Danckelmann Palace
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The Palais Danckelmann in Lingen (Ems) is a historic building from 1646. Since its completion it has been used for court purposes.
Today it houses the city's district court .
history
Sylvester Danckelmann was 1632-1662 oranischer county judge and Vice droste in Lingen. At the beginning of the 1640s, Danckelmann began building a town house on the then fallow land of the former fortifications. The building was completed in 1646, as indicated by a number on the portal in the courtyard. Danckelmann immediately moved his judicial business to this house.
1681 was followed by Thomas Ernst von Danckelmann, the second son of Sylvester von Danckelmann, the father in the office of judge . In 1702 Thomas Ernst took possession of the city and county of Lingen for the Prussian crown. Sylvester Diedrich von Danckelmann succeeded him as judge. In 1769 the Prussian Domain Treasury acquired the house from the heirs of the von Danckelsmann family and used it as a royal district court. Today it is part of the Lingen district court .
Construction work
A two-storey, three- to seven-axis building with structured facades rises up to the gable on a massive basement made of ashlar. Noteworthy are two goal posts with the crowning Rococo vases and the free-standing pillar with the seated lion with the Danckelmann coat of arms.
From the beginning, the building was intended as a noble residence and not as a town house . This can be seen in the otherwise unusual high base and the towering height. The entrance to the building was also set up differently than in town houses: In contrast to the town houses, the two-armed flight of stairs faces away from the street and is reached via a courtyard, which, like the garden, was laid out at the back of the house.
Web links
- Dankelman'sches Palais (district court) on the website of the city of Lingen (Ems)
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 22.4 ″ N , 7 ° 19 ′ 12 ″ E