Marketplace (Ober-Ingelheim)
The Ober-Ingelheim market square is the center of the settlement of this district in Ingelheim am Rhein .
geography
Location and surroundings
The square is located in the historical center of Ober-Ingelheim not far to the east is the castle church and to the south the church of St. Michael .
traffic
The old through axis Rinderbachstraße-Stiegelgasse and the new (since 1876) Bahnhofstraße-Neuweg, which leads south to Großwinternheim and north to the center of Ingelheim (Nieder-Ingelheim) to Ingelheim station , cross on the square . A funnel-shaped confluence east of the square leads to the castle church with the red wine festival area. The square has had traffic lights since the 1990s.
history
The square was the center of the settlement very early on, which the dense historical buildings here still show today. Local residents were first mentioned in 1213. The first known residents were Bolandische Mühle around 1250, Drechers Hof around 1410, a farm called "Zum Baum" and the inn "Zum Löwen" which was closed in 1875 and a wine tavern was built in its place by Louis Weitzel. The first town hall was built in 1608, which was replaced by a building in the classical style in 1827. In 1529 the square got a fountain called "Löwche". (Because of a lion figure that sat on the fountain column and held the Electoral Palatinate and the city arms of Ober-Ingelheim with his paws). However, in 1901 the fountain had to give way to a war memorial for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71 . Towards the end of the 18th century, weekly markets and three annual markets were held here, as well as a fruit market. Due to the increasing volume of traffic, this monument was also removed in 1970 and rebuilt opposite the castle church. Much of the original development has also been lost over the past centuries.
Space design
Since 2007 it has been paved with natural stone paving in the sidewalk area and in the traffic area with concrete stone paving and since 2009 again with a fountain on the corner of Stiegelgasse / Neuweg. In addition, old town street lighting and metal polders to delimit the roadway.
Development of the square
North
A former late baroque commercial building from the 18th century framed by two other commercial and residential buildings. Today there is a Pizzeria Capri in the middle , the Metzgerei Martin in the outer corner of Rinderbachstraße and an insurance company in the building on the corner of Bahnhofstraße
East Side
Mainly new buildings on this wall (early to mid-20th century). Coming from Rinderbachstrasse, a former Indian restaurant, now vacant, followed by another new building, a commercial building with a bakery, which was attached to a baroque house from 1755. At the corner of An der Burgkirche / Neuweg, a two-part assembly from the 16th – 19th centuries. Century with a late Gothic shield gable in the middle and in the west with a crippled hipped roof and a subsequent dwelling on the courtyard side. Today a residential and commercial building with a tobacco and magazine shop in Bambach .
South side
Corner of Stiegelgasse / Neuweg a late baroque house from the 19th century, today a former drugstore on the ground floor, attached to a baroque courtyard from the 18th century, formerly the Palatinate Court , today a residential building.
West side
The old town hall, built in the classicistic style in 1827 , was the seat of the peace court until 1909 and the seat of the local administration of Ober-Ingelheim until 1939. Today kindergarten. It has a bell ridge with a clock and a weather vane on the hipped roof . The central risalit is crowned by a triangular gable and has a balcony on the first floor. Equipped with arched windows on the ground floor.
literature
- Dieter Krienke: Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 18: District of Mainz-Bingen 1. Cities of Bingen and Ingelheim, municipality of Budenheim, association municipalities of Gau-Algesheim, Heidesheim, Rhein-Nahe and Sprendlingen-Gensingen. Werner, Worms 2007, ISBN 978-3-88462-231-5 . ( Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany )
Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '51.2 " N , 8 ° 3' 37.5" E