Maltese Commandery

Maltese Commandery

The Maltese Commandery is an administrative seat of the Order of St. John in the Herrenstrunden district of Bergisch Gladbach, founded in the 13th century . There are also the spellings Maltese Commandery and Maltese Commandery .

history

The knight Dietrich von Dorendorf (Dondorf near Hennef an der Sieg ) had transferred the church in Herkenrath to the hospital of St. John in Jerusalem in 1224 . In 1270 a pension was transferred to the Johanniter zu Herrenstrunden . It is not known exactly when the Kommende Herrenstrunden was founded. The Commandery is mentioned for the first time in 1290. The coming one, i.e. the entire building complex of the Lords on the Strunde, is mentioned in 1328 as the Order's ballroom and thus as the central office for the administration of the Order Province. In the year mentioned, Petrus von Ungula, Prior of Toulouse and General Visitor for Germany and France, assigned Heinrich von Selbach Kommende and Ballei Herrenstrunden to Heinrich von Selbach Kommende and Ballei Herrenstrunden for 15 years on the chapter for the Priory Germany in Trier . The Coming House retained this importance for several centuries. Around 1530, the St. John as a result of the notified Reformation into Maltese . In connection with secularization , the order was expropriated in 1806 after the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss decision was issued. The confiscated property then fell into private hands.

Building description

The current appearance of the Commandery dates from the beginning of the 17th century. In the two-storey, plastered quarry stone building stands on cleats a steep hipped roof before. On each side of the roof, five small dormers are distributed over three floors . On the front you can see on the lower floor in the central axis a larger dormer with two windows and a sliding gable on which a white Maltese cross is depicted. The main entrance consists of a baroque portal flanked by two columns. The lintel bears the year 1684 and the initials JPC, which up to now could not be interpreted. Today the house is used as a hotel and restaurant.

monument

• The Maltese Commandery was entered on February 24, 1982 under No. 8 in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .
• The Johanniter / Malteser Kommende / Ballei Herrenstrunden in the vicinity of the Commandery was entered under No. 18 in the list of ground monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andree Schulte, Bergisch Gladbach, city history in street names, published by the Bergisch Gladbach city archive, volume 3, and by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5 , p. 186
2. ^ Anton Jux: The Johanniter-Kommende Herrenstrunden, with parish history , Bergisch Gladbach 1956
3. ^ Hans-Ludwig Arnold based on a manuscript by Monsignor Peter Opladen : Coming and parish Herrenstrunden in their historical development , Odenthal-Eikamp 1998
4. ↑ Thomas Klostermann: Malteserkomturei Herrenstrunden, monument of the month October 2004 , in Heimat between Sülz and Dhünn, history and folklore in Bergisch Gladbach and the surrounding area, issue 12, 2005
5. ^ The Maltese Commandery - Hotel and Restaurant

literature

• Bertram Steinbach: The castle Herrenstrunden , in Bergischer Kalender 1920, S. 30.ff
• Hans Leonhard Brenner : The Strunde and their Bergisch Gladbacher mills , Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 3-932326-67-9

Web links

Commons : Maltese Commandery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• History of the Maltese Commandery
• Monument of the Month October 2004

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 '26 "  N , 7 ° 10' 50"  E