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The canons' building in Treis-Karden in the district of Cochem-Zell in Rhineland-Palatinate - also known as the Zehnthaus - belongs to a late Romanesque building ensemble in the former collegiate district of Karden and is one of the oldest preserved secular buildings in Germany.
history
Within the late antique settlement Vicus Cardena on the western bank of the Moselle, a St. Castor von Karden (* unknown; † around 400) founded a Christian community as a collegiate foundation. In addition to the Romanesque collegiate church built over Roman and early medieval predecessor buildings , the so-called "Moseldom", the Romanesque house Korbisch and some of the canons 'or canons' residential buildings, some of which are still medieval, have been preserved from its abbey district .
Building history
The few years ago basically renovated buildings with the address core 8-10 (entrance via St.-Castor-Straße) is externally largely in the state of the 13th century, and is a single monument part of the heritage zone Convent of St Castor. Built in 1238 ( dendrodated ), the building served the canons as a residence and later - when the residents moved more and more their own houses - as a “ tithe house ” for storing the tithe to be delivered to the monastery . The well-preserved building is an excellent example of the Romanesque style in Germany and has been preserved largely unchanged to this day. However, the interior design has always been adapted to changing needs. Today it is used as an event center and monastery museum in Treis-Karden .
The rectangular two-storey building was built entirely from broken slate and plastered. Simple rectangular windows structure the ground floor; On the upper floor, arcade windows with cloverleaf ends and round arches alternate, the magnificent original color of which was reconstructed during the last renovation (around 2000). The ground plan of the building, which is 21.40 meters long and 9.50 wide, is rectangular. Originally it should have been longer; because the cornice bent to the east breaks off at the western end and the symmetry of the windows also called for a clover-leaf window at the end, as at the beginning, which is no longer there. Below the entire ground floor is a wine cellar with barrel vaults rising from the floor. The ground floor with entrance from the cloister of the church was the dining room, the upper floor the dormitory. The storage facility is located under a gable roof.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Wackenroder: The art monuments of the district of Cochem . Unchanged reprint 1984. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-422-00561-7 , pp. 485-488.
Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 2.2 " N , 7 ° 18 ′ 5.4" E