List of architectural monuments in Wadgassen

In the list of architectural monuments in Wadgassen , all architectural monuments of the Saarland community of Wadgassen and its districts are listed. The basis is the publication of the state monuments list in the Saarland official gazette of December 22, 2004 and the current sub-monuments list of the Saarlouis district in the version of August 9, 2017.

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location	designation	description
Monument Street coordinates are missing! Help.	War memorial	The war memorial commemorates those who died in the First World War. It was built by Scherer in 1918. In the plinth with bevelled corners, plates with the names of the fallen are attached, with floral motifs in between. Above it rise four slender Corinthian columns that support an entablature. A fifth massive, hexagonal column with a crucifix rises between the columns. A pedestal rests on the entablature on which an eagle stands with outspread wings.
Eimersbergstrasse 7 location	Catholic rectory	Built in 1836
Gangolfstrasse location	Parish Church of St. Gangolf	St. Gangolf was built from 1891 to 1893 according to plans by Wilhelm Hector . In 1902/03 a baptistery was added. The three-aisled pseudo-basilica, built in the neo-Gothic style, has low ceilings without window openings. The five-bay nave is followed by an unplastered tower with a pointed helmet on the one hand and a five-sided polygonal choir on the other. Gable and eaves cornices decorate the plastered building. The buttresses are also unplastered.
Gangolfstrasse 30 location	Residence dean Senzig	Built in 1913
Mittelwiesenstrasse 24 location	Station reception building	Built in 1879/80
Werbelner Strasse 60 location	Farmhouse	Built in the last quarter of the 18th century

Hostenbach

location	designation	description	image
Schaffhauser Strasse location	Catholic Church of the Heart of Jesus	The church was built in 1922/23 based on designs by Peter Marx . In 1954 a free-standing bell tower was added. In the 1960s, the nave of the basilica was then enlarged for reasons of space. The semicircular apse was expanded into a chancel with side wings.

Schaffhausen

location	designation	description
In the Hungert / Tischenweg location	Ensemble "Im Bungert" factory housing estate	The factory settlement was built in 1911/12 by the Röchling company for miners from the Hostenbach mine. The two-storey plastered buildings of the settlement were designed unusually lavishly with billet-hipped roofs, dwarf houses, arches and gates.
		Im Bungert 1–13, apartment building, 1911/12 (part of the ensemble)
		Im Bungert 2–14, apartment building, 1911/12 (part of the ensemble)
		Tischenweg 10–16, apartment building, 1911/12 (part of the ensemble)
		Tischenweg 18–24, apartment building, 1911/12 (part of the ensemble)
Girtstrasse location	Catholic Church of St. Guardian Angel	The Guardian Angel Church was built in 1933/34 according to the plans of the architects Weiss and Schultheis. In 1953/1954 the tower was built according to plans by the Saarbrücken architect Felix Stenger on one side of the rectangular choir. The hall church, reminiscent of a basilica, was built with elements of the Bauhaus and Neo-Gothic.
Provincial road 26 location	Villeroy forest house	The single-storey building with corner pilasters and a dwelling was built in 1896 and was originally the coffee kitchen of the Hostenbach mine. It is owned by the Boch family and is now used as a forester's house.
Provincial road 26 location	Winding machine house of the so-called Karl Shaft of the Hostenbach private mine	Of the former private Hostenbach mine, which was operated by the Villeroy & Boch family, only the hoisting machine house of the Karl Shaft, sunk in 1870, remains. The simple rectangular building with high arched windows and lunette windows in the gable dates from this time.

Wadgassen

location	designation	description
Saarstrasse / In the courtyard location	Ensemble of Premonstratensian Abbey Wadgassen - Cristallerie	The abbey was founded in 1135. However, nothing of the Romanesque building has survived. The abbey was rebuilt in the first half of the 18th century. During the French Revolution the monastery was secularized and from 1800 sold for demolition. Only remains of the base of the former monastery church are preserved. The other remaining buildings are two-storey plastered buildings with mansard roofs with baroque style elements. The Cristallerie Wadgassen, a glassworks by Nicolas Villeroy, Jean-Francois Boch and Eduard Karcher, was built from the stones of the monastery. Bohemian and French crystal glass was produced here until 1986.
		Saarstraße 14, carpentry of the Cristallerie Wadgassen, around 1880 (part of the ensemble)
		Saarstrasse 14, glassworks of the Cristallerie Wadgassen, 1883 (part of the ensemble)
		Saarstrasse 14, monastery wall, Premonstratensian Abbey, 18th century (part of the ensemble)
		Saarstraße 14, gatehouse, 18th century by Johann Bernhard Trabucco, renovation 19th century (individual monument)
		Saarstrasse 14, foundations of the monastery buildings, 1719–29 by Johann Bernhard Trabucco (part of the ensemble)
		Saarstrasse 14, infirmary, around 1750 by Johann Heinrich Eckhardt (individual monument)
		Saarstraße 14, monastery church (remains), 1748–57 by Johann Heinrich Eckhardt (part of the ensemble)
		In courtyard 1–7, farm building, remodeled around 1750 by Johann Heinrich Eckhardt (individual monument)
		In the courtyard 9/11, farm building, 16th century (part of the ensemble)
On the Spurk 2-8 location	Spurker house	The Spurker house was the inn and inn of the Wadgassen Abbey. The elongated two-storey building has a gallery from the 16th century as access to the upper floor and baroque windows from the 18th century.
Lindenstrasse location	Catholic Church of St. Mariae Visitation	The church was built from 1880 to 1882 by the Luxembourg state architect Karl Arendt . The hall church was built from sandstone in the neo-Gothic style. The choir with a three-sided end was added to the nave, the tower on the portal facade is opposite.
Lindenstrasse 30 location	Gasthaus "Zur Linde"	The house dates from the second half of the 18th century. An extension was added to the building in the 19th century. Today it is used as an inn.

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location	designation	description	image
Ludweiler Strasse location	Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua	St. Antonius was built in 1923/24 according to plans by the Trier architect Peter Marx. In the rectangular choir attached to the nave there is a baroque high altar from Saarlouis. The coved ceiling is supported by wide pilasters between the windows. Outside, the building of cornices is structured horizontally. You enter the church through a portal in the low square tower with a pointed helmet. There is a figural niche with a Madonna and Child above the portal.

Web links

Commons : Architectural monuments in Wadgassen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

List of monuments of the Saarland: List of monuments in the district of Saarlouis (PDF file; 1.2 MB)

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap