 building is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1903	March 13, 1986	79
	formerly the Buscher chair factory	Boisheim Raiffeisenstraße 10 a / 12 map	The complex consists of two brick buildings that are very similar in appearance, arranged in parallel, with their gable sides directly bordering Raiffeisenstrasse. The half of the building facing the street on the left is a residential building; the building on the right and the rear part of the building on the left form the actual manufacturing facility. The system has largely been preserved in its original state. The spatial proximity of living and working is very clearly visible in it. The designs point to the end of the last century. The two elongated, two-story buildings are connected by walls between the gables; In this way, a self-contained complex with an inner courtyard is created. The rear area of ​​the courtyard is covered on the rear wall between the two buildings with a flat gable roof on wooden supports. There is also a loading ramp under the canopy, which is placed on the left and right building. The courtyard walls are broken through by a gate that is offset to the right along the road and a central gate between the loading ramps at the rear. A single-storey shed with a pent roof borders the back of the street-side wall. Both houses have mansard roofs. Corner pilaster strips, a plinth area, arched door and window openings with sills made of natural stone and decorative shapes made from protruding bricks: a German band as the eaves cornice, a block frieze on each side of the gable as a cornice separating floors and a rising square motif as a cornice. The street gables on the ground floor each have two windows on the sides of a central door in the residential building and a blind opening in the factory building. Three windows can be seen on the upper floor, and one round window in each of the gable triangles. The back gables are similarly pierced with arched windows, some of which are walled up. In the street gable of the actual factory building, a plaster tape framed by a row of bricks is also incorporated between the upper floor windows and the round window, probably intended for a company label. The blind niche decorated with a diamond motif probably does not represent a later closure of a doorway; on the one hand the base zone runs through without disturbance, on the other hand it would hardly have bothered to incorporate a decorative motif in the case of a subsequent walling up. Presumably they wanted to keep the possibility of a further entrance open. The mansard roof of the factory building on the right is towed on the courtyard side and forms a canopy. Four cellar openings can be seen on the street side of the house on the left; the basement access with basement neck and flap is in the inner courtyard. Another entrance door to the apartment can be seen on the outer eaves side. Inside, the corridor situation in connection with the street-side access can still be read, the stairwell still exists. The right factory building has a basement completely. The ground floor is only divided once across, the upper floor is a single large room with an open wooden roof truss. The ceilings of the first and second floors rest on cast iron columns. In the residential building, the original double-leaf windows with skylights are made of wood, in the production building, lattice windows made of rolled iron profiles are embedded, an innovation compared to the previously common cast-iron workshop windows. The complex shows how the design of a medium-sized manufacturing company was brought into line with that of a residential building in a village setting at the end of the 19th century. This is particularly clear in this example through the spatial proximity, through the opposite of the home and the workplace. There is, however, an external distinction, which can be seen from the street in the elaboration of the window details. For the reasons mentioned, the factory of the former Boisheimer Stuhlfabrik Buscher, Raiffeisenstrasse 10a / 12, is important for human history and the development of working and production conditions; It is worth preserving for scientific, architectural, local, industrial and economic reasons.	around 1900	5th June 1992	299
	Wayside shrine 1	Dülken Ransberg map	The wayside shrine on the Ransberg is an approximately 2.00 m high plastered gabled house with a deep, arched niche, which is closed with a small iron lattice door. In the niche there is a small figure of the Madonna praying. The front of the wayside shrine is shaped by a flat niche with a gable-shaped end; the same niche appears on the back. There is a basket arch cover on each side. The top of the gable is crowned by a small iron cross, the arms of which end in an anchor shape. For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the wayside shrine are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1700	Sep 7 1994	346
	Wayside shrine 2	Dülken Ransberg 18 map	The approximately 2.20 m high wayside shrine made of grouted brick with a curved gable and anchor cross has a flat arched niche on the front, into which a smaller, deep niche that is also closed off like an arched arch is embedded. The latter is closed by a black iron grate decorated with small, white painted flowers. In the niche there is a colored plaster Madonna figure on a small base. The two wayside shrines on the Ransberg serve as prayer stations for pilgrims on the way from Hardt to Kevelaer. As two of the oldest religious street monuments in Dülken, the Ransberg wayside shrines have less artistic than much more folkloric importance. For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the wayside shrine are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1700	Sep 7 1994	347
more pictures	villa	Viersen Rathauspark 1 map	1868 Building application from Friedrich Adolf Schumacher for the construction of a house on Neue Straße (Brückenstraße). Schumacher was the authorized signatory of the textile company "Friedrich Diergardts Nachsteiger", which was built on the parallel street between Goeterstrasse and Lindenstrasse (Diergardtstrasse). The architect for the villa and factory was FA Scheidt. 1869 Textile company begins production. 1871 After Schumacher's death, the villa is sold to the son of the factory owner. Gustav Adolf Schmidt becomes the factory owner and moves into a villa. Extension of a garden room on the north side of the building, redesign of the garden with a pond and brick grotto. The hitherto strict classical facade is decorated with stucco for reasons of representation (plaster ashlars on the ground floor, pilasters with capitals at the entrance and on the upper floor, arches over windows on the upper floor) 1891 Addition of a bathroom on the south side 1899 After Schmidt's death the factory is sold to Kaiser's coffee shop . 1920 Sale of the villa to Kaiser's coffee shop, continued use as a private house (Kaiser’s son-in-law K. Hupertz) 1926 Garden room on the north side is converted into a garage. 1946 Management of the Kaiser's Kaffee company moves in, the main entrance is moved to the side entrance (stairwell). 1952 Demolition of the property walls on Brückenstrasse and Diergardtstrasse, conversion of the garage on the north side into a branch of Kaiser's coffee shop. 1961 Renovation of the interior. Removal of the wall divisions and wooden doors, ceiling stucco is removed, ceilings partially suspended. 1973 Kaiser's Kaffee transfers real estate to the city of Viersen as part of the planned renovation measures (Municipal Garden Office in Villa). 1977 Demolition of the Kaiser's Kaffee factory. 1980–81 Conversion of the villa for use as a municipal gallery, merging of two rooms on the first and second floors Description: It is a three-axis, two-and-a-half-story residential building, the central axes of which are emphasized on the front by the accentuated entrance situation on the ground floor, and on the garden side by a three-story bay window. The stairwell protruding from the building on the narrow northern side falls out of the otherwise perfect symmetry of the design. In the floor plan, the building is accessible from the central axis. Two equally large rooms on the south and north axis flank the entrance hall, which was originally located on this axis, and the salon facing the garden; these two rooms are merged today. The attic storey is lower and was intended for subordinate rooms (servants' rooms, which could be reached via a side entrance to the stairwell). The originally unadorned facade is characterized by the symmetrical arrangement of window and door openings. Strong cornices structure the facade horizontally. Due to the cube shape and strict axiality of the building, the villa is a late example of classicist construction, because at the time of its creation a more picturesque, more playful conception was already widespread. A. Schmidt tried to adapt to this current trend with the subsequently applied stucco. Various stucco emblems above the windows refer to the client: a rod of Mercury with a laurel wreath as an indication of his importance as an entrepreneur, a swan with a lyre as an image for his enthusiasm for Richard Wagner's music and an eagle with a ball as a symbol for the principle of justice towards his subordinates. In contrast to the decorated street view, the back of the house is simply plastered and without stucco. The large garden behind the building was decorated with a pond and a grotto made of lava stone under A. Schmidt. Inside there is nothing left of the historical furnishings, apart from the remains of stucco ceilings on the upper floor, as the wall structures, doors and stucco ceilings were largely destroyed in the early 1960s. Windows and outside doors are renewed. The Städtische Galerie is a very important building in terms of urban planning and local history, because it is one of the first buildings to be erected between Lindenstrasse and Goeterstrasse as part of the city expansion according to the city plan of 1860. From the central industrial area, which arose here in the following years and which was of great importance for the city of Viersen (Kaiser's coffee), nothing has survived except for a few residential buildings and the manufacturer's villa. For scientific, in particular urban planning, architectural and local historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the building according to Section 2 of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1868	Feb 23, 2000	383
	St. Notburga School	Viersen Regentenstrasse 37 map	The school Regentenstraße 37 in Viersen is important for Viersen. There is a public interest in the preservation and use of the old building from 1909–11 for scientific, in particular architectural and local history as well as urban planning reasons. According to § 2 (1) Monument Protection Act, it is therefore an architectural monument. History: As a major urban development measure in the growing industrial city of Viersen, the development and development of the Rahser as a residential area began before the First World War. As a starting point, the first streets were laid out at the Regentenstrasse and Nauenstrasse intersection between Oberrahserstrasse and Rahserstrasse, and two dominants and cornerstones for urban development and community were planned with the church and school. While the construction of the Notburga church dragged on until 1929 and finally took place eccentrically in the settlement, the first construction phase of the elementary school was carried out in 1911. The location of the new school, which was still vacant at the time, can be impressively read on a site plan from around 1918/19 (for the history and plans of Rahser, see the report on the Rahser monument area 1997). A fourteen-class elementary school was planned and applied to the government in Düsseldorf as a supervisory authority in 1909 - a remarkable size for Viersen, which refers to the planned dimensions of the new settlement in Rahser. In its approval notice, the government pointed out to the city that the property was too small for such a large school, including the schoolyard, based on the typical 70 students per class. She also criticized the less than optimal lighting of the classrooms in the original design, whereupon the class area was brought forward to allow better light incidence and the stairwell, which was actually intended as a risky building, was withdrawn. In addition, the room dividers to the teachers' and teaching meeting rooms arranged on the front sides of the corridors were designed as windowed skylights so that the central corridors could receive a little more daylight. After these change requests had been incorporated, work could begin in 1910. The planned expansion did not take place until the 1950s, according to a new plan. Description: The old school building on Regentenstrasse has two full floors above a high plinth and an extended mansard roof. The base is clad in brick, the façades above are plastered on all sides, with corners, eaves and, towards Regentenstrasse, also the axis of the large central corridor window are set off in color (metope-like on the eaves). A staircase with a gable roof is attached to the transversely rectangular structure with two classes per storey on a transversely arranged central corridor, and the extension should have been added to the windowless gable later. Within the overall planning, the executed part would only have formed a corner wing. The classrooms appear at the front of the building as groups of four tall, rectangular windows. Larger than these originally double-sashed windows (now renewed) are those of the stairwell and hallway, where four-part openings with additional upper and lower lights were originally intended. Such an old window has been preserved in the stairwell. The geometric grilles designed by the municipal building authority can still be seen on the plinth windows (see also the monastery school). The stairwell has an entrance on both sides of the eaves, each covered by its own roof, with what was probably the original two-winged wooden door and accompanied by a narrow corridor window. On the Regentenstrasse side, an outside staircase with a curved cheek wall leads up, while access from the school yard is at ground level and only inside a staircase leads to ground floor level. Inside, the original floor plan has largely been preserved. The staircase takes on an unusually monumental stone staircase, with squat corner pillars and baluster parapets; In front of it and on the opposite wall, a normal-wide wooden handrail takes on practical functions. The almost mannerist design of this staircase, which is inappropriately large for the small schoolhouse, is certainly related to the much larger dimension of the planned fourteen-class school. On the individual floors, the old drinking fountains within ornamental wall surfaces designed with tiles have been preserved as a type-specific detail in the stairwell. In the attic, a frame panel door with a gable-like cladding preserves the original appearance of the interior doors. The large central hall in the roof was originally used as a gymnasium. At the ends of the central corridors there are two smaller rooms, originally a teaching material room and a staff room. The room dividers with skylights are part of the original plan. For the basement, the draft plan u. a. a cooking school was planned. Two adjoining entrances from the school yard, not shown in the draft, indicate separate sanitary rooms for boys and girls. The expansion of the school system is one of the central infrastructure measures in the growing cities between around 1850 and the First World War. These years