List of architectural monuments in Esens
In the list of architectural monuments in Esens , all listed buildings in the Lower Saxony town of Esens in the Wittmund district are listed. The basis is the district's published list of monuments (as of November 2000).
Architectural monuments are “ground monuments, movable monuments and monuments of geological history in the sense of the law.” The list of monuments of the city of Esens includes 73 monuments and twelve group monuments.
Architectural monuments
The list includes, if available, a photograph of the monument, the name if available, otherwise the type of building and the address, the date of protection and the registration number of the monument authority.
image | designation | location | description | construction time | Registered since |
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Residential / farm building, gulf house | Westbense 1 card |
Gulfhaus, commercial part brick building with arched window, residential part two-storey plastered building with profiled window frames. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | dated 1915 (residential part), dated 1915 (business part) | 1 |
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Inn, town house | At the market 1 card |
Two-storey eaves brick building under a half-hipped roof, gabled central projection, entrance with sandstone framing | 1839 | 2 |
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Town barn, former; Stadtschüür | At the market 1a card |
Former market barn. Immediately behind the town hall (Am Markt 1) on Stadt-Schüür-Pad. Originally a Gulf barn with a drive-through hallway. Now used as a tea hall | 1851 | 3 |
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Town hall, formerly Wangelin's widow's monastery | At the market 2 card |
Large two-storey eaves structure, the core of the 16th century. Street facades at the beginning of the 18th century. Heavily profiled cornices and window frames. Market side with a gabled central projection with corner pilasters | 16th century (core building), early 18th century (street facades) | 4th |
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Residential / commercial building (Mettcker House) ( indicator for Harlingerland ) | At the market 3 card |
Single-storey brick building without gable, in the core 16th century, oldest stone building in Esens (former stone house ), street gable half hipped, plastered with profiled window / door lintels, probably 1st half of the 19th century. Basement: cross vault | 16th century (core building) | 5 |
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Residential / commercial building | At the market 5 card |
Two-storey, gable-independent brick building plastered on the front side with representative stucco structure | around 1900 | 6th |
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Residential / commercial building (Haus Gläske) | At the market 6 card |
Two-storey brick building from the 18th century. Facade with volute gable later plastered. The front, middle and rear building are completely preserved. Birthplace of Johann Peter Behrens . | 18th century | 7th |
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Hotel ( Wietings Hotel ) | At Markt 7 card |
Two-story brick building. Ground floor in the core at the end of the 16th century. Street gable plastered with cornices and profiled window frames, around 1880. For a description of the building, see also Esens old town renovation , p. 17 | End of the 16th century (core of the ground floor), around 1880 (plaster, cornices, window frames) | 8th |
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Residential / commercial building | At market 9 card |
One-storey, partly plastered structure, street gable with eaves and crown, end of the 18th century; Installation of property windows at the end of the 19th century. See also Esen's old town renewal , p. 17 | End of the 18th century (structure), end of the 19th century (shop window) | 9 |
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Residential / commercial building | At market 11 card |
Gable-independent building of two low storeys, street gable plastered with pseudo-ashlar, crooked hip roof | Around 1900 | 10 |
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Residential / commercial building (component) | At market 13 card |
One-and-a-half-story brick building on the gable with plastered facade under a crooked hip roof, new building 1987, OBJ_04 code number 462003.00016 re | New building in 1987 | 11 |
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Residential building | Bahnhofstrasse 27 map |
12 |
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Windmill, Bogena windmill ( Peldemühle ) | Bensersieler Strasse 1 map |
Gallery Dutch from 1850. Cap windmill with sail gate wings and compass rose. Use as a local museum. Going work available. | 1850 | 13 |
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former community center, Jewish community center with ritaual bath | Burgstrasse 8 map |
Two-storey brick building with a teacher's apartment, classroom and ritual bathroom. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | 1899 | 14th |
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former synagogue | Burgstrasse 10 map |
Essential meaning justifying protection: national history | 15th |
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Lime kiln Muschelkalkbrennerei Gilbertz | Falkenhammer Weg 16 map |
Part of a former twin stove with a chimney. Kiln about 16 m high and 6 m wide. Last of its kind in East Frisia. Former Muschelkalkwerk Gilbertz, closed in 1960. Significant importance for protection: economic and technological history | 16 |
