Palmersdorfer Hof
The Palmersdorfer Hof at Kreisstraße 7 in the east of Brühl , whose origins go back to the 10th century and which was part of the Kölngau at that time , is a historically important site in the city. In contrast to the historically documented settlements of the districts of Pingsdorf and Kierberg (Mereche), which were only incorporated into the 20th century, the farm is considered the oldest settlement in the Brühl core area.
history
The history of the Palmersdorfer Hof , "zu Palmerstorp", goes back to the year 929. The noble estate to by Giles Gelenius also have been a Roman foundation. Documentary evidence indicates that Cologne archbishops had larger possessions in this area. The sisters of the St. Cäcilienstiftes in Cologne received the first land in this area through Archbishop Wichfrid (also Wigfriied) in 929. Wichfrid's successor, Archbishop Brun , also gave a and to St. Cäcilien in Cologne in 961 through a diploma (certificate) half a mansus in Palmersdorf to the sisters of the Cologne order.
Palmersdorfer Bach and Motte
The headwaters at Villerücken in the west of Brühl provided people with pure water in earlier times, but in larger quantities than today, before the natural lignite reservoir was dismantled . One of these streams coming from the slopes of the Ville flowed through the wooded plain on the western edge of the inner Cologne Bay (here the area of the later municipality of Brühl), the Palmersdorfer Bach, which leads to the Rhine in the direction of the Wesseling called “Waslicia” around 820 . It drove mills and was indispensable for irrigation in agriculture. The stream water also served to protect against attacks by marauding gangs. Not only were the courtyards surrounded by deep moats, but also a small refugee castle ( Motte ) built on an island south of the courtyards in the 10th century .
Such in the flood plains located Fliehburgen , with palisades reinforced and centered erected towers (beginning of wood, then stone), found in many places in the Rhein-Erft district.
Possession of the Cäcilienstift
The Palmersdorfer Fronhof belonged to the extensive land ownership of the monastic bailiwick founded here, which was given as a fief to their respective monastery bailiff after it was donated to the nuns of St. Cäcilien . In addition to a number of smaller farms, the Cäcilienhof belonged to this estate as the second large farmstead.
Below Burbach Monastery
Palmersdorf changed hands in the middle of the 13th century at the latest. A list of goods from 1256 also lists Palmersdorf among the possessions of the Cistercian convent in Burbach. This was confirmed by a document from the same year in which Pope Alexander placed the monastery and its possessions under his protection.
Hofgut of the Teutonic Knight Order
In the course of the wars surrounding the candidacy of Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg for the throne and bishop's seat of the Archdiocese and Electorate of Cologne, in 1689, in addition to the Brühl Castle , the Palmersdorfer Hof was destroyed. Whether an immediate rebuilding or a change of ownership took place after the destruction is in the dark. A conical keystone preserved in today's archway of the manor shows the year 1750 and implies the change of ownership through a coat of arms of the Teutonic Knight Order, which is also shown as the new owner of the court. The Grand Master was Elector Clemens August .
Worldly owners
With the occupation of the Rhineland by France in 1794 and the subsequent secularization , the Palmersdorfer Hof lost its last church owner. The order was expropriated and around 1809 the farm was auctioned. Part of the courtyard, the former main courtyard of St. Cäcilien, was abandoned and demolished after 1820. A pen drawing of the Palmersdorf layout shows a map section around 1820. It shows the stream still emerging between several buildings and a four-sided courtyard, which then fills a pond and the moat of the moth as it continues.
Today's community of owners
The property consists of a group of several interconnected buildings arranged around a rectangular courtyard. The existing buildings, which were rebuilt in the 1980s, were mostly follow-up buildings from the 18th century, of which only the restored facades were preserved. The half-timbered structure of the former barn probably dates from around 1700. The courtyard complex was converted into a private property divided into 30 different size units for residential purposes. The overall historical appearance of a baroque square courtyard in the Palmersdorf courtyard, which is surrounded by open corridors , has largely been preserved.
Literature / sources
- Robert Wilhelm Rosellen: History of the parishes of the deanery Brühl. JP Bachem, Cologne 1887
- F. Lau: The archiepiscopal officials of the city of Cologne during the 12th century . Lübeck 1891
- Frank Kretzschmar: Mills, buildings and hidden corners in the Rhein-Erft district . JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 2004. ISBN 3-7616-1834-4
- Hermann J. Hüsgen: The Cistercian Monastery of Burbach , in: Erftkreis (Ed.): Monasteries and pencils in the Erftkreis , Hürth 1988, ISBN 3-7927-1044-7 , pp. 227-254
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dresmann, page 1, reference to F. Lau: "Development of municipal constitution and administration of the city of Cologne until 1386", p.4
- ↑ Rosellen writes: “Gelenius, which derives the origin and name of most of the villages on the foothills from Roman greats, assumes that the aristocratic manor Palmersdorf, which is located in the east near Brühl and belongs to it, got its name from a Roman Palmatius, and therefore calls it Palmatii pagus "(Gelen p. 256 ( palmatii pagus Latin, village, Gau ))
- ↑ a b Frank Kretzschnar, page 54
- ↑ Rosellen p. 81 f.
- ↑ Frank Kretzschmar, page 26
- ↑ Hüsgen, page 160
- ^ Frank Kretzschmar, pages 26, 54
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Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 37.7 ″ N , 6 ° 55 ′ 20 ″ E