Mainzer Hof

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The Mainzer Tor in the city fortifications, behind it the Mainzer Hof

The Mainzer Hof is a monument in the town of Treffurt in the Wartburg district in Thuringia . It was one of three official courts of the city, from which Treffurt was administered until the 18th century. The Mainzer Tor is part of the Mainzer Hof monument ensemble .

location

The Mainzer Hof is north above the old town of Treffurt at the foot of the castle hill of Burg Normannstein . The Normannstein spring rises immediately to the north . To the east, the Mainzer Hof area is bordered by the historic Treffurt city wall, which in this area consists of an outer wall and a retaining wall and was extensively renovated by the city in 2013.

history

The Mainzer Hof from the north

The Mainzer Hof was built around 1600 as the official court of the Kurmainzer magistrate. At that time, the city of Treffurt had been in the possession of the Saxons , Kurmainz and Hessen-Kassel as Ganerbschaft Treffurt from 1336 until Kurmainz took over the sovereignty alone in the 18th century. At the time of the inheritance, the Mainzer Hof served as one of the three official courts from which the city was administered, alongside the Saxon Court and the Hessian Court ; after the end of the inheritance, the Mainzer Hof served as the official seat of the Kurmainzer administration until 1802. In 1821 the district administrator of the district of Mühlhausen , Carl von Hagen , acquired the farm and used it as the district administrator's seat for the rest of his service and life. For this purpose, von Hagen had the city park 100 meters to the east laid out. After von Hagen's death in 1837, his heirs sold the Mainzer Hof to the town of Treffurt in 1860. They used the main building as a residential building for rental apartments until the twentieth century; the farm buildings fell into disrepair. The main house has been rebuilt and renovated several times over the centuries, and the half-timbered facade that has been preserved to this day was last extensively changed in the 19th century.

Today the Mainzer Hof consists of the main house, a servants' house, a half-timbered barn and the striking archway. The vacant, ruinous ensemble of buildings is currently for sale. An appraisal from 2012 shows that the buildings are not in danger of collapsing and are historically significant, especially because of the preserved beam decorations and the valuable half-timbered structure.

Web links

Commons : Mainzer Hof (Treffurt)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Jendorff, Condominatory rule relationships in the denominational age: Die Ganerbschaft Treffurt 1555-1630, in: Journal of the Association for Hessian History (ZHG) Volume 107 (2002), pp. 163-180 (PDF; 73 kB)
  2. ↑ Article on Carl von Hagen in Momentmagazin , accessed on July 31, 2013
  3. ^ Heimatverein Treffurt eV: 900 years of Treffurt - contributions to the city's history. Druck- und Verlagshaus Frisch, Eisenach 2004, page 43

Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 19.2 ″  N , 10 ° 14 ′ 16.5 ″  E