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Residential / commercial building | Herdestrasse 5 map |
Gable brick construction, street facade with tail gable. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | Built at the end of the 19th century, renovated in 1996/97 | 17th |
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Residential building | Herdestrasse 14 map |
18th |
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Residential / commercial building | Herdor 19 map |
Corner house on Molkereistraße. Elaborately designed Art Nouveau facades on both sides with stylized plant motifs on the walls and gables as well as a flower frieze. Essential protection-justifying importance: history of architecture and art | around 1900 | 19th |
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Residential building ( green house ) | Herdor 24 card |
Two-storey plastered building. Show facades with rich stuccoing and open space . Small single-storey commercial extension (demolished in 1997 and replaced by a new building). Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | Late 19th century | 20th |
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Residential building | Herrenwall 6 map |
One-storey eaves brick building with a mansard full hipped roof. Entrance zone with a flat triangular gable on pilaster supports. Profiled window and door lintels. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | around 1830 | 21st |
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Residential building | Herrenwall 15 map |
Villa-like single-storey brick building with jamb. Covered central projectile. Stucco structure through corner blocks, cornices and window frames. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | around 1905 | 22nd |
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Residential building | Herrenwall 18 map |
Single-storey eaves brick building with a half-hipped roof. Covered central projectile. Ornamental frieze on eaves and gable triangle. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | Mid 19th century | 23 |
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Residential building | Im Burggrund 25 card |
Probably a former summer house. One-storey plastered building with a hip roof. Finely profiled cornice and lintels, around 1800. Small brick stable wing, end of the 19th century. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | around 1800 (plastered construction), end of the 19th century (stable wing) | 24 |
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Residential building | Jücherstrasse 6 map |
Single storey brick building with central entrance. Eaves stones, shaped stone cornice on the verge | dated 1804 | 25th |
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Residential building | Jücherstraße 8 map |
Two-story brick building, plastered street gable | around 1910 | 26th |
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Residential building | Jücherstraße 9 map |
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Residential building | Jücherstraße 10 map |
One-storey brick building with a side corridor | Early 19th century | 28 |
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Residential house (dollhouse) | Jücherstrasse 11 map |
L-shaped, older structure with street facade from the middle of the 19th century. Six former grave figures between the window axes. For a description of the building, see also Esens old town renovation , p. 19 | Mid 19th century (street facade) | 29 |
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Residential / commercial building | Jücherstrasse 12 map |
Residential building. Originally a single storey brick building. Heightened in the front part and with a new plastered gable from approx. 1910. After registration, it was converted into a residential / commercial building | approx. 1910 (plastered gable) | 30th |
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Residential building | Jücherstrasse 14 map |
Single storey brick building with jamb. Curved volute gable. Gable subsequently plastered. For a description of the building, see also Esens old town renovation , p. 19 | dated 1819 | 31 |
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former gas station | Jücherstrasse 23 map |
Gas station building from the mid-1950s. Original window layout and glazing preserved. Today used as a moto shop . Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | Mid 1950s | 32 |
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Residential / farm building, Alleenhof | Jüchertor 63 map |
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War memorial | Church square card |
34 |
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Church, St. Magnus Church , ev.-luth. with a former churchyard and trees | Kirchplatz 3 card |
Three-aisled neo-Gothic hall church with west tower. Narrow west and wide east transept, semicircular east apse. For a description of the building, see also Esens old town renovation , p. 16 | dated 1844/1850 | 35 |
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former school | Kirchplatz 5/7 card |
Two-storey brick building with a hipped roof. Structure with pilaster strips, cornices and arched windows with roofing. Eastern part adapted extended. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | dated 1866 | 36 |
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town hall | Marktstrasse 1 map |
Originally an independent structure. Now part of Am Markt 2 and its shapes have been adjusted. For a description of the building, see also Esens old town renovation , p. 17 | Built in the 1st half of the 18th century. | 37 |
