List of ground monuments in Essen
The list of ground monuments in Essen contains the monuments in the urban area of Essen in North Rhine-Westphalia that are entered in Part B of the list of monuments of the city of Essen (as of January 2016). The basis for the inclusion of the ground monuments is the Monument Protection Act North Rhine-Westphalia (DSchG NRW).
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image | designation | location | description | construction time | Registered since |
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Deserted castle house Horst |
Horst card |
medieval castle complex with preserved, former chapel, eastern service wing, outer bailey wall, torn wall foundations and vaulted rooms | not clear | July 10, 1986 |
1 |
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Holteyer harbor and remains of the towpath |
Overheat card |
Remains of the harbor buildings at the beginning of the Ruhr waterways were built | Towpath: around 1780; Port: 1837/1838 | July 11, 1988 |
2 |
Former Steeler city wall |
Steele card |
Remains of the city wall of the former town of Steele | 15./16. century | June 8, 1989 |
4th |
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House Horl |
Vogelheim card |
noble knight seat, remains of the medieval moated castle | 15th century | Feb 21, 1991 |
5 |
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Rote Mühle lock system |
Heisingen card |
Walls of the lock chamber of the former lock on the Ruhr | 1774 | 23 Sep 1992 |
6th |
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Castle hill, Motte, Kattenturm, Luttelnau |
Kettwig card |
Partly preserved moth and ruins of the residential tower of the Lords of Luttelnau, fiefs of the Werden Abbey | 13th Century | 23 Sep 1992 |
7th |
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Castle / courtyard house Heisingen |
Heisingen card |
Remains of former buildings of the former knight's seat and fief of the Werden Abbey | 12./13. century | Oct 12, 1995 |
8th |
Herrenburg |
Heidhausen map |
early medieval ramparts on the Pastoratsberg | around 9th century | Oct 10, 1996 |
9 |
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Leinwebermarkt (market square) |
Will card |
Pavement from the 18th century under the current surface of the linen weaver market, one of the oldest squares in the world. | 18th century | 10 Mar 1994 |
10 |
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Stone box from Essen-Kupferdreh |
Copper turning card |
Tomb from the Neolithic Age | Neolithic | June 1, 1994 |
11 |
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Market Church |
City center map |
beneath today's surface of the square at the church of St. Gertrudis, today market church, expected foundation walls, paving and other remains of former buildings | 11th century | 8 Sep 1994 |
12 |
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Scheppen courtyard / castle |
Fish sheet card |
Former feud of Werden Abbey | 13th Century | 8 Sep 1994 |
13 |
Fountain |
Kettwig card |
Round well shaft made of Ruhr sandstone with four hollowed-out tree trunks as a water pipe | 18th century | 8 Sep 1994 |
14th |
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Castle desert become |
Will card |
Remains of the fort are below the present surface. The fort gave way to a factory in 1847, and after it was destroyed in World War II, it became the present-day traffic area. Built in 1444 by Adolf von Kleve , the castle served as a prison from 1776. | 1444 | 8 Sep 994 |
15th |
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St. Clement's Church |
Heidhausen map |
Catholic Church, consecrated on May 1st, 957 by Archbishop Bruno of Cologne , demolished in 1817 | Mid 10th century | 8 Sep 1994 |
16 |
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St. Lucius Church (Essen) |
Will card |
formerly three-aisled basilica | 10/11 century | 8 Sep 1994 |
17th |
Church desolation St. Nikolauskapelle |
Will card |
Remnants of the foundations of the church under today's Abteistraße, consecrated on October 5, 1047 by Archbishop Hermann II , (B 224) |
11th century |
1st half of the 8 Sep 1994 |
18th |
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Castle Schloss Schellenberg |
Rellinghausen map |
Main castle, once surrounded by a moat, with beginnings in the 14th century | 14th Century | May 15, 1995 |
19th |
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Predecessor of the Abbey Church |
Will card |
The abbey church combines the once existing Peterskirche from the 10th century and the Salvatorkirche from the 9th century. Fundamentals and building remains in the ground are expected from these and parts have been discovered in a few excavations. | 9/10 century | May 23, 1995 |
20th |
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Predecessor buildings on Essen Cathedral |
City center map |
Remnants of the foundations of the previous monastic buildings and the manor as well as fortifications |
9th century |
2nd half of the 13 Mar 1997 |
21st |
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Vryburg moat |
Horst card |
Ring wall with double moat | 9/10 century | 13 Mar 1997 |
22nd |
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Moth Vittinghoff |
City forest map |
Remains of the former headquarters of the Vietinghoff family | Oct 2, 1997 |
23 |
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House Baldeney |
