Four Towers (Koblenz)

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The four towers in the old town of Koblenz
The bay window at Marktstrasse 1 in Koblenz, one of the four towers

The four towers in Koblenz are an ensemble of four historical buildings in the old town at the intersection of the streets Am Plan - Löhrstraße - Altengraben - Marktstraße. The name four towers is derived from a richly decorated bay window attached to each house .

history

The predecessor buildings of the later Four Towers were built in 1608. They all fell victim to the destruction of the Palatinate War of Succession in 1688 . The four buildings of today's ensemble were built:

  • Am Plan 2: 1692 (destroyed in 1944, reconstructed in 1950)
  • Löhrstraße 2: 1691 (damaged in 1944, restored in 1960)
  • Marktstrasse 1: 1690
  • Marktstrasse 2: 1689 (destroyed in 1944, reconstruction in 1949/50)

All four buildings were probably the work of the court architect Johann Christoph Sebastiani . In terms of architectural history, the houses are at the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque .

The house on plan 2

The building at Plan 2 was rebuilt in 1692. The originally three-story house was given a further floor in 1863. Destroyed in 1944, the building including the three-story bay window was rebuilt in a simplified form in 1950, with arcades being added on the ground floor. According to the inscription on the bay window, the house was called the Green Tree . Today there is a cigar shop in this building.

The house Löhrstrasse 2

The building at Löhrstrasse 2 was rebuilt in 1691. The three-story house is plastered in the lower area, and exposed half-timbering in the upper floor and in the gables. The two-storey bay window is richly decorated and is the only one of the ensemble in the upper part to also consist of half-timbering . In 1944 the gable and roof were severely damaged in the air raids on Koblenz, and the restoration finally took place in 1960. The house called Zu St. Petrus housed a pharmacy from 1730 to the 2000s. Today there is a jeweler in this building.

The house at Marktstrasse 1

The Marktstrasse 1 building was rebuilt in 1690. The three-story house is plastered in the lower area, and exposed half-timbering in the upper floor and in the gables. The two-storey bay window is also richly decorated. The building survived the bombing of World War II unscathed. It was restored in 1978, as indicated by an inscription on the bay window ( 1690 JR / Restored 1978 ). Today there is a fast food restaurant in this building.

The house at Marktstrasse 2

The Marktstrasse 1 building was probably rebuilt in 1689. The main guard house was originally located here, as indicated by a memorial plaque on the building, the building and the bay window were extended by one floor up in the second half of the 19th century. The four-storey house was completely destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt in a simplified form in 1949/50, with the three-storey bay window also being restored. In 1954, Artur Eierstock founded the Koblenz-known company “Teppichhaus Eierstock” in this historic building. Today there is a doctor's practice in this building.

Monument protection

The four towers are a protected cultural monument under the Monument Protection Act (DSchG) and entered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . They are located in the four towers monument zone .

The four towers have been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 . Furthermore, they are a protected cultural asset according to the Hague Convention and marked with the blue and white protection symbol.

literature

  • Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (ed.): History of the city of Koblenz . Overall editing: Ingrid Bátori in conjunction with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt
    • Vol. 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era . Theiss, Stuttgart 1992. ISBN 3-8062-0876-X
    • Vol. 2: From the French city to the present . Theiss, Stuttgart 1993. ISBN 3-8062-1036-5
  • Fritz Michel: The art monuments of the city of Koblenz. The profane monuments and the suburbs , Munich Berlin 1954, pp. 176–180 (The art monuments of Rhineland-Palatinate first volume).
  • Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate Volume 3.2. City of Koblenz. City center , edited by Herbert Dellwing and Reinhard Kallenbach , Speyer 2004, pp. 101, 166ff. ISBN 3-88462-198-X
  • City of Koblenz: Koblenz historic old town: Dreikönigenhaus, Haus Metternich. Documentation on the reconstruction after the partial destruction in the war in 1944, Koblenz 1977

Web links

Commons : Vier Türme (Koblenz)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Brommer, Peter Kleber, Achim Krümmel: Koblenz in the flashback. Photographic excursion through the years 1862 to 1945. Görres, Koblenz 2004, ISBN 3-935690-34-7 , p. 112.
  2. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - District-free city of Koblenz (PDF; 1.3 MB), Koblenz 2011

Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 37.5 ″  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 39.3 ″  E