Hofgut Lehmen residential tower

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Lehmen residential tower in Ediger-Eller on the Moselle

The residential tower Hofgut Lehmen (also: residential tower Lehmer Hof or residential tower Lehmen; in the local dialect Leemạ Thǫn [ ̍leː.mɐ̆.̍tʰɔnː ]) is a Romanesque residential tower in the Moselle valley in the municipality of Ediger-Eller , which is part of the Cochem community in the district of Cochem-Zell heard in Rhineland-Palatinate .

location

The Lehmen residential tower is in the outskirts of the Ediger district in the middle of the Ediger Elzhofberg vineyard and is located two kilometers southeast of the center of Ediger and one kilometer before the next village downstream, Nehren . The tower stands on the left side of the Moselle directly on the federal road 49 between the road and the vineyards on the Cochemer Krampen . In the immediate vicinity of the tower is the Roman grave of Nehren , a grave complex from the 3rd to 4th centuries AD. Right next to the residential tower is the Ediger Elzhofberg Grand Cru vineyard.

History and description

The exact date of construction of the tower is not known. The Lords of Lehmen are first mentioned in 1227. The tower is mentioned for the first time in 1245 and probably dates from the first half of the 13th century. After dendrochronological examinations of the beams of the tower, which is now protected as a monument , the felling of the trees used is dated to the years 1233/34, so that the tower was probably built at this time or shortly afterwards.

The von Lehmen knightly family provided generals and colonels under Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg and under the Dukes of Lorraine . It died out in the male line in the 17th century. It was inherited by the De Roben family. They had their headquarters in Burg Krickelshausen in Lontzen , today in the Belgian province of Liège . In 1791 the 'Gut zu Leimen' belonged to the Marquis de Roben, a Spanish brigadier general . There was a settlement and a chapel at the small castle complex . Originally the house chapel of the von Lehmen rule, it was later used publicly and given many foundations . Around 1801, the de Robens gave up the courtyard. 14 families once lived in the Lehmen settlement; in 1827 there were only 26 people, and the last of them moved to Ediger towards the end of the 19th century. The high altar of the chapel was later transferred to the Kreuzkapelle above Ediger .

The tower is (besides small remains of the wall) the last stone witness of the " Hofgut Lehmen". In 1986/87 the tower was restored by the local community of Ediger-Eller. The entrance is located on the first floor, to which a wooden staircase with a canopy, newly built during the reconstruction, leads today.

The tower has four and a half floors, the top one with a crenellated crown . It was built from the slate rubble found on site, has not been plastered and is around 16 meters high today. It has a chimney shaft that still exists today and could therefore be heated so that it was not only used for defense, but could also be inhabited.

The residential tower can only be viewed from the outside and cannot be climbed.

See also

Web links

  • Entry on Lehmener Hof in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Castles and city walls in Europe - Lehmer Hof residential tower.
  2. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Cochem-Zell district. Mainz 2020, p. 31 (PDF; 4.6 MB).
  3. ↑ Friedrich Jos. Franzen: History of the parish Ediger / Mosel. Olpe 1963, 88 pages.
  4. ↑ Castle inventory - Lehmen residential tower. ( Memento of March 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ Anette Friderichs: The former Lehmerhof - development and decay of a settlement. In: Yearbook 1993 for the Cochem-Zell district. Pp. 105-108.

Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 10.1 ″  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 42.7 ″  E