Monaise Castle
Monaise Castle (from French “ mon aise ” “my leisure”, “my lightness” - according to the Latin motto under the coat of arms: “ Otium cum dignitate ”) on the Moselle has belonged to the Trier estate along with the estate since the “Bannstreit” in 1853 District Euren .
The early classicist castle, which is historically strongly linked to Zewen and today's Zewen district of Oberkirch , was built in 1779–1783 by François Ignace Mangin as a summer residence for the Trier cathedral dean and later Prince-Bishop of Speyer , Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf . It was built as a pleasure palace with large representation rooms on the first floor, a simple upper floor (for the servants) and with a large terrace and open staircase and is surrounded by a park. For this purpose the Oberkirch “sister village” Niederkirch was demolished.
In terms of architectural history, Monaise is perhaps the best-preserved German example of a villa suburbana from the late 18th century. After the French Revolution , the castle changed hands several times and was left to decay after the Second World War. Due to the designation of an industrial and commercial area on the lands formerly belonging to the property, the original, idyllic rural location is only partially understandable today.
After a thorough renovation between 1992 and 1997, Monaise Castle, which is owned by the city of Trier, is now used as a restaurant. Today the Hofgut is a riding facility of the Post-Sportverein Trier.
South side
Ballroom
Ballroom
Sphinx on the terrace
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- Monaise around 1840 from Panorama of Trier and its surroundings (around 1840) via dilibri
Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '2.2 " N , 6 ° 35" 58.8 " E