Oberkirch (Trier)

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Oberkirch
coat of arms
Street in Trier
Oberkirch
Entrance to Oberkirch with Michaeliskapelle
Basic data
place trier
District Zewen
Connecting roads Alte Monaiser Strasse, Luxemburger Strasse
Cross streets In the beast

Oberkirch refers to a district of the Zewen district and a street named after him. Apart from this, only the street “Im Biest” exists in the district.

history

The place was first mentioned around 1190 as "Cherriche". A distinction was made between Ober- and Niederkirch. Both were typical farming villages and had a fortified tower very similar to the Zewener tower . There was also a Renaissance manor in Niederkirch . A branch church was also built in Oberkirch around 1569.

In the 14th century, Niederkich had to give way when building Monaise Castle , which is only reminiscent of Oberkirch today.

Buildings

There are three cultural monuments on the street of the same name , including the remains of the medieval watchtower based on the model of the Zewener Tower, which was rebuilt in 1841. The exact age of the watch tower is not known; Before 1841, however, the building had the year 1238. Today the watch tower is part of house number 28. Another important building in the district and on the street is the Michaeliskapelle from 1768 at house number 1.

literature

  • Patrick Ostermann (arrangement): Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 17.1: City of Trier. Old town. Werner, Worms 2001, ISBN 3-88462-171-8 .
  • Ulrike Weber (edit.): Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 17.2: City of Trier. City expansion and districts. Werner, Worms 2009, ISBN 978-3-88462-275-9 .
  • General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (publisher): Informational directory of cultural monuments of the district-free city of Trier. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Koblenz 2010.
  • Culture office of the city of Trier (ed.), Emil Zenz: Street names of the city of Trier: their sense and their meaning. 4th, revised. and exp. Edition. Trier 2003, OCLC 989973381 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Cultural Office of the city of Trier (ed.), Emil Zenz: street names of Trier: The meaning and significance. Trier 2003.
  2. ↑ a b c d Georg Fusenig: St. Martinus, Trier-Zewen. History of the Catholic Parish. Archive of the parish of St. Martinus, Trier 2009.
  3. ↑ List of monuments of the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Rhineland-Palatinate, 2010.
  4. ↑ Harald Kugel: Trier-Zewen. 2003.
  5. ↑ W. Janssen: Studies on the desert issue in the Franconian old settlements between the Rhine, Moselle and Eifelnordrand. 2 volumes. Text and Catalog, 1975.

Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 50.5 "  N , 6 ° 35 ′ 5.3"  E