were also a high phase of school construction in Viersen. Between 1908 and 1914, the schools on Klosterstraße (1908/09), Wilhelmstraße and Heimbachstraße (Protestant elementary school; 1909), Regentenstraße (1911) and Körnerstraße (1913/14) were built according to a design by the city architect Eugen Frielingsdorf. With them, however, the expansion of the school system that had begun in the 19th century came to an end for the time being. The importance of the construction measures of those years becomes clear when the administration in 1930 (in the book Deutschlands Städtebau : Viersen, Dülken, Süchteln) realizes that after the war in Viersen there had been no further structural developments worth mentioning in this area. It was not until the primary school in Hamm that a contemporary new building was brought back, whose remarkable architectural design by Willy Esser in comparison with u. a. the schoolhouse on Regentenstrasse shows a noticeable architectural change. With its neo-baroque shape and its character, which is now somewhat fragmentary and designed for expansion, the Regentenstrasse school is comparable to the former Protestant elementary school on Heimbachstrasse. Eugen Frielingsdorf (1869–1946) was the first town planning officer in Viersen from 1906 to 1934. Before that, after studying at the renowned Technical University in Hanover, from 1902 he worked in the municipal building department in Cologne, where he had already been entrusted with building schools. Numerous public buildings in the then growing city came from his office, including the festival hall and the school buildings mentioned above. "Eugen Frielingsdorf's work in Viersen is an example of how an up-and-coming medium-sized town tried to do justice to the urban planning and structural tasks in the first decades of our century" (Mellen, p. 221). As a former elementary school, now a primary school in the Rahser settlement, the school on Regentenstrasse is important for Viersen. There is a public interest in the preservation and use of the old building from 1909–11 for the aforementioned scientific, in particular architectural and local historical reasons. There are also urban planning reasons, since the corner of the building forms an urban focus within the Rahser housing estate from the start. According to § 2 (1) Monument Protection Act NRW it is therefore a monument.	1911	Aug 30, 2005	461
	Residential building	Dülken Reiterstraße 9 map	The 2-storey building can be seen as one of the first components of an entire manufacturing plant, which has been expanded again and again in the steady growth and demands of industrialization. The former Tonnar factory has largely been preserved in its old inventory, with the exception of a production hall that was adjacent to the extension of the residential building. The hall and parts of the extension were destroyed by fire in 1980. At the rear of the gable-side house with 3 transverse roofs is an additional 2-storey building with a gable roof. The facade of the house designed in 3 fields is emphasized by the arrangement and number of windows in the middle. The middle field is again divided into 3 fields, with a window in each field, but with the entrance on the left. The fields on the left and right are each provided with a window opening per floor. The windows of the house are divided into 6 parts and those of the former workshop are divided into small sections, corresponding to the original cast-iron windows. The windows and the entrance are covered with brick arches. The residential building as well as the extension building are closed to the roof in the form of a blind arched frieze, in which a mansard window divided into 6 parts is incorporated above the window axes. The design of the three gables facing Kreuzherrenstrasse, in their flat, triangular shape, is based on the expression of the Renaissance. The surrounding frieze is interrupted by the middle gable and here has a larger, 6-part window instead of a mansard window. Above this, as in the other two gables, but higher up, there is a blind round window. The ceiling anchors are visible in the facade like cast iron plates. In the rear view, windows are built into the former archway-like passages to the broken factory and a balcony is also built into the upper floor. The originally brick-facing facade has been restored. Inside the building, a stucco ceiling has been preserved on the upper floor. Furthermore, the stairs and the vaulted cellar, which, however, have been lowered in the middle, have been preserved. There is no indication of the date of origin. The building on Reiterstrasse was probably built in the second half of the 19th century and is now used as a residential building and on the ground floor as an office. The preservation and use of the house are therefore in the public interest according to § 2 (l) Monument Protection Act for historical, architectural-historical and especially as evidence of former work and production facilities.	2nd half of the 19th century	Feb. 26, 1985	23
more pictures	Generator hall	Viersen Rektoratstrasse 16 a map	From the first report of the electricity works for the year 1906 some indicative figures are given for the technical and historical development of the power supply. The hall is equipped with two suction gas systems of 180 HP each, two dynamos of 120 kW each, an accumulator battery of 274 elements with a capacity of 480 ampere hours with a discharge of 160 amperes. At that time, the entire power network covered 341 kilometers. In 1907 the number of pantographs was 543 for lighting purposes and 112 for power and technical purposes. The supply of electricity for the tram running through Viersen raised questions about an expansion right at the beginning of the first years of operation. The machine hall on Rektoratstrasse was built in 1905 by the Viersen architect Franz Kreutzer. The type of machine hall located in the middle of the city was given a particularly representative design. The building, which is oriented towards Rektoratstraße with its main axes, is axially symmetrical in the view, with a raised central wing and the two lower side wings. The outlines of the main gable of the hall correspond to the substantially smaller and subordinate gable of the former school Rektoratstrasse 27. The large area of ​​the arched window is in the center of the facade and is divided by a horizontal bar with the inscription of the year 1905. Above it a relief indicating the use of the hall. It consists of a wire-armored glass ball lamp surrounded by oak leaves. Immediately below the bar to the right and left of the arched window there is a motif of a foliage, in which instead of fruits and flowers, electric lightbulbs enclose a coat of arms. The arched window ends in a relief, from the center of which bundled jagged flashes support the inscription "Elektrizitätswerk" that closes the gable. The facing of the main facade is divided into three fields (central wing and two secondary wings), the boundaries of which have a polygonal brick, tower-like conclusion. The spiers as well as the top of the gable, which bears the old city coat of arms with the Gelding lion, were reconstructed using old plans and photos. The interior of the generator hall has been restored and, like the exterior facade, was restored to its original state. What is remarkable is the formation of the cross beams, which are supported here by legless atlases. The construction concept of this time can be seen very clearly in the separation between the representative facade design, here related to the purpose of the entire building, and the technically functionally tailored structure. The side walls of the hall, visible from the street, are accentuated with horizontal bands and keystones up to the ornamental chimney attachments on the east side. The two gable walls, designed soberly on the back and representative on the street side, have the same basic grid and form a contrast. In the lower area of ​​the street facade, the redesigned windows, as well as the entire rear facade and the gate entrance, were replaced in their original form. In terms of design and construction in high quality and with regard to the image of the street facade, the hall of the former Viersener electricity works clearly forms a focus in relation to the surrounding building stock. Preservation and use of the generator hall are therefore in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act for scientific, in particular technical-historical and architectural-historical reasons.	1905	Aug 9, 1985	59
	Duplex	Viersen Rektoratstrasse 28–30 map	The two-storey building with a gable roof will be constructed as a semi-detached house in three axes and will have a front garden facing Rektoratstrasse. The brick plaster facade with historicized decorative shapes is divided horizontally by means of a plinth, sill and floor cornice, with the ground floor being rendered with ribbons and the upper floor being brick-facing. The entrances to the house are arranged back in the middle. A floral decorated band, supported on pilaster strips and capital, covers the entrances. The windows of the two central axes are covered with florally decorated arches, while the outer ones are gabled flat. The windows are modernized. The original expansion of the semi-detached houses has largely been preserved. There are wooden stairs with turned railings in the corridors; the front doors and stucco ceilings are still in their original condition. Various stucco ceilings have also been preserved in other rooms. Most of the doors with frames and panels are in good condition. The semi-detached house in the row with other buildings from the period can also be viewed in the ensemble. The calm, high-quality, centrally symmetrical facade design contributes to the unmistakability of the street space on Rektoratstraße. For scientific, in particular architectural, historical and urban planning reasons, the preservation and use of the building according to Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1891	Feb 1, 1991	249
	Residential building	Viersen Rektoratstrasse 36 map	The house Rektoratstraße 36 forms a design unit with the house Rektoratstraße 38. The two-storey building on a high base with side risalit-like, sloping curved gables is symmetrically structured. The symmetry is interrupted by a downpipe that is placed on the edge of the building. The building has a total of 7 axes, the half of the house at Rektoratstrasse 36 is divided into 4, with the two left-hand sides being pulled together to form twin windows. The facade is clad in red stones. The window and door are framed with stone. The windows with green glazed small skylights are covered with arches. A heraldic shield is used as the keystone. The top of the gable ends with shell-shaped decorative elements with a relief underneath. The interior of the building remains unchanged except for a few details. The entrance area is equipped with a two-tone terrazzo floor. The original wooden staircase with turned railing, as well as the old wooden doors and the stucco furnishings, colored on the ceilings of the ground floor, are in good condition. On the upper floor of the stairwell there is still the metal sink with ornaments. Both houses are stylistically a unit through the conscious striving for symmetry. The simple facade is representative in its expression. Due to the symmetrical design, the house and the neighboring building form a distinctive point in Rektoratstraße and thus contribute to the unmistakable street space. For scientific, in particular urban planning and architectural-historical reasons, the preservation and use of the building according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1903	Feb 1, 1991	260
	Residential building	Viersen Rektoratstrasse 37a map	The residential building has two storeys with a loft and a gable roof. The brick plaster facade with historical decor is structured by the heavily structured plastering of the strips on the ground floor as well as the girdle and sill cornices. The facade is divided into 3 axes, the left is also the entrance axis. The original entrance door is preserved and decorated with vegetable and geometric ornamentation. The entrance area and the adjacent ground floor windows are bordered by geometric bands and provided with a round arch with a keystone with a leaf ornament. The facade is emphasized in the left to central building axis. A rectangular bay window protrudes over the entrance and a ground floor window on the upper floor. This shows various geometric and floral forms of jewelry. The window parapet area is provided with a wreath-shaped ornamentation (a cartouche) and foliage ornaments can be found below the bay window. The upper floor window on the right resembles the shape of the bay window in a simplified form. A balcony parapet can be found above the bay window, an openwork stucco railing (balustrade) formed from balusters. The window bay ends in an ornamental gable. The ornamental gable has a double-leaf balcony door with a skylight. This is bordered by geometric bands and provided with a round arch, above the round arch is a festoon-shaped ornamentation. The eaves are simple and reserved and are interrupted in their straight lines by the structural design of the combination of window bay and decorative gable. The original staircase with Art Nouveau elements can be found inside the building. The ornate starting post and the banister show a floral and geometric ornamentation. The stucco ceilings on the ground floor and partially on the upper floor, which have elaborately crafted vegetable and geometric stucco ornaments, have also been preserved. The windows on the street side have been preserved in their original condition. Most of the original interior doors can be found under modern cladding. The residential building with its ornate facade design is to be seen in connection with the building Rektoratstrasse 39 a in the ensemble. In addition, it can be seen with the neighboring houses from the time as evidence of the city's development history. For scientific, in particular architectural, urban development and urban planning reasons, the maintenance and use of the building according to Section 2 (l) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1905	Dec 11, 1991	290
	Residential building	Viersen Rektoratstrasse 38 map	The house Rektoratstrasse 38 forms a design unit with the house Rektoratstrasse 36. The two-storey building with side, risalit-like, sloping, curved angled gables is symmetrically structured. The symmetry is interrupted by a downpipe that is placed on the edge of the building. The building has a total of 7 axes, the half of the house at Rektoratstrasse 38 is divided into 3, with the two right-hand axes drawn together to form twin windows. The facade is clad in red stones. The windows and the entrance door are framed with stone. The original two-wing house entrance door has geometric shapes and two door windows. The upper end of the entrance area is a lattice-divided twin window. The windows with green glazed transom subdivided skylights are covered with an arched arch. A coat of arms ornament with a floral motif is used as the keystone. The top of the gable ends with shell-shaped ornamentation and a relief below. The straight line of the eaves is interrupted by the ornamental gable. It is noteworthy that the houses Rektoratstrasse 38 and 36 are two houses facing the street, each with a house entrance, the structure of the facade and a decorative gable located on the right and left in the outer axes. In this respect, the floor plan presents itself as a residential unit. (Drawing for Dr. Linck's building application in 1903). Why this is designed in this way is not documented. At the present time, both houses represent two separate houses in terms of their structural design, i.e. floor plan division. Both houses are stylistically a unit through the conscious striving for symmetry. The simple facade is representative in its expression. Due to the symmetrical design, the house and the neighboring building form a distinctive point in Rektoratstraße and thus contribute to the unmistakable street space. For scientific, in particular urban planning and architectural-historical reasons, the preservation and use of the building according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1903	Oct 2, 1991	284
