House Omagen
The house Omagen was a mid-17th century built mansion of the hamlet Omagen in Bedburg broken off at the Erft and was the 1935th The hamlet was part of the church of Morken.
history
The hamlet of Omagen was first mentioned in 1336. He belonged to the Cologne lordship of St. Aposteln , ecclesiastically to the village of Morken near Bedburg. The building's foundations were wet due to the constantly deteriorating situation caused by the floods of the receiving water from the Erft . In addition, it threatened to sink into a water hole.
investment
The courtyard was rebuilt after the Thirty Years War . This complex had a rectangular inner courtyard, which was enclosed by four elongated buildings. On the north side of the complex there was a two-story mansion, the ground floor of which was made of field bricks. The walls of the upper floor consisted of half-timbering, which was supported by foot struts. The upper floor originally had cross-frame windows, which were later enlarged. The buildings were enclosed by a moat that connected the courtyard with the surrounding area with a drawbridge. After the trenches had been filled in, structural changes were made to the Omagen house by installing larger windows and a door opening, as well as adding a rectangular tower to the corner of the house reaching into the filled trench.
The farm buildings used as barns and stables were built as half-timbered houses .
literature
- Frank Kretzschmar: Bedburg, House Omagen . In: Oberkreisdirektor des Erftkreises (Hrsg.): Kulturregion Erftkreis - Loss of a monument landscape . Rheinland-Verlag GmbH, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1228-8 , p. 34 .