Bredeney card |
Remnants of the foundations of the abandoned buildings and trench profiles of the formerly vacant knight's seat | 13th Century | Dec 11, 1997 |
24 |
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Moated castle Oefte |
Kettwig card |
Remains of the Romanesque castle from the 8th century of the later fiefdom of the Empire Abbey of Werden , | 8th century | Dec 11, 1997 |
25th |
city wall |
Will card |
Remains of the Werden city fortifications on Körholzstrasse | 14th Century | Dec 11, 1997 |
26th |
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House stone |
Braid card |
Remnants in the floor and vaulted cellar of the former servant fief of Werden Abbey | 1360 | 26th Mar 1998 |
27 |
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hill |
Braid card |
Hill on the Rumbach , which in the Middle Ages served as an observation, defense or court site. | not clear | 26th Mar 1998 |
28 |
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Werden monastery |
Will card |
Former monastery complexes, some of which only remain underground. | from the 8th century | June 25, 1998 |
29 |
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St. Laurentius Church |
Steele card |
Remains of the previous building of today's church under today's surface | 11th century | Oct 13, 1998 |
30th |
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Aschebroch farm |
City center map |
Intact remains of the courtyard under the area of today's Kreuzeskirche | 14th Century | Nov 24, 1998 |
31 |
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Borbeck Castle |
Borbeck-Mitte map |
Remnants of trenches and structural remains in the ground of the previous buildings as well as a main castle and outer castle | 13th Century | Dec 10, 1998 |
32 |
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St. Dionysius Church |
Borbeck-Mitte map |
Remains of the foundations of the original branch church of St. Johann from around the 13th / 14th centuries. century | 13./14. century | Dec 8, 1998 |
33 |
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Ringwallanlage Alteburg |
Heidhausen map |
Remains of a castle from Carolingian times | 8th century | Dec 9, 1998 |
34 |
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Stoppenberg Nunnery |
Stoppenberg card |
structural remains of medieval monastery buildings, remains of an old monastery wall | from approx. 11th century | Feb. 24, 2000 |
35 |
Gallows Hill |
Schuir card |
Hill overgrown with oaks, which is designated on a map of the area from 1582 as the court of the Werden court | not clear | May 30, 2000 |
36 |
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Perforated brick |
Fish sheet card |
A perforated stone from mining , which is assigned to the Geviertfeld Joseph I. and the Längenfeld Carl Hugo . | 18th century | May 30, 2000 |
37 |
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Achternberg House |
Kray card |
Remnants of the foundations underground of a building complex and a moat of the former manor | not clear | Jan. 25, 2001 |
38 |
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Church desolation Markuskapelle |
Bredeney card |
In 1036 Abbot Gerold had a chapel built in Bredeney in honor of the Most Holy Trinity. Structural remains of the chapel, which was laid down in 1803, are expected in the ground. There is a memorial stone here. | 1036 | Feb. 27, 2001 |
39 |
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Stiepelturm |
Rellinghausen map |
Underground, structural remains of the former Stiepelhof, a group of buildings belonging to the rural stone alley that were used for defense, refuge or residential purposes | 15th century | 22 Mar 2001 |
40 |
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Byfang Court House |
Copper turning card |
Desolation of the Byfanger court house | 17th century | May 8, 2001 |
41 |
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Summer castle |
Margarethenhöhe card |
Remnants of the outer and main castle, filled moats | 10-12 century | June 21, 2001 |
42 |
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Richradt colliery , Dreckbank shaft |
Fish sheet card |
Industrial desolation | 16th Century | June 26, 2001 |
43 |
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Isenburg Castle |
City forest map |
Castle ruins, castle by Dietrich von Altena-Isenberg built | 1241/1242 | June 28, 2001 |
44 |
Blucherturm |
Rellinghausen map |
Once the scene of witch trials , the existence of accompanying buildings is suspected | 1567 | June 28, 2001 |
45 |
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Geilinghaus courtyard |
Heidhausen map |
Desolation of the courtyard of the Geilinghaus, which was important for Werden Abbey , was laid down in the 1950s | 12th Century | May 28, 2002 |
46 |
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Altendorf Castle |
Burgaltendorf map |
Castle ruins with moats. It is expected that structural remains of the medieval complex in the area of the main castle and outer bailey will be preserved in the ground. |
12th century |
2nd half of the July 11, 2002 |
47 |
Heisinger Landwehr |
Heisingen card |
Medieval Landwehr , moat and wall recognizable in the ground | not clear | Dec 5, 2002 |
48 |
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geological wall Kampmannbrücke |
Heisingen card |