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Residential / commercial building | Marktstrasse 2 map |
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Residential / commercial building | Marktstrasse 4 map |
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Residential / commercial building | Marktstrasse 6 map |
40 |
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Residential / commercial building | Marktstrasse 8 map |
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Residential / commercial building | Marktstrasse 10 map |
One and a half story brick building on the gable. Plaster facade with brick structure. Very beautiful Art Nouveau windows and original shop fittings have been preserved. | 42 |
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Residential / commercial building | Molkereistraße 15 map |
One-storey plastered building with jamb. Stucco structure with corner blocks, roofs and cornices. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | around 1900 | 43 |
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Jewish Cemetery | Mühlenweg map |
Old Jewish cemetery from the late 18th century with a memorial-like arrangement of the gravestones that have been preserved. Eight tombstones, five tombstones and a memorial stone in the central axis. Essential meaning justifying protection: local history | 44 |
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former station building (small railway line) | Norderstrasse 15 map |
Former light rail line. Two-storey plastered building with brick structure, side elevation on the railway side. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | around 1910 | 45 |
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Residential / commercial building | Steinstrasse 2 map |
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Residential / commercial building | Steinstrasse 3 map |
The facade of the older building was redesigned in Art Nouveau forms around 1900 | around 1900 (facade) | 47 |
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Residential / commercial building | Steinstrasse 10 map |
Single-storey brick building without gable. Back gable originally with gate, probably 18th century. Around 1910 street gables in Art Nouveau forms with shop windows | 18th century (structure), around 1910 (street gable with shop windows) | 48 |
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House ( Edzard's house ) | Steinstrasse 20 map |
Two-storey, gable-independent brick building. The core is a Renaissance building from the 16th century. Original design recognizable on the side walls. 1788 Façade conversion with volute gable, gable top, profiled door frame, sliding window. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | 16th century (core building), 1788 (facade) | 49 |
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Residential / commercial building | Steinstrasse 26 map |
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Residential / commercial building | Steinstrasse 38 map |
Two-story brick building with a hipped roof, probably 18th century. Stucco facade on the street side around 1880. Significant protection-justifying significance: type / style expression | probably 18th century (brick construction), around 1880 (stucco facade) | 51 |
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Hospital ( Peter-Friedrich-Ludwig-Hospital ) | Sterburer Weg 1 map |
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Wall installation, city wall | Suderwall map |
Part of the former city wall with a row of trees | 53 |
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Former house, youth meeting place | Theodor-Thomas-Strasse 2 map |
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Residential building | Theodor-Thomas-Strasse 4 map |
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Residential building | Theodor-Thomas-Strasse 7 map |
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Residential house with Schumacherwerkstadt | Theodor-Thomas-Strasse 13 map |
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Residential building | Theodor-Thomas-Strasse 15 map |
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Residential building | Theodor-Thomas-Strasse 17 map |
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War memorial | In front of the Drostentor card |
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District court with a row of linden trees on the street side | In front of the Drostentor 2 card |
Two-storey, eaves-standing, red-painted brick building with a fully hipped roof. Gabled central projectile with entrance made of profiled sandstone, floor and cornice | dated 1827 | 61 |
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Residential building | In front of the Drostentor 15 card |
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Residential building | In front of the Drostentor 17 card |
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Residential building | Westerstrasse 4 map |
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Residential building | Westerstrasse 6 map |
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Residential building | Westerstrasse 7 map |
Small side hallway house. Single storey brick building with jamb. Plastered street gable, original doors and windows. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | 66 |
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Residential building (Becker House) | Westerstrasse 9 map |
Massive two-storey, eaves brick building. Ground floor with segmented arched windows. Upper floor with arched windows. Strong cornices. Essential meaning justifying protection: Type / style expression | 1862 | 67 |