	Residential building	Viersen Rektoratstrasse 39 a map	The residential building is two-story with an extended attic in four axes according to the plans of Johannes Heuter. The brick-facing facade is emphasized in the left outer axis. A rectangular bay window protrudes over two windows on the first floor. This in turn finds its conclusion in a decorative gable divided by two windows. Furthermore, the bay window is framed by pilaster-shaped brickwork on both sides. The original two-winged gate with wrought iron ornamental bars of the gate passage is crowned by an ornamental stucco gable. Its motif can be found in a reduced form in the adjacent ground floor window. All windows are accentuated by various stucco elements as well as bands and cornices. The roller shutters are covered by toothed panels. The two dormers have been brought in. The interior of the house is entered through an originally preserved front door that is arranged laterally in the courtyard. The room layout as well as doors, floors, ornate cast iron radiators and remarkable stucco ceilings show the original condition. On the rear part of the property, the wine distillery is built as a small fruit stopper distillery. It is a single-storey building with a basement and a flat-pitched monopitch roof. Next to the distillery there is a warehouse, a mailroom and an office. The distillery equipment is completely preserved: The steam from the steam boiler heats the raw material in the copper raw blister with lid and helmet. The resulting alcohol vapor is fed into the cooler. When exiting the cooler, the brandy obtained goes into the receiver and from there into the sampler. The residues are removed through a drain cock located at the bottom of the distillery. The brandy obtained is poured into the fine bladder. The ghost vapors created here rise through the ghost tube into the cooler and from there through the template into the dial gauge. In addition, the scales with weights, the alcoholic spirit spindle, measuring and stand glasses as well as oak brandy barrels have been preserved. The building at Rektoratstraße 39a with the former wine distillery has remained unchanged since its construction. The elaborate façade design typical of the time is characteristic of Rektoratstraße, where a number of well-preserved townhouses are presented in the ensemble in the immediate vicinity. In addition, the original floor plan and the remarkable furnishings make it one of the residential buildings of its time that have become rare in terms of quality and state of preservation. The wine distillery shows with its devices the small production company within the urban housing development. For scientific, in particular urban, technical and economic-historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the house and the wine distillery including inventory according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act of North Rhine-Westphalia are in the public interest.	1905	Jan. 29, 1990	222
	Residential building	Viersen Rektoratstrasse 40 map	The building is a three-story house with a gable roof. The facade is given a rectangular plaster design with rustic structures and a high plinth. The house entrance and the adjacent ground floor windows are provided with a round arch. The original two-winged entrance door has geometric ornaments in the form language of Art Nouveau / Art Deco. The entrance door is characterized by a lattice-divided skylight with a colored glass insert, two oval decorative windows and two door windows underneath. The decorative windows are adorned with a wreath-shaped wooden ornamentation, the glass insert of which has a woman's head motif. The windows on the 1st floor are framed with geometric bands and decorated with various types of vegetable ornamentation. The year of construction 1906 can be found between the first and second floors above the twin window. The 2nd floor is characterized by two triple windows that are located next to each other and are provided with round arches. The building, Rektoratstrasse 40, ends with an ornamental gable. This is adorned with various kinds of ornaments. These include two coat of arms ornaments, an oculus and an angel with outspread wings, as well as two mask-like stucco ornaments. The decorative gable is crowned by a rocaille ornament with an attached pine cone. The eaves are simple and reserved and are interrupted in their straight lines by the structural design of the ornamental gable. The floor plan of the house is unchanged. The original floor tiles can be found in the hall and in the kitchen. The original wooden staircase with Art Nouveau ornaments can also be seen in the hallway. The staircase shape is straight, three-way with a change of direction in the same direction. The starting post and the banister have geometric and floral ornaments. The hall is flooded with daylight through an atrium. The original interior doors are fitted with wooden panels. The windows are also in their original condition. The garden-facing triple window with skylight on the ground floor is particularly noteworthy. The glass panes are held in lead glazing and have various flower and ribbon motifs. The house at Rektoratstrasse 40 represents a link in the row of houses that is viewed as an ensemble. The complex facade design typical of the time characterizes the contemporary building type of the stately residential building, which here reflects the historic cityscape. The high quality interior is also remarkable. A rarity for Viersen is the "iron grating wall" facing the street, which was designed according to the building regulations of the time and is still in place. For scientific, in particular architectural, urban development and urban planning reasons, the preservation and use of the building are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1906	Dec 11, 1991	291
	Residential building	Viersen Rektoratstrasse 42 map	The residential building has two storeys with a loft and a gable roof. The plastered facade is divided into 3 axes, with the right axis also being the entrance axis. The house entrance is designed in the style of Art Nouveau / Art Deco . The original entrance door is characterized by a skylight, a lattice-divided door window, the glass pane of which is facet-cut, and an adjacent decorative window. The glass panes of the decorative windows and the skylight are decorated with geometric ornaments. A three-sided bay window protrudes to the left of the house entrance. The first and second floors are visually separated by a simple plastered cornice. The windows on the ground and first floors show the same original structure, a one to two-part window with a skylight. The skylight takes up a rung division. The building ends in the ornamental gable with decorative geometric shapes and the adjoining, slightly protruding triple window. The floor plan of the house is almost unchanged. The original staircase with Art Nouveau elements and the original colored stone floor can be found in the hall area. The stair area is supplied with daylight through an atrium. The original interior doors are fitted with wooden panels. The double-winged framed door, the glass panes of which has ice flower ornaments, is to be emphasized between the earlier dining room and master room. Another eye-catcher is the garden-facing twin window and the associated patio door with skylight on the ground floor. The glass panes are held in lead glazing and have different colored flower and ribbon motifs. The house at Rektoratstrasse 42 has a high quality interior. It also represents a link in the row of houses that is viewed as an ensemble. It characterizes the contemporary building type of the stately home, which here reflects the historic cityscape. For scientific, in particular architectural, urban development and urban planning reasons, the preservation and use of the building are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1910	Dec 11, 1991	292
	Residential building	Viersen Rektoratstrasse 60 map	history The house at Rektoratstraße 60 was built in 1928 by the architect Adolf von Feldmann, who was then based in Viersen, as a residential building for the merchant Richard Hilgers in the former Cäcilienstraße 13. From 1912 to 1970, Cäcilienstraße led from the city center to Rahser. Today it is a dead end of Rektoratstrasse. Description The two-storey house with a loft is flush with the street in the row. It is structured on the one hand by the formation of the brick architecture from hard-burned clinker bricks in its horizontal plane and on the other hand by the asymmetrical dwarf house and two window axes in its vertical plane. On the ground floor, horizontal rows of bricks alternate with the brickwork set back and front. A protruding row with vertical clinker heads forms the end. The basement can only be seen through two windows at street level. Both are secured with window grilles that show various geometric shapes. The entrance to the house is slightly raised and mixed in with two steps. Elaborate decorative forms of brick expressionism highlight it from the facade. The house entrance door has two elongated glass incisions with rounded upper ends and a filigree geometric grille. The original exterior wall lights have been preserved on the two sloping wall surfaces on the right and left. The wall surfaces of the upper floor and the dwarf gable are smoothly walled up at the back. Only the window reveals are emphasized by alternating brick heads and runners. The wide eaves cornices are formed by five rows of protruding brick heads. At the rear, the facade is plastered smooth as far as the basement, which is designed as a basement. Only a bay window that cuts a quarter arch from the property line to the residential building sets a design accent. Barred living room windows let daylight into the laundry room and kitchen in the basement. The bay window is continued as a balcony on the upper floor. The same filigree geometric motifs can be found in the railings as in the window grilles. Two triangular dormers are installed on the top floor for exposure. Inside, the house is remarkably preserved in its original layout and expansion. You enter the house in a vestibule, which leads to the level of the ground floor with a stone staircase. The vestibule and hall are separated by a double-leaf framed door with incisions made of glass with a cube structure. The interior floorboard is characterized by a straight, three-flight wooden staircase, which is illuminated through a coffered glass incision as a skylight in the ceiling. The banister is closed as a plastered wall surface. A handrail made of brass with a curved starting piece and a ball and different sized discs as a handrail head form the conclusion. From the hallway, closed, smooth frame panel doors and slightly profiled door reveals lead into the living rooms, which originally took on the functions of a master's room, dining room and lady's room. The rooms are separated from each other by double-leaf glazed frame panels like in the hall. Parquet in French herringbone is laid in the living rooms. Particularly noteworthy are the preserved pieces of furniture in the master's room, such as a sofa fitted into the niche and a wall cupboard. From the hallway, behind a glass door, a two-flight staircase leads to the basement and to the cloakroom and guest toilet area. The hallway and the cloakroom area are visually connected by continuous black and white tiling of the floor. The basement was originally the kitchen and laundry room with direct access to the outside. An elevator from the Cologne company Friedrich Schmitz for food and laundry still leads through all floors. On the upper floor, the corridor gives access to the two children's rooms facing the street and the parents' bedroom facing the garden with the balcony in front of the bay window. The generously sized dressing room can be entered from the hall as well as from the master bedroom and leads into the bathroom, which is also made of black and white tiling. A straight wooden staircase, walled in on the right and left, leads from the hall to the attic. Here, too, light originally fell through a glass cut on the flight of stairs. In addition to the drying floor with the exposure through the two triangular dormers, there was a guest room in the area of ​​the dwarf gable and a girl's room in the sloping roof. Expressionism In terms of architectural history and style, the residential building represents brick expressionism in its architecture. This was created parallel to the classic modernism of the Bauhaus. While there advocated the abolition of all decorative forms, the architects of Expressionism developed a concise, ornamental design language with angular, often pointed elements. The most important building materials were the eponymous brick (brick) and clinker. The hard-fired clinker achieved great popularity, especially for the design of facades. The most striking feature of brick expressionism is the liveliness of facades, which is achieved by simply placing the brick in patterns. In this way, large wall surfaces could be enlivened. The angular stones were put together in many variations and a variety of ornamentation was created. Architect The architect Adolf Theodor von Feldmann was born on September 14, 1899 in Hanover as the son of Max and Annamaria von Feldmann. His father was captain of the 1st Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 74. His grandfather was the Prussian Major General Adolf von Feldmann, his two uncles Hans von Feldmann and Otto von Feldmann also had officer careers and were politically active from the 1920s. Adolf von Feldmann probably came to Viersen in 1926 as the construction manager for the new building for the Viersener Post on Freiheitsstrasse. In the period from 1928 to 1934, he mainly built single-family houses for an intellectual upper class. So count u. a. the doctors Dr. Gustav Schneider (Gladbacher Straße 79) and Dr. Walter Müller (Schulstraße 24, today Lambersartstraße), the main teacher Aloys Kaldenbach (Dr.-Heggen-Straße 10), the lawyer Peter Püllen (Burgstraße 3) and the director Alfred Königs (Burgstraße 5) to his clients. His most important assignment was the establishment of the laboratory of the Niersverband (Rahser Straße 315). At the same time, he also built the house for the government architect of the Niers Association Schmitz-Lenders (Hohe-Busch-Straße 22). He initially ran his office at Schulstrasse 24a, later at Langemarkstrasse 14, today Freiheitsstrasse 179. He was a member of the Association of German Architects and the German Werkbund. He was also a sworn expert at the Mönchengladbach-Rheydt-Neuss Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 1935 Adolf von Feldmann gave up his self-employment and settled with his family in Hamburg. to embark on a significant military career. On May 30th, 1970 von Feldmann died in Essen. In the seven years of his independence, Adolf von Feldmann impressed as an architect with his designs influenced by Expressionism. The motif of the asymmetrical box dwarf house can be found almost consistently in his single-family houses. Added to this is its design security in the details, especially when dealing with the brick or ceramic building materials. His design style sets him apart from his colleagues in the urban area. Its cubic structures take up the ideas of the modern without, however, achieving the strict consistency of the Bauhaus architects. He is also the only architect from Viersen and BDA member besides Willy Esser, who advertises nationally for himself in the Viersen / Süchteln / Dülken volume of the much-acclaimed book series “Deutschlands Städtebau” 1930 with an advertisement. Monumental property In addition to the ornamentation of the facade design in the form language of brick expressionism, the residential building Rektoratstrasse 60 also has an original floor plan, original interior fittings and pieces of furniture from the master's room that have been preserved. The handwriting of the commissioned architect von Feldmann can be read, who uses the same design language and a. designed by the Nierslabor on Rahserstraße. As a high-quality residential building from the 1920s, the house at Rektoratstrasse 60 is important for Viersen. The exceptionally high-quality residential building from the 1920s is a remarkably clear testimony to the architecture and living culture of its time due to its largely original substance and furnishings. Because of its original state of preservation, which supports the testimony value, in connection with the described architectural-historical features, preservation and use of the house are in the public interest for scientific, here architectural-historical reasons. It is therefore an architectural monument in accordance with Section 2 of the NRW Monument Protection Act.	1928	Dec 14, 2012	502
