Preach house (Düren)
The preaching house , also called Klomp (old dilapidated house), was in Düren , North Rhine-Westphalia , on the cattle market, today's Kaiserplatz .
In 1608 the construction of a two-story house as a meat hall began. In 1610 the unfinished house was handed over to the Reformed community . In the course of the Counter Reformation in 1628, the community's right of use was withdrawn again by order of the ducal. In 1649 the building was bought back for 1200 thalers. Between 1705 and 1784, burials took place on the raised ground floor. The organ by Peter Weidtmann from Ratingen was installed in 1695. It was renewed in 1770/1772 by Peter Kemper from Münstereifel . In 1803 the building was extensively rebuilt.
In 1850 the house, which had not been used since 1845, was demolished. In 1886/1887 the property was leased to the city. The remains of those buried were reburied in the Protestant cemetery on Kölnstrasse .
In 1891, the monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I was erected on the site by the sculptor Joseph Uphues . The property was donated to the city in 1893.
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- The old preaching house of the Reformed community on the Düren cattle market (Kaiserplatz) , Karl Ventzke in Dürener Geschichtsblätter No. 70, 1981, p. 43 ff
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 8.9 " N , 6 ° 28 ′ 55.7" E