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	Monument number
more pictures	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
more pictures	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	0June 8, 1989	4th
	House Horl	Vogelheim card	noble knight seat, remains of the medieval moated castle	15th century	Feb 21, 1991	5
	Rote Mühle lock system	Heisingen card	Walls of the lock chamber of the former lock on the Ruhr	1774	23 Sep 1992	6th
more pictures	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
more pictures	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
	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
	Stone box from Essen-Kupferdreh	Copper turning card	Tomb from the Neolithic Age	Neolithic	0June 1, 1994	11
more pictures	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	08 Sep 1994	12
more pictures	Scheppen courtyard / castle	Fish sheet card	Former feud of Werden Abbey	13th Century	08 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	08 Sep 1994	14th
	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	08 Sep 994	15th
more pictures	St. Clement's Church	Heidhausen map	Catholic Church, consecrated on May 1st, 957 by Archbishop Bruno of Cologne , demolished in 1817	Mid 10th century	08 Sep 1994	16
more pictures	St. Lucius Church (Essen)	Will card	formerly three-aisled basilica	10/11 century	08 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)	1st half of the 11th century	08 Sep 1994	18th
more pictures	Castle Schloss Schellenberg	Rellinghausen map	Main castle, once surrounded by a moat, with beginnings in the 14th century	14th Century	May 15, 1995	19th
more pictures	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
more pictures	Predecessor buildings on Essen Cathedral	City center map	Remnants of the foundations of the previous monastic buildings and the manor as well as fortifications	2nd half of the 9th century	13 Mar 1997	21st
more pictures	Vryburg moat	Horst card	Ring wall with double moat	9/10 century	13 Mar 1997	22nd
more pictures	Moth Vittinghoff	City forest map	Remains of the former headquarters of the Vietinghoff family		0Oct 2, 1997	23
more pictures	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
more pictures	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
	House stone	Braid card	Remnants in the floor and vaulted cellar of the former servant fief of Werden Abbey	1360	26th Mar 1998	27
	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
more pictures	Werden monastery	Will card	Former monastery complexes, some of which only remain underground.	from the 8th century	June 25, 1998	29
more pictures	St. Laurentius Church	Steele card	Remains of the previous building of today's church under today's surface	11th century	Oct 13, 1998	30th
more pictures	Aschebroch farm	City center map	Intact remains of the courtyard under the area of ​​today's Kreuzeskirche	14th Century	Nov 24, 1998	31
more pictures	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
more pictures	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	0Dec 8, 1998	33
more pictures	Ringwallanlage Alteburg	Heidhausen map	Remains of a castle from Carolingian times	8th century	0Dec 9, 1998	34
more pictures	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Byfang Court House	Copper turning card	Desolation of the Byfanger court house	17th century	0May 8, 2001	41
	Summer castle	Margarethenhöhe card	Remnants of the outer and main castle, filled moats	10-12 century	June 21, 2001	42
	Richradt colliery , Dreckbank shaft	Fish sheet card	Industrial desolation	16th Century	June 26, 2001	43
more pictures	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
	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
more pictures	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.	2nd half of the 12th century	July 11, 2002	47
	Heisinger Landwehr	Heisingen card	Medieval Landwehr , moat and wall recognizable in the ground	not clear	0Dec 5, 2002	48
more pictures	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	0June 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
	Spillenburg lock	Overheat card	Lock walls on the Ruhr , at the beginning of the Ruhr navigation built	1774	June 25, 2003	51
	Tunnel mouth hole	Fish sheet card	brick Stollenmundloch of a mining tunnel with barrel of the mine Ilandsbraut	1st half of the 19th century	Apr 23, 2004	52
	Wall ditch system / tree line	Kupferdreh ( Rodberg ) card	Wall and moat system as a system of forest boundaries	not clear	Apr 22, 2004	53
	Rellinghausen Abbey Wall	Rellinghausen map	A few parts of the monastery wall of Rellinghausen Abbey have been preserved		16 Sep 2004	54
	Limbeck Gate	City center map	underground remains of the western Essen city gate	1st half of the 14th century	May 27, 2008	55
	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
	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
	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
	medieval courtyard	Heidhausen map	former Oberhof of Werden Abbey	about 1st half of the 11th century	May 26, 2009	59
	Moth Nettelshof	Kettwig card	Stable of a tower hill castle , medieval predecessor of the Hugenpoet castle	not clear	Nov 30, 2010	60
	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
	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
	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
	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	03rd Mar 2020	64

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

Web links

• List of monuments of the city of Essen in the city's GIS / Geo-Info-System
• Essen city archeology