Uersfelder Höfe
In Aachen - Richterich on the road to Kohlscheid there were three larger courtyards Uersfeld : the upper (southern) Uersfeld courtyard, which was later called Küppershof , the middle courtyard, initially called Mitteluersfeld and later referred to as Haus Ottegraven , and the lower courtyard, the kept the name Uersfeld or Groß-Uersfeld .
history
The first documented mention of Uersfeld comes from the year 1288. According to documentary reports, it was a knight's seat and cane fief of the cologne fiefdom in Heerlen , which was divided into small, medium and large Uersfeld at the beginning of the 14th century.
Klein-Uersfeld, "Küppershof"
In the 14th century the upper Uersfelder Hof (Klein-Uersfeld) belonged to the family of Johann von Pont , aldermen and mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen , in 1411 it was sold to the Aachen Marienstift , in whose possession it remained from then on. As Küppershof it is listed for the first time in 1633 in the loan register of the Marienstift. The current building, a regular, square brick complex, dates from the 18th century. On a gate was the Aachen monastery coat of arms and the year 1721. Quarry stone plinths on the outer walls of the south wing are probably remnants of an earlier system.
After severe fire damage, the courtyard, which is a listed building, was extensively renovated, modernized and converted for residential and commercial purposes in 2008/2009.
Mittel-Uersfeld, "House Ottegraven"
Mittel-Uersfeld belonged to a von Streithagen family from the 14th century . In the 16th century they built the large house, a two-storey building with six axes in stone-framed arched windows and a mansard roof. Through the marriage of Anna Maria von Streithagen, daughter of the mayor Abraham von Streithagen , to Gottfried von Othegraven (Ottegraven) at the beginning of the 17th century, the estate passed to Othegraven. It was named after them, even if they only owned it until the middle of the 18th century. The rectangular brick complex adjoining the house was built in the 18th century.
Although the buildings showed relatively little war damage, they fell into disrepair more and more in the 1950s and were demolished, so that today, at best, their outlines can be seen in the ground.
Groß-Uersfeld
The first known owner of the estate is Wilhelm von Uersfeld, mentioned in 1402. In 1425, Konrad von dem Eichhorn , who was also mayor of Aachen at the time, was given a hereditary lease from the Uersfeld court. Shortly afterwards he purchases the property. The later owners include Cornelius de Fays (early 18th century), another Aachen mayor and the landowner James Cockerill (1844–1914), grandson of the entrepreneur James Cockerill .
On a plan by Laurenz Mefferdatis from 1722, one recognizes an elongated symmetrical complex of mansion and outer bailey, both surrounded by water. The manor house no longer exists today, but the former outer bailey has largely been preserved. It is a four-wing brick building with an inner courtyard, built in the 17th to 18th centuries. The south wing was flanked by two round towers, one of which collapsed in 1895 and was never rebuilt. The pond system, fed by the Amstelbach , still exists in parts and nestles in a semicircle around the system. Like the Küppershof, Groß-Uersfeld is also a listed building.
Individual evidence
- ^ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet : Document Book II, No. 857
- ↑ a b Heribert Reiners: The art monuments of the districts of Aachen and Eupen , Düsseldorf 1912
- ↑ History of the Schönau and Uersfeld Palaces by Christian Quix , Mayer, Aachen 1837, p. 25
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 17.6 ″ N , 6 ° 4 ′ 19.2 ″ E