Bouvier Castle
| Bouvier Castle | |
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| Data | |
| place | Lower counter |
| builder | Johann-Joseph Richard |
| architect | Johann-Joseph Richard |
| Client | Johann-Joseph Richard |
| Architectural style | classicism |
| Construction year | 1847 |
| height | approx. 20 m |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 54 '30.6 " N , 6 ° 16' 20.3" E |
The Bouvier castle near the Rhineland-Palatinate Niedersgegen near the Luxembourg border is owned by Hansa School of Cologne and serves as a school camp . The manor castle from the 19th century is located in the so-called “Golden Ground” of the southern Eifel on the Sauer in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm and is part of the “Körperich-Niedersgegen castle and court estates”.
construction
Parts of the solid furnishings from the turn of the century are still preserved today, such as the paneling, the fireplace in the dining room and the former hunting room. The structure of the castle is cube-shaped and has an almost flat hipped roof . The porch is wide and slightly elevated and stands on a polygonal floor plan in the center of the facade. The basement is at ground level and there are utility rooms marked by rectangular windows. The bed level on the first floor is also represented on the outside by large window formats with a wedge-shaped roof that is slightly extended downwards. Above this, the openings become a little smaller again. In the low jamb floor there are three coupled ox eyes . The castle offers a total of 70 beds, spread over two floors.
In the park of the school camp there are several trees over 200 years old ( oak , plane trees , linden , copper beech ).
history
Johann-Joseph Richard (in some sources also Jean-Joseph Richard ), one of Clervaux originating in Luxembourg lawyer and entrepreneur who in 1806 through his marriage to the daughter of the landlord of Ennershausen came down counter, in 1847 built the "Villa Bouvier" in classical Style for his son-in-law Bouvier, who probably also came from Luxembourg. As early as 1823, he had built the seven-axle Hofgut Petry mansion in Körperich based on the model of Weilerbach Castle .
In 1910 the Richard family sold Bouvier Castle to a doctor named Dr. Mainz. Until this sale, the castle was part of a lordly ensemble of castle estates belonging to the Richard family. During the Second World War , the house was then temporarily used as a camp for prisoners of war.
On August 1, 1956, the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Hansa-Gymnasium Köln e. V. the building and land (today's 40,000 square meter park surrounding the castle) by the architect Max Ziemann. As early as April 1, 1957, the school camp was put into operation. In the same year a toilet facility was built. The official inauguration of the school camp took place until July 26, 1958. Also in 1958 the weir , which was destroyed in World War II, was repaired.
On July 26, 1960, the association received the building permit for a game and sports hall, which was built in June of the next year. The planned four-storey extension was also granted building permission on December 3, 1962. It was completed almost three years later, on November 26, 1965. In 1968 the heating of the main building was switched from coal to oil and an oil heating system was also added to the games and sports hall.
Further expansion activities took place in 1970 when a washroom was added and an additional bedroom was created in the attic. On August 1, 1972, a subsequent building permit was obtained for the single-storey extension of the “boys' wash facility”. In 1978 a counter was installed in the foyer to “keep the young people from going to the inns”.
In 1980, renewed renovation and expansion measures took place, during which the attic was expanded, new windows were installed in the old building and the heating was converted again. In addition, repairs were carried out on the game and sports hall. The mini golf course came to its current location in 1986. A year later, a new boiler system was installed.
Bouvier Castle was placed under protection on October 11, 1999 as a cultural monument . Further renovation and repair measures were taken in 2011.
Web links
- History - Bouvier Castle , sponsoring association of the Hansa High School in Cologne.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hansagymnasium Cologne: Bouvier Castle, school camp. Retrieved October 16, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Entry on Former Bouvier Castle (1) (Niedersgegen, community of Körperich Schlossstrasse 12) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Entry on the former Bouvier Castle (2) (Niedersgegen, Gemeinde Körperich Schlossstrasse 12) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Schloss Bouvier - school camp of the Hansa-Gymnasium Cologne in Niedersgegen. Local community of Körperich, accessed on October 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Entry on double-stemmed oak in the school camp (Niedersgegen, community of Körperich) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 22, 2016.
- ^ Nicolas Van Werveke: Cultural history of the Luxembourg country. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Excerpt: The life of Luxembourg farmers in the late Middle Ages and modern times Schlossstrasse 12. (No longer available online.) Carlo Hury, archived from the original on July 28, 2013 ; Retrieved October 17, 2013 (summary by Arno Bourggraff).
- ↑ Hofgut Petry. Tourist-Information Neuerburger Land, accessed on October 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Entry on Schlossgut Petry (1) (Niedersgegen, community Körperich Schlossstrasse 6) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Hofgut Petry in Körperich-Niedersgegen / Eifel. Our most beautiful farms. SWR television, archived from the original on November 18, 2013 ; Retrieved October 17, 2013 .
- ↑ cf. Minutes of the annual general meeting 1977