Exposed layers of the seam-bearing upper cabin with remains of geological plants, inclusions of driftwood and well-preserved stone cores from non-marine mussels | not clear | June 3, 2003 |
49 |
Become a monastery wall |
Will card |
Sections of the monastery wall that were removed above ground and preserved in the ground, which delimited the area of immunity, were partially preserved above ground | about 12th century | June 18, 2003 |
50 |
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Spillenburg lock |
Overheat card |
Lock walls on the Ruhr , at the beginning of the Ruhr navigation built | 1774 | June 25, 2003 |
51 |
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Tunnel mouth hole |
Fish sheet card |
brick Stollenmundloch of a mining tunnel with barrel of the mine Ilandsbraut |
19th century |
1st half of the Apr 23, 2004 |
52 |
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Wall ditch system / tree line |
Kupferdreh ( Rodberg ) card |
Wall and moat system as a system of forest boundaries | not clear | Apr 22, 2004 |
53 |
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Rellinghausen Abbey Wall |
Rellinghausen map |
A few parts of the monastery wall of Rellinghausen Abbey have been preserved | 16 Sep 2004 |
54 |
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Limbeck Gate |
City center map |
underground remains of the western Essen city gate |
14th century |
1st half of the May 27, 2008 |
55 |
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Silberkuhlsturm |
Rüttenscheid card |
Foundations of the Silberkuhlsturm from the time of silver mining in Rüttenscheid. It served residential but also military purposes. Presumably, ores (silver and lead) extracted from the nearby Silberkuhle were stored and guarded here. | 14./15. century | June 26, 2008 |
56 |
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medieval and modern buildings |
City center map |
Finds discovered in the historic center of the northern city center (north in front of the Kreuzeskirche , see picture) prove that local craftsmanship was once established, particularly metal casting; these include presumed remains of small-scale residential developments. | not clear | Oct 28, 2008 |
57 |
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War cemetery |
East quarter map |
inaccessible air raid tunnels in which 99 Soviet prisoners of war were killed in an air raid in 1944; Today the war cemetery for Russian forced laborers of the former Graf Beust colliery commemorates this | 1941 or 1943 | Apr 28, 2009 |
58 |
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medieval courtyard |
Heidhausen map |
former Oberhof of Werden Abbey |
11th century |
about 1st half of the May 26, 2009 |
59 |
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Moth Nettelshof |
Kettwig card |
Stable of a tower hill castle , medieval predecessor of the Hugenpoet castle | not clear | Nov 30, 2010 |
60 |
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House mountains , castle desert |
Bochold card |
approx. 80 × 140 meters in size, surrounded by a 10 to 20 meter wide moat; first documented mention in 1291 | 13th Century | May 12, 2017 |
61 |
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Baroque deserted church and rectory |
City forest map |
Desolation of the second Protestant church in Rellinghausen parish with rectory; both gave way to today's church in 1934, with an increase in the area to the east of today's church. | 1772-1775 | June 28, 2018 |
62 |
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Pingenfeld Kettwig |
Kettwig card |
About one kilometer southeast of Kettwig there is a large number of cooled pits, so-called pings , on an area of around 500 × 100 meters , which give indications of near-surface hard coal mining. | 17th to mid 19th century | June 28, 2018 |
63 |
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Pingenfeld of the Victoria colliery |
Kettwig card |
In Byfang there are visible open breaks from a tunnel mining operation. Some cooled pits, so-called pings , can be detected, which give indications of near-surface hard coal mining. | 19th century | 3rd Mar 2020 |
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Literature (selection)
- Paul Clemen : The art monuments of the city and the district of Essen (= The art monuments of the Rhine Province . Volumes 2, 3). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1893. (digitized version)
- Detlef Hopp (Ed.): Cut off. A journey through 200,000 years of city history. Reports from urban archeology 2000 to 2004 . Klartext Verlag , Essen 2004, ISBN 3-89861-391-7 .
- Detlef Hopp (Ed.): Re-discovered. Reports of the Essen City Archeology 2005–2009 . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2009, ISBN 978-3-8375-0228-2 .
- Detlef Hopp (Ed.): Traces. Discovering, reading and understanding. News from the city archeology of Essen . (Editor). Klartext Verlag, Essen 2013, ISBN 978-3-8375-0888-8 .
- Detlef Hopp, Bianca Khil, Elke Schneider: Archaeological bibliography of the city of Essen. Klartext Verlag, Essen 2000, ISBN 3-88474-897-1 .
- Detlef Hopp, Bianca Khil, Elke Schneider (eds.): Burgenland Essen. Castles, palaces and permanent houses in Essen . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8375-1739-2 .
See also
- List of architectural monuments in Essen
- Monument protection
- LVR Office for Land Monument Preservation in the Rhineland
- Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection eV