Pleitenberg plant

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The renovated hangar of the Pleitenberg plant in the climbing park during the 2011 Federal Garden Show
The hangar of the Pleitenberg plant in 2010

The Pleitenberg plant was part of the Prussian fortress Koblenz and belonged to the Oberehrenbreitstein system . The plant , which was built in the 1820s, was razed in 1927 . Only the hangar remains of the plant in today 's Niederberg district of Koblenz . It was located in front of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress on the mountain of the same name .

history

The Pleitenberg plant was built from 1827 to 1830 in the north of the Ehrenbreitstein fortress as a defensible powder magazine and was last rebuilt in 1891. Together with Fort Rheineck , the plant secured the plateau in front of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress to the north. The gap between the two plants was filled by a connecting line consisting of earth walls and concrete reinforcement structures built in 1914/15 .

The engineer officers Julius Theodor Berggold and Friedrich Blecken von Schmeling were involved in the construction of the Pleitenberg plant .

After the First World War , this complex, like the other fortress works in Koblenz, had to be deconsolidated in accordance with Article 180 of the Versailles Treaty . It was planned to breach and flatten the wall and to fill the ditch with a dam. The powder magazine (also called the hangar ) was to be exposed and later used as an apartment. The work on deconsolidating the Pleitenberg began on May 13th and was reported to have been completed on June 30th, 1927.

A private person from Niederberg, who wanted to set up a chicken farm and living space here, later applied for the rest of the plant to be made available. However, the city of Ehrenbreitstein rejected the application on the grounds that they would first wait for the decision regarding the planned establishment of a realm of honor on the Ehrenbreitstein and, for this reason, initially preserve the area on the plateau in its entirety.

However, the hangar of the plant was preserved and was used as living space for many years, after which the building stood empty and was left to decay. As part of the 2011 Federal Horticultural Show , the Bleidenberg toy was built on the site . The idea comes from the Koblenz Youth Council and was built by the Schelhorn engineering office . Therefore, on the "BuGa-Mitbautag" (June 29, 2010) the youth council helped build some objects. The hangar, which is integrated in the playground, could thus be saved.

literature

  • Matthias Kellermann: The Prussian fortress Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein. On the history of the fortifications on the right bank of the Rhine , 3rd edition, Koblenz 2014. ISBN 978-3-934795-63-1 .
  • Klaus T. Weber (dissertation): The Prussian fortifications of Koblenz (1815–1834) . (Series: Art and Cultural Studies Research) 2003, ISBN 3-89739-340-9
  • Rüdiger Wischemann: The Koblenz Fortress. From the Roman fort and Prussia's strongest fortress to the largest garrison of the German Armed Forces , Koblenz 1978 (note: outdated in many ways, but still the best representation for an overview)

Web links

Commons : Werk Pleitenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Weber, The Prussian Fortifications of Koblenz (1815–1834), page 296.
  2. ^ Website of the Koblenz Youth Council

Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 15.3 ″  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 16.3 ″  E