	Residential and commercial building	Viersen Remigiusplatz 10 map	The urban development of Remigiusplatz, located in the immediate vicinity of the restored Remigius Church, is the three-storey residential and commercial building with a gable roof, facing the square. The building was probably built at the beginning of the 19th century. The facade undergoes a change in that a classical plaster facade is placed in front of the original, presumably brick-faced house. At the same time, a shop will be set up on the ground floor. The facade facing Rektoratstraße is divided into five axes with an entrance in the middle and an adjacent shop window; above on the upper floor an eight-split lattice window on each axis, the outer and the middle being accentuated by a window gable. The windows with segment arches are in their original condition. The facade facing Remigiusplatz is divided into three axes, with a central entrance that is combined with the window above with stucco decorations. The ground floor ashlar plaster facade is separated from the upper floor, which is made of strip plaster, by a cornice. Inside the building, a steep wooden staircase as well as doors and fixtures have been preserved in a simple design. The connections of the original roof structure are held with split pins. The building is supported by a brick-vaulted barrel vaulted cellar. For the historical development of Viersen, the stately residential and commercial building with a high-quality facade at this important place in terms of urban development is important. The building on the former Old Market is an essential part of the original town center of Viersen. For scientific, in particular local history and urban planning reasons, the maintenance and use of the house at Remigiusplatz 10 is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	Early 19th century	May 29, 1991	268
more pictures	Catholic parish church of St. Remigius	Viersen Remigiusplatz 11 a map	Building history: Around 340 St. Helena founds the collegiate church of St. Gereon in Cologne, donated lands in Viersen to the church; then probably the first Christian church in Viersen with parish priest St. Gereon before 843 construction of a Franconian hall church, which was consecrated to St. Remigius, Bishop of Reims (total length: 17 m, width: 8.70 m, open choir: 4.90 m × 5.40 m). Foundations discovered in 1982 under the floor of the central nave, visible through glass windows, marked with dark marble slabs. End of the 12th century construction of a Romanesque pillar basilica with subsequent addition of a western vestibule 2nd half of the 14th century construction of the west tower with the longitudinal axis shifted to the north, expansion of the choir apse in the middle of the 15th century construction of the late Gothic, vaulted staggered church, southern pillar foundations taken over from the Romanesque basilica 1500 Damage and restoration of the tower 1667 Damage to the tower by storm, removal of the crowning balustrade (rebuilt in 1895) 1699 Collapse of two arcade pillars in the south-west (on Romanesque foundations) together with the upper facade and adjacent vaults 1701–1703 Reconstruction and vaulting of the destroyed parts 1864–1866 Repair of the nave according to plans by Vincenz Statz 1869 Neo-Gothic high and side altars, new glass windows 1895–1897 Comprehensive restoration of the west tower by Josef Kleesattel 1897–1898 Extension of both side aisles to the west with the installation of organ stairs, relief muck on both new western front sides (by L. Piedboeuf), new sacristy in the southeast 1906 New church floor with figural mosaic pictures 1929 Structural security: concrete ring anchors on the upper storey, choir, tower; Renewal of two arcade pillars in the southeast. 1945 Fire (from aerial bombs) of the roof structure and the tower spire, collapse of all vaults of the central nave, the choir, the north aisle and the tower vault. Loss of part of the equipment, destruction of the sacristy in the southeast 1946–1947 renewal of the roof trusses and the vaults, repair of the masonry 1949 installation of the new organ 1953–1955 repair of the tower, replacement of the helmet 1962 new belfry 1982–1983 expansion of the organ from 1949 and the high altar, lowering of the floor, installation of underfloor heating and renewal of the floor covering (mosaics in the side aisles), grave finds in the area of ​​the Franconian and Romanesque foundations: 27 burials, including six priestly graves, one grave from the time of the Franconian hall church 1989 restoration of the reliefs Description: The church received its final shape at the end of the 15th century at the latest. A three-aisled hall church was created with a raised central nave (staggered church), a transverse rectangular choir and an apse closed on three sides. The south arcades stand on the foundation wall of the Romanesque arcade row, the central and north aisles were widened to the north, the outer wall of the south aisle was given its final position by the plan of the 14th century. Skillful use of what was already there resulted in a uniform building, which was, however, impaired again in the period that followed by extensive repairs. The stately, late-Gothic west tower, restored in 1895 by Josef Kleesattel, rises on three main floors above a low ground floor. It consists of brick masonry clad with tuff over a basalt base. Its east side, covered by today's roof space of the nave, shows the original brick masonry, untouched by the later damage and repairs, with three tracery panels in sandstone, the shape of which belongs to the 14th century. On the windowless ground floor the west portal, which was renewed in 1895. The three-lane portal window, used in place of a panel in 1895, occupies the full height of the lower main floor and is flanked by two two-lane tracery panels that sit directly on the lower horizontal cornice. The same panel architecture on the upper floors and on the tower sides. With the exception of the wall section covered by the roof space of the nave, all tracery was renewed in 1895 and the upper floor, which until then only consisted of brick, was clad in tuff. On the north side a rectangular stair tower reaching up to the sound holes is added, around which the horizontal cornices are cranked and which takes up the division of the last axis to the east. The crowning with a pointed arch frieze and openwork balustrade was renewed in 1895 and after 1953, the pointed helmet around 1955. The entire masonry of the nave including the ten arcade pillars and the vault of the south aisle survived the Second World War. The roof structure, the vaults of the central and north aisles, as well as most of the neurotic furnishings, were lost in 1945. In 1947-49 the missing brick vaults with tuff ribs, the tuff tower vault and the roof trusses of the three steel naves with pan covering were renewed. The damaged western vaulted area of ​​the south aisle was also restored in brick. Inside: The ribs of the new central nave vaults rest on renewed wall capitals above services rising from the floor, which are integrated into rectangular wall templates above the arcade warriors. The pillar bases and the fighter profiles of the north arcades are cranked around the services, while the fighters of the south arcades are broken through by the services. In the choir, the services are in front of wall templates with set edges: the two central choir services are underpinned by Gothic head consoles just below the window sills. Until 1945, in place of the new rib consoles in the choir, leaf consoles decorated with heads were attached, which were carefully removed during the reconstruction and, thanks to marble tops, now serve as holy water basins. The side aisle vaults, like the central nave vaults, renewed between 1946 and 1947, rest with their ribs on Gothic leaf consoles, 15th century. All windows of the two side aisles received tracery in Trier sandstone in 1865/66. (See CW Clasen: The monuments of the Rhineland. Viersen, p. 14 f) The apostle figures of the former high altar from 1869 were placed on wall brackets in the side aisles. As the oldest church in Viersen, St. Remigius is of particular importance, because the finds from the Franconian, Romanesque and Gothic times give important information about the development of the place and the community. For centuries, its urban significance shaped the appearance of the town center, of which it was the spiritual center. The furnishing with valuable art objects from different epochs contributes to the uniqueness of the church like the different construction phases. For scientific, in particular architectural, archaeological, art-historical and urban development reasons, the preservation and sensible use of the St. Remigius Church is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) DSchG.	End of the 12th century	Feb. 1, 1999	371
	Wayside cross	Dülken Rheindahlener Strasse (L372) map	In a square surrounded by a low, red brick wall, a white plastered sandstone cross from the end of the 19th century rises on a pedestal. The base of the cross is decorated with neo-Gothic decorative shapes; a four-pass motif on the front and a three-pass ornament on the other pages. This is followed by a deep, barred arched niche on the front. The cross substructure tapers upwards in steps and ends in a small temple-shaped structure with a flat arched niche. The cross shaft rises above it, interrupted only by a small cornice. The body of Christ, made of metal, dates from the 20th century. To support the cross, two iron bars are attached at the height of the center of the cross. A stone tablet with the names of those who died in the First and Second World War is placed in front of the crossroads. For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the crossroads according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	End of the 19th century	Sep 7 1994	345
	Tillerhöfe stable house	Dülken Rheindahlener Strasse 399 map	The residential stable Rheindahlener Straße 399 is located in the Tillerhöfe estate, which belonged to the former Oberhonschaft south of the old town center of Dülken. There were a number of farms in the Oberhonschaft, which the Neuwerk monastery had to pay tithes to. Among them was a farm called "van Teyl" on the way from Dülken to Hardt, today's Rheindahlener Straße. This farm is mentioned in a document at the beginning of the 15th century, but according to Mackes it should have existed as early as 1200. Around the courtyard, the court group Tillerhöfe, which is shown at the beginning of the 19th century on the maps of Tranchot or its first recording, was probably created as a result of division. The original cadastre and a marriage certificate (1825) at about the same time identify a Goswin Brasseler as the owner of today's property at Rheindahlener Straße 399. Description: The single-storey residential stable house, exposed to bricks on the outside, but still with largely preserved half-timbered framework, rises on an almost square base. It stands at the eaves of the path that leads past, the internal access is from the gable ends. The window openings have mostly been changed or enlarged over the years; however, they still reflect the typical interior layout of the house with the division into living and business areas on the one hand, and central nave and side walls on the other. The house is covered by a high pitched roof, which contains an upper and an attic storey inside. The chimney head can be seen on the ridge. The two sides of the gable bear different anchor dates from the 18th century: 1712 on the residential gable, 1751 on the stable gable. On the residential gable, the letters "GLG" are also attached as anchor heads in the gable triangle. The house entrance door with its skylight and walls dates from the 19th century, just like the console frieze in the manner of a "German ribbon" at the level of the upper floor windows is hardly conceivable before 1800. The verges of the gable show neatly bricked Dutch triangles. The stable gable has more patches and defects in the masonry, including a widening of the driveway. There are also Dutch triangles here. As usual, the house entrance leads directly to the kitchen area, which takes up the entire width of the central nave. The chimney block can still be seen on the back wall of the room; the staircase, which leads straight to the top floor and must therefore be younger, dates from the 19th century, as does the arched passage to the stable part directly behind it. The living rooms, which are lit from the eaves through windows, are housed on the left side. There is a vaulted cellar under the right-hand side. a typical op camera for this design is not available. The inner framework is largely plastered over, v. a. but still clearly visible from the right side. The old stone floor has been preserved in the stable part, from here another staircase from the 19th century leads upwards. In the pointed roof, the roof truss shows various repairs and additions, the old scissor chair parts can probably be dated to the 19th century. Monument value: It is a rare, intact example of a stable house, i.e. the rural house shape that was common until the first half of the 19th century, before living and farms or stables in larger courtyards were distributed among different buildings. The floor plan, in particular, has passed down old construction methods that were common before the 19th century: the division into living and stable parts as well as central nave and side walls under one roof, with the central kitchen area without corridors or the chimney block on the partition between living and stable part. The traditional substance cannot be clearly assigned to a construction phase. This is particularly noticeable in the staircase built in front of the chimney, but other elements also testify to a partial extension of the existing structure (house entrance, passage through the living room / stable part, stairs in the stable part, enlargement of the windows). In addition, there are typologically unusual details that make unambiguous dating difficult, especially if one also takes anchor dating into account. The basic shape of the house could at least be reconciled with the date 1751 (residential stable house, central kitchen, chimney block, half-timbered framework). Other things such as the sunken cellar (in contrast to the older Opkamer), the scissor chair in the roof or the frieze on the entrance gable are rarely or not at all to be found before the 19th century. Other characteristic historical furnishing elements such as the stairs or doors belong in any case to a renovation phase in the (later) 19th century. In summary, it can be said: how old the core of the house is cannot be said with certainty (an origin in the 18th century is possible, but the anchor date 1712 appears too early and is more likely to come from a previous building). This core may have been followed by several conversions in the 19th century, which in turn added high-quality and typical details without changing the basic character of the residential stable house. As an unusually intact house from the 18th / 19th centuries. In the early 20th century, the building is an integral, historically significant part of the Tillerhöfe court, which dates back at least to the early modern period. It is therefore important for Viersen. From the described architectural-historical, d. H. For scientific reasons, there is a public interest in maintaining and using the house. It is therefore a monument within the meaning of Section 2 of the NRW Monument Protection Act.	18./19. Century	July 11, 2008	480
