Wambolter yard
The Wambolter Hof is under monument protection standing half-timbered house and cultural monument in Bensheim on the mountain road . It is an old noble court.
history
Around the year 1732/33 the Wambolter Hof was probably built on the foundation walls of a building that was demolished in 1731 by the client Franz Philipp Caspar Freiherr Wambolt von Umstadt in a baroque style . The Electorate of Trier and Electorate of Mainz , General Feldzeugmeister and Commandant of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress , probably awarded the contract to the engineer and ensign Franz Peter Kersten from Ehrenbreitstein. However, his designs were implemented in a much simplified form in Bensheim. The Bensheim master mason Andreas Streng, the Heidelberg master stonemason Andreas Schiffer and the master carpenter Martin Reichard were involved in the construction of the farm . Until 1945 there was a high round tower in the north of the building complex, in the wing of which the court administrator was housed. The tower, badly damaged in the war, was demolished, as was the annex. The tower has the year 1560 and two heraldic stones above the entrance door. One of the stones was the alliance coat of arms Wambolt / Schönborn and bore the year 1659. The second stone was the coat of arms Wambolt / Eltz with the year 1899. In 1919 the city of Bensheim bought the farm and gave the coat of arms back to the wambolts. In the following years the Wambolter Hof was used as accommodation for an infantry battalion. Social housing and offices were later set up. The half-timbered construction on the south side was exposed as early as 1933.
The future of the building, i.e. maintenance or demolition, was discussed very controversially. It was decided to preserve it. In 1975/76 the Wambolter Hof was completely restored. Today there are apartments again in the premises, a café on the ground floor and a counseling center for the district administration.
construction
The floor plan of the Wambolter Hof is designed as a wing system. The main facade of the central building faces east. From the main building there is a wing projecting southwest to the west with a half-timbered upper floor. Both parts of the building are two-story and have mansard roofs with high pitched dormer windows . The windows and doors are edged with simple folded sandstone. The facades are kept unadorned. Above the portal there is an alliance coat of arms Wambolt / Kesselstadt with the year 1743. At the corners of the main facade you can still see the beginnings of earlier arches.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Cultural monuments in Hesse: Wambolter Hof , accessed on April 19, 2008
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Wambolter Hof In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 49.7 ″ N , 8 ° 37 ′ 16 ″ E