Rheinburg

Rheinburg with Klausenburg (right), aerial photo (2016)

The Rheinburg in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein

The Klausenburg , in the background the Rheinburg, around 1909

The Rheinburg is a castle-like villa in Koblenz . It is located in the Ehrenbreitstein district and goes back to the Klausenberg plant , which was built as part of the Ehrenbreitstein city fortifications between 1827 and 1833. This caponier therefore belonged to the Niederehrenbreitstein system of the Prussian fortress of Koblenz .

history

Klausenberg plant

The Klausenberg plant, also known as the Klausenbergturm, was built between 1827 and 1833 as part of the construction of the Prussian city fortifications on the western slope of the Arzheimer Heights in the east of the town of Ehrenbreitstein. The factory was adapted in 1850 to accommodate troops. With the closing of the gaps in the crenellated wall around the city in 1854 and 1856, the caponier was integrated into the city fortifications. After its abandonment in 1890, the city of Ehrenbreitstein bought the fortifications in 1892/93 and tried to sell it again in the following years.

Villa Rheinburg

The building was publicly auctioned in 1898. The contract was awarded to Colonel Wilhelm von Bötticher from Bremen , who had it converted into the castle-like Villa Rheinburg , including the fortress building. After the death of her parents, the daughter Helene Bornhausen took over the villa, which was owned by the family until 1978. The Rheinburg is still privately owned and was rebuilt several times in the 20th and early 21st centuries, but its romantic appearance as a castle was never lost.

construction

The caponier was a one-story casemated building with a total of nine artillery slits. The front was semicircular and directed to the east. A semicircular stair tower led to the roof of the building, which could be used as a gun emplacement . The entire caponier was surrounded by a dry moat. It was connected to the city by a crenellated staircase.

With the conversion of the Klausenberg plant into a castle-like villa on the plateau, a multi-tiered structure with stepped gables , saddle and hip roofs and half-timbered porches was created. The stair tower was designed with a kind of battlement and a conical roof .

Monument protection

The Rheinburg is a protected cultural monument according to the Monument Protection Act (DSchG) and entered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein in Klausenbergweg 5 .

The Rheinburg has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .

literature

• Matthias Kellermann: The Prussian fortress Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein. On the history of the fortifications on the right bank of the Rhine , 3rd edition, Koblenz 2014. ISBN 978-3-934795-63-1 .
• Marianne Schwickerath: 1857–1997. For the 140th anniversary of Cluj-Napoca , Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein 1997.
• Klaus T. Weber (dissertation): The Prussian fortifications of Koblenz (1815–1834) . (Series: Art and Cultural Studies Research) 2003, pp. 302, 305ff. ISBN 3-89739-340-9
• Ulrike Weber (edit.): Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 3.3: City of Koblenz. Districts. Werner, Worms 2013, ISBN 978-3-88462-345-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Weber, The Prussian Fortifications of Koblenz (1815-1834), page 302, 305f.
2. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Koblenz. Mainz 2020, p. 19 (PDF; 6.5 MB).

Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 34.3 "  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 53.2"  E