	Wayside cross memorial	Süchteln Rheinstrasse Honschaft Sittard card	Today's memorial complex was created in 1956 through the redesign of a crossroads that had previously been erected directly on the street in the Suchtard Honschaft in Suchteln. Within a large green area with two benches, a gravel path leads to a neo-Gothic cross, which was inaugurated on July 29, 1899 by the pastor to St. Clemens Paul Busch. There was already a wooden cross directly on Rheinstrasse, which was inaugurated in 1848 and destroyed by a storm in 1899. At the rear of today's facility, the cross stands on a two-tier substructure. The name of the author is engraved in the cross base: W. Sommer, Viersen. At the turn of the century, the stonemasons from Sommer were probably very busy in the vicinity; Crosses and tombs created by him can be found e.g. B. also in Brüggen and Mönchengladbach. In the following, somewhat tapered base is the inscription: Erected by the / residents of Sittard / 1899. A small polygonal corbel is attached in the middle to complete the base, which is decorated with finials and a profiled strip. The subsequent structure of the cross substructure shows the typical neo-Gothic decorative elements: on the front and on the sides there are eyelashes, on the front with an arched field in three-pass form and the inscription: Look / whether I am your / Savior / am. The eyelashes are covered with crabs. In the corners, i.e. H. At the intersection of the right-angled eyelashes, small, Sä-columns with base and leaf capital are set. The back remains without any decoration. The cross no longer has a crucifix. Since it was redesigned in 1956 and rededicated as a war memorial site, a wrought-iron chandelier with a small crowning cross and a plaque of honor for those who died in the First and Second World Wars have accompanied the cross. The panels bear the inscriptions: Remember the fallen warriors and pray for them or honor and thank the sons of Sittard, who were faithful until death. Part of the redesign was the relocation of the cross by approx. 25.00 m to the east and the new horticultural conception of the green area. As a wayside cross and memorial to the fallen of the Honschaft Sittard, the cross on Rheinstrasse is important for Viersen. For scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of local history and folklore, the preservation of the memorial complex is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1899	March 23, 2004	447
	Kauertz or Hoffhof	Süchteln Rheinstrasse 18 map	History: The courtyard in Süchteln Sittard Until 1802, the Kurmutgut of the Süchtelner Fronhof of the St. Pantaleon Abbey in Cologne. The farm includes the 2 Kurmutgüter Schlot and Peetzen (1787) 1457 Tys to gen Haeff Owner of the farm (Viersener deed book No. 289, p. 275) 1465 Thiis in ghen Hoff leases with others, among others, the Sittarder Zehnten (ibid. No. 326 , P. 309) 1472–1477 Thys in gen Haeue suffered a loss of XX guilders during the Burgundian War (Ibid. P. 345) 1565 Hoeff Theyß is liable for two acres and a quarter of arable land (Stadtarchiv Köln, St. Pantaleon, Akt. 44 b / 2) 1573 Peter in ghen Hoeff from Sittard is liable to pay a tenth (Ibid. Akt. 44 b / l) 1586–1593 Phiess ghen Hove pays the dues for the court (Bonn city archive, Hauptmann collection, file 266) 1613 Hoef Derich pays the dues for the farm (ibid. act. 271) 1658 Jan Hoff is liable for 7 1/2 acres, 6 rods (Stadtarchiv Köln, St. Pantaleon, act. 44 b / 4) 1670 Jan Hoff owner of the farm (ibid. act. 44 b / 3, no. 304) Jan. 17, 1706 Peter Nyper, son of Nelis Nyper and the Greitgen Pesch oo (reformed) Tringen Hoff, daughter of Theiss Hof f and the Steintgen ... The message bar from 1730 can be assigned to this couple. 17th July 1729 Goirt Heimer, son of Peter and the ... oo reformed Gretgen, daughter of Peter Niper, called Hoff and the Tringen Hoff 17th Nov. 1754 Anton Heimer, son of the married couple Wilhelm Heimer and Anna ... oo ref. Fiiken (= Sophia) Heimer, daughter of Gort Heimer and the Gretgen Hof, called Heimer The anchor pins from 1781 can be assigned to this couple: A (nton) H (eimer) - S (ophia) H (off) 1773 Petrus Hoff, businessman, Reformed religion, from Sittard owns 8 acres, 2 quarters and 10 3/4 rods of arable land and keeps 2 cows (HSTAD, Jülich-Berg IV Courts, Amt Brüggen) 1801 live on the farm Anton Heymer and Marg.Hissen, the couple (Franz. Population list) Hof then fell to the Kauertz family through marriage. Description: The former stable house shows itself in the form of the Lower Rhine hall house. It develops through the need to create more living space, gradually through expansion to the T-house. Around 1830/40, 2 or 3 yokes of the residential part were laid down and replaced by a 2-storey brick building, creating a T-shaped floor plan. The T-shape of the house is also clearly visible in the roof ridge. Today the T-House presents itself as an entire residential building. The front view of the residential building has a brick facade and is built in 6 axes, with the central right axis also being the building entrance axis. The double-leaf house entrance door is a solid wood door with wooden cassettes and a transom-divided skylight. The house entrance is emphasized by the architectural framing, a stone frame with a protruding eaves. The original brick lintel can still be seen above this cornice. The windows have a brick lintel. Coming from the house entrance you enter the hallway, which runs straight through the T-house in a vertical direction and ends with the doorway to the courtyard. In the corridor area the stairs can be found on the left as well as the slightly lower basement room accessible below the stairs. The staircase is straight, single-corridor and has a stately echo in the entry area. This can be seen in the opening of the stairs on the ground floor, in the slightly rambling steps and in the tapering of the steps to the upper floor. The starting post is decorated with vegetal ornaments, the banister is held in a geometric, arched ornamentation. The interior doors have been partially preserved, including a solid wood door from the early 18th and early 19th centuries. The hallway has four Schwibbogen in the ceiling area. The floor in the front building (the younger house) is provided with a bluestone floor and in the rear part, which has to be assigned to the original hall building, is equipped with colored floor tiles, the latter being assigned to the 19th century. On the right side of the hallway, there are various living rooms, one behind the other. A Cologne ceiling can be found in a living room under modern cladding. The rooms in the upper floor and attic area are used as living rooms. The gable side to the adjacent courtyard has a plastered facade. The semi-arched windows found there are remarkable. Today's courtyard is in the house with a 3-wing system. The courtyard has open areas and is therefore not a closed courtyard. The residential building is surrounded by farm buildings, such as the horse stable, which is on the right when viewed from the residential building, the horse stable opposite the residential building and the barns on the left. The stable building with a gate is probably the oldest existing farm building on this courtyard. It shows a half-timbered construction on the courtyard side and anchor pins on its brick-facing facade towards the path. The anchor pins AH SH AO 1781 can be historically explained in A (nton) H (bucket) - S (ophia) H (off) Anno 1781. The anchor pins from 1781 can be assigned to the Protestant couple and then owners Anton Heimer and Sophia Hoff, who Are mentioned in 1754. Furthermore, the facade is decorated with a "German ribbon" in the area of ​​the eaves. There is also a message bar on the courtyard, which in earlier times was fastened under the eaves of a shed. The beam, probably originally from a barn, bears the inscription: ANNO 1730 THE 18 DAY OF APRIL, I ST THIS SCBVKER DIRECTED PETER NEIPER AND TRIENKEN HOF SIN HAVSTRAVW BUT WE KNOW THAT EARTH HAVS THESE HVTREN WILL BE BROKEN BY GOD ERBAVET. A HAVS NOT MADE BY HANDS THAT IS ETERNAL IN HEAVEN The message bar from 1730 can be assigned to the Reformed couple Peter Nyper and Trintgen Hoff mentioned in 1706. The landscape-defining farmhouse shows, on the one hand, the progressive structural development of the Lower Rhine farmhouse architecture, i.e. from the Lower Rhine hall house to the T-house and, on the other hand, important aspects of the local history. In addition to the age value and the associated local history, some of which can also be found there in the message bar from 1730 and the anchor pins from 1781, it is noteworthy that the farm is compulsory to curvature on the one hand and also has curvature rights on the other (1781). For scientific, in particular local history and folklore reasons, the maintenance and use of the courtyard are in the public interest according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act of North Rhine-Westphalia.	17th century	May 13, 1993	323
	Residential and stable house	Süchteln Rheinstrasse 50 map	The former stable house with a crooked roof is located in what was then a preferred agricultural settlement area, which is already shown on the maps of Tranchot and von Müffling. It stretched between Viersen and Süchteln. The former "Grand Canal du Nord" bordered to the west and the natural course of the Niers to the east. The brick-built building includes an internal frame construction (oak wood construction), which must be described as having been preserved as a whole. The main nave and the two offsides are clearly recognizable, one of which is partially underpinned by a vaulted cellar. Above this, the outline of the Opkamer can be recognized. Immediately next to the Opkamer there is a well shaft approx. 4 m deep. The fireplace, arranged in the middle, divides the living area from the stable area. The building underwent a fundamental renovation in 1904, which is probably due to the current shape of the facade. The windows, hung in block frames and partly provided with folding shutters, are to be assigned to the renovation. The entrance door is in good condition. The weather side of the house was plastered. Inside there are partly Cologne ceilings as well as extensive half-timbered structures. The residential stable house as the smallest economic unit is one of the few remaining buildings from the former settlement "Am Sittert", today Sittard, and thus also experiences its significance in terms of its historical location, as well as its historical condition, apart from minor changes. The building is, on the one hand, an important and rare example of rural architecture in the Lower Rhine region and, on the other, an important document for the history of the settlement.	1904	June 30, 1986	110
	Fallen memorial	Dülken Röhlenend / Nice card	In 1925 the war memorial was erected for the fallen soldiers of the Dülkener-Nette. A plaque with the names of those who died in World War II will be added later. On a three-tier sandstone plinth, a stele tapering towards the top rises from stacked sandstone blocks or sandstone slabs of different sizes. On the lowest stone block of the monument is the inscription: The fallen heroes of the Dülkener Nette, underneath a small inscription plaque: erected on July 25, 1925. One of the upper stone slabs bears the year: 1914–1918. The cenotaph ends with a steel helmet, also made of sandstone, on oak leaves. On the front there is a bronze relief plate depicting a fallen man with "good genius". The guardian spirit is represented in the form of a female angel with a long, wrinkled robe. The right arm is raised high, while the left stretches towards the fallen victim as if to protect himself. The wounded, supposedly dying soldier is lying on an only hinted elevation decorated with a branch. In his left hand he holds a sword, the right hand reaches out to the angel for help. A saying is below the figurative representation: You were ready to die for the law and the country. Immediately on both sides of the site are two stone plinths, each with a plaque bearing the names of the fallen and each with a stone cross. An additional plaque with the names of the dead of World War II leans diagonally on the steps of the substructure. For scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of local history, the preservation and use of the monument are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1925	Sep 7 1994	352
	Boundary stone near the peel hole	Clörath Saalbruch Clörather Mühle map	History: A boundary is the line that separates two properties or areas. So-called boundary marks have been used for this purpose since ancient times. The boundary stone to be discussed here lies on an ancient spider road as the outermost point of the glory of Viersen - belonging to Geldern - and the adjacent territories of the Duchy of Jülich and Kurköln. As early as 1528, the "old Niers" that formerly flowed by here is known as a very old limit or border division. During the establishment of rule and territories from the 12th century onwards, the Niers lowland with the swamp and quarry area was increasingly used as a natural border. Solid houses and castles are built on both banks on hills or surrounded by water to protect the paths, crossings and borders. Probably before 1444 (?) Castle Clörath was built on a Niersinsel as a border castle of Kurköln at an important Niers crossing. It burns partially in 1642 and is completely destroyed around 1800. The boundary stone that is still standing is one of the few remaining witnesses in our area that marks this point that borders three territories. Of course, today's legal relationships have changed somewhat. The stone is still on its border today, but this time around 25% on a property belonging to the St. Clemens Süchteln church factory and 75% on a public road owned by the city. Description: The height of the stone is 71 cm below the ground. It measures 43 cm on the broad side and 28 cm on the narrow side. The material is basalt lava. From 53 cm from the top of the earth, the rounding of the upper part begins. The whole surface of the stone is sharpened. On the north side (formerly facing Kurkölns) it bears the letters: N: J C: C On the south side (formerly facing the Duchy of Geldern) the letters: N: J H: G The stone is slightly inclined to the south-west. For scientific, in particular local history and folklore reasons, the maintenance and use of the boundary stone according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1775	Jan. 4, 1991	246