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Residential building | Westerstrasse 11 map |
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Residential building | Westerstrasse 13 map |
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Residential / commercial building ( Henschen town bakery ) | Westerstrasse 15 map |
70 |
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Residential building, former residential / farm building | Death 1 card |
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Residential / farm building, former Gulfhaus (farm workers' house) | Death 3 card |
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former residential / farm building | Death 5 card |
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Group memorials
image | designation | location | description | construction time | Registered since |
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Esenser city wall | Suderwall map |
Part of the former city wall with a row of trees | 11 |
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Esenser Church | Church square card |
Ev. Church with a war memorial on a tree-lined former cemetery. Consisting of: War memorial (Kirchplatz), St. Magnus Church (Kirchplatz 3), residential building, former youth meeting place (Theodor-Thomas-Straße 2), residential building, (Theodor-Thomas-Straße 4) | 12 |
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Market square development in Esen | At the market card |
Closed one to two-storey buildings on the south and east sides of the central market square that characterize the cityscape. Town houses at the gable, public buildings at the front. Consists of: inn, town house (Am Markt 1), town barn, former town hall (Am Markt 1a), town hall, former Wangelinsches widow's monastery (Am Markt 2), residential / commercial building Anzeiger für Harlingerland (Am Markt 3), residential / commercial building (Am Markt 5), residential / commercial building (Am Markt 6), Hotel Wietings Hotel (Am Markt 7), residential / commercial building (Am Markt 9), residential / commercial building (Am Markt 11) Part of the residential / commercial building ( Am Markt 13), Town Hall (Marktstrasse 1) | 13 |
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Esens, Ensemble Jücherstraße 6-14 | Jücherstraße 6-14 map |
Closed series of gable-independent petty bourgeois houses. At its core mostly early 19th century. Consisting of: residential building (Jücherstraße 6), residential building (Jücherstraße 8), residential building (Jücherstraße 9), residential building (Jücherstraße 10), residential building (Jücherstraße 11), residential / commercial building (Jücherstraße 12), residential building (Jücherstraße 14), | 14th |
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Esens District Court | In front of the Drostentor card |
Courthouse, in front of it a war memorial with Esenser Bear to the street Lindenzeile. Consists of: war memorial (in front of the Drostentor), district court (in front of the Drostentor 2) | 15th |
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Esens, Jewish cemetery | Mühlenweg map |
Old Jewish cemetery with documentation character for the development of Judaism in East Friesland and Northern Germany. The complex is enclosed by a hedge and a gate. Memorial stone in the central axis. The preserved tombstones and slabs (oldest from 1840) are framed by fragments of destroyed grave monuments. | 16 |
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Ensemble Westerstraße II | Westerstrasse 11, 13, 15 map |
Consists of residential building (Westerstraße 11), residential building (Westerstraße 13), residential / commercial building Stadt-Bäckerei Henschen (Westerstraße 15) | 17th |
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Ensemble Westerstrasse I | Westerstrasse 4, 6 map |
Consisting of residential building (Westerstraße 4), residential building (Westerstraße 13), residential / commercial building Stadt-Bäckerei Henschen (Westerstraße 15) | 18th |
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Ensemble Theodor-Thomas-Strasse | Westerstrasse 13, 15, 17 map |
Building group of three former craftsmen's houses on the corner of Theodor-Thomas-Straße / Norderwall and an extension to number 13 (former shoemaker's workshop). Consists of residential building (Theodor-Thomas-Straße 13), residential building (Theodor-Thomas-Straße 15), residential building (Theodor-Thomas-Straße 17) | 19th |
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Ensemble Marktstrasse / Steinstrasse | Marktstrasse 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, Steinstrasse 2 map |
Consisting of residential / commercial building (Marktstrasse 2), residential / commercial building (Marktstrasse 4), residential / commercial building (Marktstrasse 6), residential / commercial building (Marktstrasse 8), residential / commercial building (Marktstrasse 10), residential / Commercial building (Steinstrasse 2) | 20th |
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Sterbur, western outskirts of the village | Death 1, 3, 5 card |
Consisting of residential house, former residential / farm building (death 1), residential / farm building, former Gulf house (death 3), residential building, former residential / farm building (death 5) | 21st |
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Former synagogue in Esen | Burgstrasse 8, 10 map |
The former parish hall and the former synagogue together form an urban unit. Consists of: community center, former Jewish community center (Burgstrasse 8), former synagogue (Burgstrasse 10) | 22nd |