Palais Walderdorff

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Entire complex seen from the Domfreihof

The Palais Walderdorff in the city of Trier is a building complex that extends across from the Trier Cathedral to the west and north of the Domfreihof . One component also extends along Sternstrasse to the main market . The oldest part of the complex is the Jerusalem Tower from the 11th century . The largest and most conspicuous part of the entire complex was built by the Archbishop of Trier and Elector Johann IX. Philipp von Walderdorff built as a cathedral provost.

Buildings

Location of the components, drawn on an open street map

Building A: Jerusalem Tower : Romanesque tower, limestone and brick masonry, 11th and 12th centuries. Today used by the city of Trier as a wedding hall for the registry office.

Building B: former Dompropstei: stately baroque hipped roof building over a barrel-vaulted cellar, built around 1758. The current building stands on the site of the Jerusalem Curia, which has been handed down since the 12th century. In 1797 it served as the apartment of the builder of Monaise Castle , Count Franz Wilderich von Walderdorff . From 1798 seat of the French government, from 1815 the Prussian government. Today the ground floor is mainly used for catering.

Building C: by Elector Johann Philipp von Walderdorff in 1766 by the architect Johannes Seiz as a cathedral curia, late baroque mansard hipped roof building. The building was erected on the site of the medieval Rodenmacher Hof. Changed several times in the 19th century, including the neo-baroque central projection built around 1877.

Building D: connecting wing, between building parts E and C. Built around 1766 over an older cellar. Current use: Texildiscounter with entrance in building E.

Building E: Former Hauptwache: Baroque mansard roof building with an arcade that characterizes the square, built in 1774/76 as the last of the buildings built at the time of the Electors, architect JJ Steinem. The building was built in place of a gothic gabled house, which already housed the main guard and which was demolished in 1774. Seen from the main market square on the right of the building is a copy of a Madonna and Child, on the left opposite the plaque for Clare Prem. The building was later used by the city of Trier, among others, gutted in 1998 and housed a branch of the textile discounter H & M until 2019 .

Building F: 19th century, gutted around 2000, today used together with a modern extension of the municipal library, adult education center and municipal facilities.

Building G: former government main office: historic administrative building, second quarter of the 19th century. Gutted in the 1950s, rebuilt in 1966 for the city library. Its eastern end is the so-called Kassenhaus, a head pavilion in the style of the Italian Renaissance. Today (2017) the building is mainly used by Radio RPR .

Building H: neo-baroque former district committee building, around 1889, after gutting in 1998/99 today (2018) used as a gourmet restaurant.

  • Building A: Jerusalem Tower

  • Building A: Jerusalem Tower

  • Building B: former provost house

  • Connection between B and C

  • Building C

  • Building C left and D (middle-right)

  • Building E: former main guard house

  • Building F

  • Buildings F (right) and G (behind glass)

  • Building G, on the right the ticket office

  • Building H

  • Building H and connection to building B

  • Connection between building B and H

Later use

During the French period (1794-1815) the building was the prefecture of the Saar department . Then the Prussians established the old government here .

After the sale of the former municipal building to an investor and general renovation around the year 2000, the area on Sternstrasse between the main market and Domfreihof was used by a textile discounter, and now there is a drugstore. The conversion to a large-scale retail building was heavily criticized at the time, on the one hand because it was perceived as inappropriate use, and on the other hand because it was sometimes not very sensitive to the historical building fabric. In the other buildings at the Domfreihof and in the inner courtyard there are restaurants, galleries and offices and facilities of the city of Trier (city library, adult education center, registry office, senior citizen's office, youth club).

Clare Prem badge

Memorial plaque for Clare Prem

On the outside of the main market square there is a bronze relief made in 1991 by the sculptor Willi Hahn . It shows the Trier dialect poet Cläre Prem in her typical window-gazing manner and the two originals from Trier, "Koorscht and Kneisjen".

literature

Web links

Commons : Palais Walderdorff (Trier)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Palais Walderdorff in Trier - beautiful appearance. Edited by Dominik Heinrich, Herbert M. Kopp, Hermann Münzel (= series of publications by the Trier-Forum eV 5), Trier 2000

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '24.1 "  N , 6 ° 38' 32.3"  E