	Rhaderhof	Dülken Schirick 12 card	The closed, brick-view, 4-wing courtyard, which is typical of the landscape, consists essentially of a former residential / stable house and stable / barn wing as well as a covered gate. The main building of the homestead complex in non-continuous axes and saddle roof is erected according to its anchor pins PSLB 1771 on the south-eastern gable. After the fire of 1934, the barn and the left wing were repaired and connected by a wall and a gate. The dates 1474, 1771 and 1934 are attached to the barn wing. One long side of the barn bears the number 1781. The eastern barn gable bears the capital letters AB and AL. The rural stable house is to be assigned to the type of the Lower Rhine hall house (oak wood construction, 4 pairs of stands). It was formerly divided into living and stable sections by a double chimney with an oven. There have been two additional chimneys since 1941. The fireplace in the kitchen-living room still has a wide, profiled wooden cornice. The tiling of the chimney back wall with black glazed, relief tiles with an edge length of approx. 20 cm is only present in fragments. From the kitchen-cum-living room, a wood-paneled staircase leads up to the partly expanded attic. During the expansion in 1934, the original clay walls were replaced by masonry. The oak construction of the roof structure was retained, but the truss beam was moved on the ground floor. The wooden framework of the inner walls is preserved, but lined with brick. The same staircase leads to a brick-built, transversely vaulted cellar with a height of approx. 1.70 m, which takes up the entire width of the backside. A shaft to the basement window brings light. In continuation of this cellar under the left back side, there is another vaulted cellar approx. 7.50 m long and 1.75 m high, built partly in brickwork, partly in concrete. Access by a staircase is in front of the window of the south-east gable. The downside is about 1 step higher than level. There is a brick floor in the former residential wing, and modern paving in the former lining wall. In the former lining the original trusses are underpinned with beams. The headbands are designed in the shape of a keel. The off-pages here still contain Cologne blankets. On the east gable, the top window is designed with double arched arches and a ribbon. The windows have wooden block frames, the old wooden door has a skylight and a window. The large, six-part window looks old. The courtyard gable side has probably undergone structural changes in the area of ​​the door and window openings. The middle entrance door was obviously later widened under an arch that was too small. The stable door has an unusually wide wooden block frame. The long sides of the building have been partially supplemented and renewed, including the windows. The entire structural courtyard with the originally residential stable house, whose essential floor plan features have been preserved, including the enclosed courtyard, is significant due to its location and relationship to the surrounding landscape, as it illustrates the characteristic settlement structure of the Viersen area. It is of local historical interest that the farm gave its name to the Schirick settlement that emerged as a forest hoof settlement on both sides of the Plätschbach and has been documented since around 1500. The use and maintenance of the entire courtyard is in the public interest for scientific, in particular settlement topographical, local history, folklore and building history reasons according to § 2 (1) DSchG.	1771	June 28, 1985	47
	Wayside chapel	Dülken Schirick / corner Bielenweg map	The chapel, built of multi-colored bricks, is given a special character by corner pillars that protrude over the gable. These pillars are covered with a slab of sandstone. The chapel closes with a gable roof at the top. The gable is stepped inwards and is mainly characterized by smaller stones. The gable is given additional emphasis by a crowning cross made of natural stone, on the base of which the date of origin of the chapel is carved: 1882. A pointed arch opening, laid out like an archivolt, leads into the interior of the chapel. There is a wrought iron gate in the lower area of ​​the entrance. On the outer long sides of the chapel there is a walled-in circular opening in the middle, above a cross, which is marked by dark bricks set into the wall. Inside the chapel there is a large wooden cross with a colored body of Christ; above the INRI symbol. On the side walls there is an inscription plaque with the names of the fallen soldiers of the First and Second World Wars. For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folklore reasons, the preservation and use of the path chapel are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1882	Nov 26, 1992	309
	Seat courtyard	Viersen Schmaler Weg 11 map	History: 1387 Zeytz gueden soen 1390 Zeytzenhuys 1408 Sietzenhuss-Sietz, seat (Mackes, no. 80, p. 278) (in the body profit register of 1408 Heyn to Zietsenhus has to pay 4 schillings, 2 denars, 3 chickens and 3 schillings as prize money to the Fronhof of St. Gereon). Description: The stable house, located on the eaves side on "Schmalen Weg", occupies the southeast corner of the four-winged brick courtyard. It follows the type of the Lower Rhine farmhouse Viersener imprint: The layout of the floor plan into living and stable parts and the protruding side aisles (offsides) in the gables. The ratio of the stable to the living space can be read from the position of the chimney, 5 fields are divided into 3 for the stable and 2 for the living area. The "Opkamer" is located above the small cellar with brick vaults above the southwest corner of the living area. The front door and windows on the ground floor were renewed at the end of the 19th century. Above the entrance a sandstone cube with lettering in capitals: WEDVWE MARIA SITZ PETER SITZ 1775 Below the outbuildings, the shed on Schmaler Weg is noticeable with its decorative half-timbered structure and rich brick technology. For scientific, in particular architectural, local history and folklore reasons, the maintenance and use of the building according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act are in the public interest.	1775	3rd June 1987	151
	Wayside chapel	Dülken Schündelenhöfe map	In the small plastered brick chapel, the emphasis is on the gable sides, while the side walls with the small gable roof are hardly visible. A pointed arch opening, which is closed with a wrought iron grille, leads into the interior of the chapel. The year the chapel was built is located above the apex of the pointed arch: 1869. The small interior is barrel-vaulted and plastered, e.g. T. designed in color. In a round arch niche in the rear wall is a relief plate made of bronze, also with a round arch finish. Thereupon Mary and the Christ child, which she holds in her arms, are represented. The relief does not come from 1869, but was made for the consecration of the chapel in the mid-1930s. May services are usually held near the chapel. For scientific, in particular religious-historical and folkloric reasons, the preservation and use of the path chapel is in the public interest according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1869	June 28, 1985	286
	villa	Süchteln Siebenweg 75 map	The villa-like house at Siebenweg 75 was built in 1904 according to plans by Josef Kuhlmann, Süchteln, for Heinrich Sieben on the periphery of the Johannisthal Provincial Sanatorium, which was built between 1902 and 1905, on the corner of Moersenstrasse and Siebenweg. The house is set back from the streets on a plot of more than 2000 m². It is a two-storey building with an eaves on an essentially rectangular floor plan. Both towards Moersenstrasse and Siebenweg, the left-hand halves of the facade are raised like a risalit and end at the top in a dwelling with a crippled hip and trusswork. With the exception of the eastern front on the window reveals and lintels, the exposed brickwork has rounded shaped bricks made of the same material. Elaborate decorative masonry can be found below the gable to Siebenweg. The roofs are covered with red double grooved interlocking tiles typical of the time and architecture. In contrast to the residential building, the utility wing is easy to clean. The brick frames of the windows as well as the structure of the facade surfaces by brick cornices at window sill and skylight height are striking. The entrance to the house on Siebenweg can be reached via a multi-step staircase. He's a bit involved. The porch-like porch shown in the building drawing from 1904 does not seem to have been implemented. The three-winged window in the stairwell, preserved in the original, has both sprued lower lights and skylights. The ground floor windows in the protruding facade halves are also three-winged. Above there are two pairs of windows on the upper floor and two in the attic. While the pair of windows in the attic in the mid-gable to Siebenweg each end with a round arch, the pair of windows in the mid-gable to Moersenstraße is embedded in a niche. Both the windows and the niche are spanned with vertical masonry lintels. A rectangular plaster medallion can be found on the southern front at skylight level. The year of construction "Anno 1904" can be read above and below, framed by foliage. Inside you first enter a short corridor leading to the center of the house, from which the living rooms including the kitchen and the central staircase at the rear are accessed. The laundry room can be entered both through the kitchen and from the garden, the stable behind it can only be entered from the garden. Ornate floor tiles, room doors (frame panel doors with associated garments), the wooden staircase (straight two-lane with turning platform; turned balusters and large starting posts) and the fine ceiling stucco (rectangular fields with corner decorations and rosettes; ribbons and flower motifs in the throats) convey the original spatial impression. Stucco ceilings are also found in the bedrooms on the upper floor, the layout of which is also unchanged except for the installation of a bathroom. The builder Heinrich Sieben manages the Boscherhof, which has been occupied since the 16th century. This was integrated as an estate in the Provincial Sanatorium and Nursing Home Johannisthal. Presumably from the sales proceeds, Heinrich Sieben built the stately home almost opposite his courtyard. In the 15th century, the connection from the city center to the Boscherhof is documented as Boscher Kirckpayde. In the meantime known as Windberger Kirchpfad or Kirchweg, it is named after the last owner of the Siebenweg estate at the beginning of the 20th century. Its expansion into an avenue dates from the time the institution was built. The construction of the villa coincides with the period in which the Johannisthal Provincial Sanctuary and Nursing Facility is being built in the immediate vicinity, the individual buildings of which show an almost identical design language in terms of architecture. The individual buildings are similar, but vary in detail. What they all have in common is the brick material, isolated plastered surfaces, economical decor, the window shapes, projections and recesses of the facades, risalits with different gable shapes and decorative elements, richly pronounced roof landscapes, some with dormers and verandas. The building at Siebenweg 75 has all these design features, so that in the perception of the beholder without any knowledge of the history or the locality it could be regarded as belonging to the clinic. The house at Siebenweg 75 is a remarkably vivid testimony to the architecture and living culture of the turn of the century due to its largely original structure and furnishings. The building is therefore important for Viersen. There is a public interest in its preservation and use for scientific reasons, in particular for reasons of local history and the history of architecture. It is therefore an architectural monument in accordance with Section 2 of the NRW Monument Protection Act.	1904	Dec 4, 2008	485
	Husshof	Süchteln Steeg Hütter Route 25 map	History: The house yard in the Honschaft Hagen 343 Hauß Coun (1908 Pannekes) is valued, taxable and serviceable, the prelate of Gladbach is weary of a curse, also gives him 7 Albus, 9 Heller Fahr (= risk interest), ad St. Cordulam in Cologne 4 gold florins Inheritance, to Kurf. Office building 3 quarters of wood grain, = oats, 2 chickens and 1 1/2 heller in Hütter Fahr (neighboring farm) Fahr, 2 Vettmängen to Mr. Prelates, Mr. Pastor zu Anrath one year 1 chicken, the other 1 goose, then on the next year 8 1/2 egg, the sexton there 2 barrels of rye. (The yard is) 36 morg. (large) (F. Kogelboom, Die Geschichte des Amtes Oedt bis 1815, Oedt 1908, p. 194 f.) Description: The Husshof (house courtyard) in the Honschaft Hagen is proven around 1660. The stable house shows itself in the form of the Lower Rhine hall house. It is characterized by the inner framework, which determines its appearance, its spatial design and its internal spatial arrangement. It is divided into a longitudinal and a transverse axis. The longitudinal axis is determined by the 4-stud frame with 3 compartments and the transverse axis is shown in the central nave with two side aisles. The facade of the residential building is given a smooth plaster finish. The entrance to the house is surrounded by geometric bands. The two-leaf house entrance door has two door windows and a skylight. The windows are also framed by geometric bands. Anchor pins with the letters MT / MGS are attached above the house entrance, which are probably the first letters of the owners at the time. There are also anchor pins above the upper floor windows. These show the year of construction 1829. The floor plan of the stable house is almost unchanged. This is how you enter the large kitchen-cum-living room from the house entrance. This is built up with the stairs in the left-hand area of ​​the room, the slightly lower basement room accessible below the stairs and the operating room located halfway up the stairs. The staircase is straight, single-course and shows a banister with geometric ornamentation and a lower starting post. A lined-up circular wood carving underneath the banister helps to loosen up the staircase's construction. The interior doors have largely been preserved in their original condition. On the one hand, they are designed as single-leaf solid wood doors with wooden cassettes and, on the other hand, with a door window divided by bars. The fireplace, here the double-sided fireplace, is characteristic of the kitchen. This is a defining component of the hall building on the Lower Rhine. The rooms adjacent to the kitchen are simple and solid and are used on the ground floor as living rooms and on the upper floor as bedrooms. The original floorboard has been preserved throughout the upper floor. The stable wing can be found behind the living part of the stable house. The stable building or the stable zone, like the living area, is structurally divided into three parts: a wide central nave, the lining hall and two narrow aisles. The feeding hall is a wide feeding passage from which the animals are fed. The cattle stalls are in the side aisles. The cows are housed along the entire length of one side, the young cattle, the pigsties and the horse stable on the other. The inner courtyard is behind the stable house. This is delimited by farm buildings. Most of the farm buildings were built around the turn of the century. For example, the barn on the opposite side, built around 1925, and the gate building on the right, built around 1923. The gate building shows a gate passage. This is provided with a flat arch and two anchor crosses. The keystone of the flat arch was built in 1923. There is an ornamental gable above the gateway. The farm buildings as well as the gable side of the stable part of the residential stable house appear in a brick facade. In addition to the age value and the typical example of a rural hall house on the Lower Rhine, the stable house with its agricultural outbuildings is significant in terms of settlement history. In the case of the courtyard, it can be clearly seen, but also typical of the development of a courtyard, how a rural courtyard with the stable house develops into a square courtyard. For scientific, in particular folk and settlement history, architectural-historical reasons, preservation of the courtyard is in the public interest according to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	around 1660	July 12, 1991	281
	Terporten memorial cross at the Irmgardis Chapel	Süchteln Süchtelner Heights Card	At the edge of the forest near the waterworks, not far from the Irmgardiskapelle in Süchteln, there is a small memorial cross made of basalt lava that commemorates a murder in 1791, which has become known beyond the borders of Viersen for its cruelty. The cross is undecorated except for volutes in the corner spandrels. The inscription refers to what happened: A (nno) 1791 on the 14th of Merz, Anna Margaretha Terporten, 9 to 10 years old, was cruelly murdered by a murderer's hand. It is described several times that this was a really cruel act. According to the entry in the death register of the Catholic parish of St. Clemens, it was initially believed in a ritual murder, as the completely undressed victim had been horribly damaged by numerous knife stabs and cuts. The killer had believed that if he had the heart of an innocent child with him, he would be safe from stalking his raids. After his arrest in July 1791 in Kempen, Johannes Königs from Anrath confessed to the crime as a perpetrator before the Süchteln jury. As one of the last executions under the old Jülich-Bergisch law, he was whacked on October 3, 1791 in Jülich. His body was then taken to Dülken and displayed on the Bistarder Heide the next day with the bike that was used for the execution. For scientific, in particular local historical and folklore reasons, the preservation and use of the cross are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1791	July 6, 2004	452
	Süchtelner Heights	Süchteln Süchtelner Heights Card	To expand the capacity of the Viersener water supply, the same company that had built the first municipal waterworks with a water tower in 1889/90, the Hermann Ehlert / Düsseldorf company, built the underground tank on the Süchtelner Höhe in 1907. The relatively small container held 400 cubic meters. In 1969 the container was taken out of operation. Description Comparable to the tunnel mouth hole architectures of the mining industry, the portal structure is the architecturally designed part of the plant even in the case of an underground tank. In the case of the Viersener container, particular care has to be taken in the design of the entrance building and in the iconographic design. A flat arch spans between flanking pilasters. Inscribed in the field formed in this way, a semicircular arc grants the actual access to the container. It is in turn divided vertically by two pillars, which swing outwards in a quarter circle to ground level and which frame the four brick steps leading to the portal. Lateral and central pilasters protrude over the upper outline of the building. The two central pilasters are connected like an attic above the top. The outer pilasters bear two large skate heads like a capitol with flippers on the side as elements of an iconography of water (models of this type especially in England, in particular Papplewick Pumping Station near Nottingham, where water-related flora and fauna are depicted on capitals, glass windows and wall surfaces, cf. Axel Föhl, The industrial history of water, Düsseldorf 1985, pp. 140 f. And 158). This motif continues in Viersen below the Rochenkopf capitals with renaissance-like masks that end in a stuccoed water cascade. Art Nouveau plant ornamentation fills the remaining decorative surfaces of the entire building, which is otherwise plastered with a square effect (cf. Axel Föhl, Buildings of Industry and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia, p. 199 "Viersen-Süchteln, Erdbehälteln", Berlin 2000). Rating: The building described under II is a monument within the meaning of § 2 Paragraph 1 DSchG NW. The facility is important for the cities and settlements as well as for the development of working and production conditions. There are artistic and scientific reasons for preservation and use. The building represents the expansion phase of the urban water supply after 1900 in an architecturally sophisticated form and with a rich canon of purpose-oriented decorative motifs. The building, which is typical of the Art Nouveau era (with Renaissance motifs used in an eclectic way) has above-average architectural quality within its nationwide comparison group.	1907	May 23, 2002	439
	Residential and commercial building	Viersen Süchtelner Strasse 2 map	description The house at Süchtelner Strasse 2 was built in 1912 as a residential and commercial building for Wilhelm Mintmanns, who ran a butcher's shop on the ground floor, based on plans drawn up by the contractors H. and W. Eigelshoven. The stately, three-storey building with a high mansard roof is in a prominent urban development location on the corner of Süchtelner Strasse and Hofstrasse, on the edge of downtown Viersen, not far from the main church of St. Remigius. The building is flattened on the corner, resulting in a rhythm of 5: 1: 3 axes corresponding to a facade length of 21.90 × 3.20 × 10.80 m. As is typical of the construction period, only the street-side facades are plastered, but the remaining wall surfaces are left exposed to brick. The ground floor is provided with a strip of plaster. The first and second floors are smoothly plastered, but are lively structured by projections and recesses / bay windows, ornamented parapet fields of the windows and alternating grouping of the window openings - double narrow two-winged or wide three-part openings. On the ground floor there are partly other - wider - window formats for the shop windows. A two-storey rounded bay window on the corner with an exit, which is crowned by a gabled dwarf house with an ornamented gable field, is also characteristic of the street scene. The shop, which is typically arranged on the corner, is entered through an entrance below the bay window. The residential floors above have a separate entrance in the extreme right-hand axis on Süchtelner Straße with an original door, which leads through a hallway to the rear staircase with original wooden stairs. The building is relatively narrow, so the rooms and apartments are accessed from one side via a hallway at the rear on the courtyard side. The floor plan and room organization of the interior are essentially unchanged. In addition to the shop and the adjoining cold store, the former sausage kitchen at the end of the wing on Hofstrasse with its original small-format wall tiles is clear evidence of the use as a butcher's shop on the ground floor. The rest of the historical furnishings such as floor tiles in the shop and hallways / hallways, windows, room doors (frame panels) with frames, stucco ceilings and the original, tightly turned wooden house staircase have been preserved to a remarkable extent. Justification of the monument value / importance for the city of Viersen The residential and commercial building Süchtelner Straße 2 bears witness to the economic prosperity of the city of Viersen in the time of industrialization and city growth "around 1900" (compare the local historical literature in the bibliography). While many of the historic residential and commercial buildings in downtown Viersen, especially on Hauptstrasse, fell victim to the Second World War and the renovation and pressure to use in the decades that followed, here, on the outskirts of the center, there is a stately and in terms of its original building stock particularly vivid specimen of this genus received. The historical change that this house marks becomes clear when you take a look at the building files: A building was previously there, namely a small two-story house with only three window axes - owned by Curl (?) Meyer in 1873, owned by Curl (?) Meyer in 1889 Salomon Strauss, who at the time also owned the neighboring properties, including that of the current Süchtelner Straße building. 8. In 1908/09, according to the register of Jewish residents in the Viersen city archives, Karl Strauss, a horse dealer, lived at Süchtelner Strasse 8, as well as Josef Liefmann, a cattle dealer at number 5 opposite. With the new construction of the residential and commercial building Süchtelner Strasse 2 in 1912 by Wilhelm Mintmanns, not only was a structural leap from a more rural to an urban architecture, but also the modern differentiation of the trades was implemented, whereby the previous horse / Livestock trading in the broader sense can be viewed as a related, pre-industrial trade. In this context it is noteworthy that Viersen had its own municipal slaughterhouse relatively early, since the end of the 19th century, which carried out slaughtering centrally and thus took over current urban developments. B. the subsequent district of Kempen in 1914 still had none of these facilities. This also had an impact on the meat industry in the city in general, as the modern butcher shop consequently did not have its own slaughterhouse (or no longer took place directly on the farm at the producer's premises), but was able to work in a division of labor on the processing and sale of the centrally produced meat product Concentrate close to the end user. Scientific, here architectural-historical reasons for the preservation and use The house Süchtelner Straße 2 is a typical, high-quality designed and clearly preserved testimony to the urban residential and commercial building type around 1910. In terms of design, it clearly shows the now largely complete detachment from historicism in favor of a more objective, Design language based on baroque forms. Inside, not only the room layout and numerous equipment details from the construction period have been preserved, which allow an unusually complete picture of the living environment around 1910, but also the functional rooms of the butcher's shop on the ground floor with a shop in the typical arrangement on the corner and then a cold room in the wing on Hofstrasse , Kitchen and sausage kitchen, under which there was a "salt cellar" for storage in the basement. In this respect, the house is of special building typological importance as an early example of the functional system of a modern butchery. "The history [of the meat supply in the 19th and early 20th centuries] was connected with the supply demands of a steadily and sometimes rapidly growing urban population, with increasing demands on hygiene and the transfer of mechanized and labor-based forms of production to slaughter, animal processing and food production" (Walter Buschmann). In addition to slaughterhouses, early modern butchers such as these are to be counted as processing businesses that sell to end consumers. Urban development reasons for preservation and use The residential and commercial building is located in a corner at a prominent location on the northern edge of the Viersen city center, where several streets meet in an almost star-shaped manner within sight of the main church. With its corner bay and overlying gable formation (the originally planned crowning roof lantern was probably not implemented) the street scene is positively accentuated and shaped, the two adjoining wings create a neatly designed transition into the respective streets. In particular, in contrast to its small predecessor, which was oriented solely towards Süchtelner Strasse, it becomes clear how urban planning ideas influenced the layout and design of the new building, although this resulted in an asymmetrical, spatially difficult to organize floor space. The urban design of Süchtelner Straße was certainly of particular importance at the time of construction, as it had only been the northern main entrance and exit road of the strongly grown Viersen for a relatively short time. In 1845 it was "expanded as a section of the Viersen-Aldekerker Bezirksstrasse. Before that, today's Vogtei- and Alte Süchtelner Landstrasse connected Viersen with Süchteln. Süchtelner Strasse was an easy footpath before it was expanded. It is mentioned in 1593 as" Süchtelsche Wegh ". " [Karl L. Mackes: Die Alt-Viersener street names (= Viersen, contributions to a city 23), Viersen 2001, page 90] Scope of protection The residential and commercial building Süchtelner Straße 2 in Viersen is a monument - outside and inside, as described - within the meaning of Section 2 of the Monument Protection Act of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is important for Viersen. There is a public interest in its preservation and use for scientific, here architectural and historical reasons as well as for urban planning reasons. Sources and literature Building files of the city of Viersen. FW Lohmann: History of the city of Viersen. Viersen 1913. On the way to the city. Viersen in the 19th century. Viersen Home Care Association / Viersen City Cultural Office, booklets accompanying the 1983 exhibition. Walter Buschmann: Aachen, Metzgerstrasse / Liebigstrasse slaughterhouse: http://www.rheinische-industriekultur.de/objekte/aachen/Schlachthof/Schlachthof.html	1912	Nov 26, 2013	508
	Residential building	Viersen Süchtelner Strasse 73 map	The building is two-story with a loft and a gable roof. The facade is divided into five axes, with the right axis also being the entrance axis. The original single-leaf house entrance door and skylight and door window is decorated with geometric and vegetable ornamentation. The entrance area, surrounded by a wall pilaster and a round arch, is decorated with flower ornaments. The adjacent ground floor windows are bordered with geometric bands and provided with a round arch with a keystone with a flower ornament. The windows on the first and second floors show the same shape, a double-leaf window with a skylight. The facade is emphasized in the left axis. This can be seen in the formation of a twin window on the ground floor and upper floor as well as a curved bent gable with baroque stucco elements. The twin window on the upper floor experiences a rich geometric and vegetal decoration. Above the window there is a protruding cornice, decorated with a flower and leaf frieze and a coat of arms ornament in the middle. The keel arch above it also has flower and leaf ornaments. The window parapet of the twin window, between the girdle and sill cornice, is decorated with cross-arch ornaments and decorative flower motifs. With the exception of the window parapets, the adjacent windows have the same decorative shapes in a simplified form. The window parapets are decorated with a coat of arms ornament in foliage. The eaves are simple and reserved and are interrupted in their straight lines by the structural design of the ornamental gable. The floor plan of the house is almost unchanged. In the hallway there are the original colored floor tiles and the representative original wooden staircase with turned railing and a wooden paneling in the form of a cassette. The staircase shape is straight, three-way with a change of direction in the same direction. The wooden interior doors have also been preserved, the door leaves show wooden coffers and a stucco ceiling decorated with geometric ornaments. Particularly noteworthy are the original window fittings and the cast radiators on the ground floor. The heating fins have circular decorations. The complex facade design typical of the time characterizes the contemporary building type of the stately residential building, which here reflects the historic cityscape. The high quality interior is also remarkable. For scientific, in particular architectural, urban development and urban planning reasons, the preservation and use of the building are in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1903	Dec 11, 1991	298
	Residential building	Viersen Süchtelner Strasse 130 map	The building at the city entrance is axially symmetrical in three axes. The brick-facing facade is structured by horizontal cornices and vertically closing corner blocks. The central axis is particularly emphasized by the arrangement of the door and bay window with the gable above. The windows on the ground floor are covered with round arches. Fan rosettes are placed in front of the skylights to cover the roller shutters. Toothed panels are used to cover the roller shutters on the upper floor. A high cornice leads to the hipped roof. The central axis of the house is also the access axis. The hallway with wooden stairs is housed here. The hallway area furnished in two-tone marble is remarkable. Furthermore, all extensions such as doors and wooden floors have been left in their original condition. The filigree stucco on the ceilings of the house has been preserved as a whole. The garden from the middle of the 19th century formerly belongs to the Peschhof and is separated from the courtyard by the construction of Süchtelner Straße. After the construction of the new building, the garden will retain its original baroque design. The route, divided into one transverse and three longitudinal axes, is paved with box hedges. At the end of the garden there is an Ilex Krenata, which indicates the time the garden was built. The shape of these gardens is rare. With the emergence of the bourgeoisie, it is replaced by landscaped gardens. The typical facade design of the house characterizes the building type of the stately home. In its elite design at the entrance to Viersen, it represents the building spirit of the city's wealthier citizens. For scientific reasons, in particular for architectural and garden architecture-historical reasons, the maintenance and use of the building and the garden is in the public interest in accordance with Section 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act.	1908	May 12, 1989	194
more pictures	Ring furnace	Viersen Süchtelner Strasse 188 map	The ring kiln on Süchtelner Strasse, built around 1900, is a sixteen-chamber coal-fired kiln. A hipped roof rises above the conically tapering oval furnace body, pierced by sixteen round-arched insert openings. At the level of the upper edge of the furnace body, simple, pent-shaped pent roofs resting on wooden supports run along the north and south longitudinal walls. The chimney rises at the intersection of the longitudinal and transverse axes of the system. On a square base that protrudes about two meters above the ridge, an octagonal intermediate piece leads over to the round, slightly conical chimney itself, which has lost part of its original height. The three levels of production, operation and weather protection typical of the ring furnace have been completely preserved. The poking, draft and observation openings arranged in a ring above the furnace chambers have been preserved unchanged and, as is often the case in other places, have not been removed by later switching to gas or petroleum operation. To the north, at a right angle to the ring oven, there is a drying shed under a flat gable roof, closed on the sides only with slatted frames. The residential buildings closer to Süchtelner Straße should not be considered in this context. History: For a long time, two things have characterized the production of burnt bricks for building purposes: the connection with agricultural production and, in turn, the production in campaigns, i.e. discontinuous operation. Despite competition from more profitable industrial technology, the brick-making process was slow to lose this form. A milestone in this development was the year 1858; In Rosslau an der Elbe, the horse peg was replaced by a steam engine for the first time. The progress was great. A hand brick had formed 150 to 200 normal bricks per hour. A pegged horse with two horses and three men managed 300 to 400 horses per hour. The steam brick press with an output of 20 hp, on the other hand, was able to manage 3,500 bricks per hour. The change now happened quickly. In 1860 there were 97 steam engines in all plants in the stone / earth industry in Prussia. Ten years later, in 1870, there were already 361 and then in 1877 648. Brick output in the German Empire rose by 223 percent from 1884 to 1896. During this time, the workforce had only increased by 60 percent. The Tonindustriezeitung estimated for 1906 that of the 26 billion stones produced there, 20 percent or six billion pieces were shaped by hand. An important branch of industry in which 2.7 percent of all gainfully employed or 219,860 people were employed in 1895. In 1875 there were only 85,015 workers in 17,736 loam and clay pits, so in 20 years the workforce had increased by two and a half times. In 1906 there were 10,900 brick factories, of which around 5,000 were steam brick factories. In 1896 a total of 10.5 billion bricks had been produced in Germany, as well as 450 million roof tiles and 143 million drain pipes with 14 million clay pipes. In the Rhine Province, the trade census of 1895 had shown that 4.2% of the total of around 1,200 companies employed 12% of the workers, so that the quantity of production was clearly with the large companies that worked continuously. In addition to the use of machines, this season-independent operation was made possible primarily through the development of furnace technology. The breakthrough to industrial-scale operation in brick production came with the so-called Hoffmann-Licht'sche ring furnace, patented in 1858. Only here was the drastic reduction in the amount of fuel possible and only here was the prerequisite for continuous operation created, in time to be able to react to the rapid urban growth caused by the economic growth of the industrial revolution. According to Brogniart, the Chinese were already 2,000 BC. Chr. Came up with the idea of ​​using the hot gases from a combustion chamber in full fire to preheat the material to be burned in another furnace chamber. The principle of bringing the fuel into the heating chambers from above was also specified here. In the art of agriculture, Gilly reports on a JG Müller who in 1776 connected six ovens with one another in this way. Master bricklayer Amold in Fürstenwalde made a circular arrangement of several ovens in 1839, which resulted in an uninterrupted ring-shaped room with seven chambers - one for each day of the week. Further developments in this direction followed, those of Gibbs in 1841 and of Villeneuve in 1845, but did not prevail because "the inventor did not know how to advertise his invention", as Klasen notes. This should not happen to the Berlin master builder Friedrich Hoffmann, who, together with the Viennese city planner A. Licht, published the first brochure for a ring brick oven in 1856: As a precaution, he founded the "German Association for the Manufacture of Bricks, Pottery, Lime and Cement" and received in May 1858 the Prussian, at the beginning of 1860 also the Bavarian and Württemberg patent for his ring kiln, in 1867 even the coveted Grand Prix at the Paris World Exhibition. In 1870, however, the patent was canceled again at the instigation of another Berlin master builder, who in the meantime had literally unearthed the above-mentioned oven by master mason Amold from 1839 in order to nullify Hoffmann's claim. The first Hoffmann ring furnace went into operation on November 22, 1859 in Scholwin near Stettin; by 1870 there were 331 in Prussia and 639 in the whole world. What was the reason for this success? Above all the fuel savings: the German brick kiln needed ten quintals for 1,000 stones, seven quintals were needed by Kassel, Hoffmann's ring kiln with twelve chambers only needed three quintals, and from 1868 the 16- to 18-chamber kiln only needed two to two and a half quintals! All in all, a reduction in the cost of burning by two thirds! Rupp describes this marvelous thing: It essentially consisted of three parts: the combustion duct, the smoke collector and the chimney in the middle of the system. The combustion channel represents an endless vault that returns to itself and which can be divided into several compartments or chambers by partitions, so-called sliders, each of which is provided with a door opening to the outside. In the combustion channel of the ring furnace, the fire constantly makes its rounds in the direction of the draft, which can be regulated by means of extractors. Another advantage of the ring furnace was the low breakage rate. It was 1% compared to 10 to 20% in field fires. The originally circular ovens (only a very few of which have survived in Germany, e.g. in the Zehdenik plant of the VEB Ziegelkombinat Potsdam, GDR) soon stretched and reached dimensions between 40 and 90 meters in length with 14 to 18 kiln departments. Most of the ring kilns still found here and there belong to this type. Double ring ovens were developed for more than 18 chambers, of which a particularly impressive example, the Niermann double oven in Düsseldorf-Grafenberg, has been preserved as an important industrial monument, but its existence is at risk. In the Rhenish region in particular, ring kilns were found in large numbers: from Kaldenkirchen on the Dutch border, a clay deposit of around 16 to 4 kilometers extends south to the district of Erkelenz, which is still an area for the intensive production of clay tubes today. Around 1890, numerous ring kilns were built around the towns of Brüggen and Bracht, which until the period before the Second World War had sold between half and two thirds of their total production in the old capital of Berlin. A specialty of the Rhenish-Westphalian coal mining area were the colliery bricks, which processed the previously unused slate clay from the underground mining after 1850 with the help of so-called dry presses. A colliery ring furnace of this type, which has just been restored as an industrial monument, can be seen as part of the Westphalian industrial museum on the Nachtigal colliery in Muttental near Witten. With the introduction of the Hoffmann ring kiln, the industrialization of brick production begins. In combination with the working machines that were at about the same time suitable for mass production and used steam power as a drive, the brick and tile industry took the step from a rural sideline, depending on the weather and a limited sales market, to an efficient industry organized in ever larger operating units. In good time before the growth spurts of the emerging cities, the technology had developed that was necessary to keep pace with the rapidly increasing building volume. In 1860, the first Hoffmann ring furnace in the Rhineland stood in Homberg near Duisburg. At that time, the Düsseldorf district had 34 non-ring kiln brickworks with a total of 246 employees. Meaning: Against the historical background outlined under 2, the Viersen ring furnace is to be classified as an important example of this development process. The basic structure, size and state of preservation as well as the fact that later technologies did not have a changing effect predestine the Viersen plant to continue to exist as a technical monument. Far beyond the local boundaries, it is suitable to make a whole, almost completely disappeared regional branch of the economy a representative experience. Compared to other preserved systems, the Viersener furnace stands out in terms of its state of preservation and manageable size. For the reasons mentioned, the ring furnace from the former company Höges & Schloten is a monument within the meaning of Section 2 (1) DSchG NW. It is particularly significant for the history of the cities and settlements, the growth of which made buildings of this type possible in the first place, as well as for the development of labor and production conditions. There are scientific and urban planning reasons for the maintenance and use, in particular those relating to the history of urban development and technology.	around 1900	July 25, 1986	115
	Zieglerhaus u. Brick shed	Viersen Süchtelner Strasse 188 map	The house built in 1908 is a former residential building with an office, an adjoining horse stable and toilet facilities. It thus formed a supply unit for the ring furnace system. The two-storey house with a gable roof is brick-facing in 3: 4 axes. However, more recent extensions have been added. The gable side of the house has two entrances covered by an arched arch with four window openings above. There is a round window in the top of the gable. Windows and doors have been largely modernized. On the side facing Süchtelner Strasse, the window openings with arched arches are in their original size, but presumably they were bricked up during an earlier renovation. The view of the ring furnace system has largely changed due to modernization measures (window openings). The horse stable and the toilet facility each form separate components, which are staggered with the saddle roof and connect to the gable of the residential building. The horse stable originally housed the horses that drove the Göpelgang in the ring oven. Today the horse stable has been redesigned for residential purposes. The interior of the entire house has been changed through renovation and expansion measures, but the simple staircase with a simple wooden staircase with square balusters has been preserved. Some of the original doors with frames and panels have been preserved. The cellar of the house, still exposed to bricks, is covered by a ceiling. The building experiences its monument quality mainly through its affiliation to the ring furnace. It also provides information about current work and production conditions and can only be seen as a historical component in connection with the plant. According to § 2 (1) of the Monument Protection Act, the building is in the public interest for scientific purposes, especially as a testimony to the development of work and production conditions.	1908	19 Sep 1988	181

Web links

Commons : Cultural monuments in Viersen  - Collection of images

• Monuments in the district of Viersen ; Accessed September 12, 2011
• City of Viersen: CULTURE AND EDUCATION - architectural monuments ; Retrieved November 5, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see also Rheinische Post September 4, 2012 (p. C2)

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