Ziegelhütte (Rod an der Weil)

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Ziegelhütte, Rod an der Weil, direction Rod an der Weil

The brick cottage outside Rod an der Weil , a former brick factory and now country inn . The half-timbered building is a listed building .

history

The royal seat of the princes of Nassau-Usingen was devastated in three city fires (especially that of 1692 ). A main reason was the use of thatch to cover the roofs. In several edicts (e.g. the Fürstlich Saarbrück-Usingische Feuer -ordnung renewed and published on November 27, 1750), the princes prohibited the use of thatch for roofing. In order not to have to import the required roof tiles from "abroad", the princes in Eschbach set up a brick factory on Wernborner Strasse. However, their capacities were insufficient to supply the entire Usingen region.

In 1778/78 the stately brickworks was therefore created as a second production facility. The raw material for the beaver tails produced here was the clay extracted above the farm. The first tenant was Andreas Henne from Hungen . The company was initially unsuccessful. In 1786 Peter Pfeffer from Katzenfurt took over the facility for an annual lease of 40 guilders . In 1791 his son-in-law Jacob Weis took over the business from Wiesbaden .

With the emergence of the Duchy of Nassau , a larger economic area emerged and the benefit of running the brickworks as a state property was questioned. In 1806 the Nassau fire insurance was launched. Added to this was the structural condition of the property. A description from 1805 explained. "Although ... this building was only built 20 years ago, it requires major repairs".

On August 29, 1808, the brickworks was therefore privatized and sold to the bricklayer Jacob Weis. The company remained family-owned for a long time. Ziegler Groß and Wölfinger later followed as owners. In 1933 the then owner Christian Kleinschmidt stopped the brick production. Since then, the property has been used as a hotel and restaurant called "Hotel Ziegelhütte".

In 1960 an outdoor pool was built at the Ziegelhütte. Today there are no more remains of it.

The plans for a Weiltalsperre in the 1950s and 1960s would have meant that the brickworks would have been located directly on the dam. The planning was stopped in 1969.

building

Hiking opportunities at the brick hut Rod An der Weil

The main building at the address Ziegelhütte 4 (hall 9, parcel 49) is a three-story building, the front of which has visible frameworks. Due to the hillside location, the entrance in the middle of the long side is accessed by stairs.

Transport links

The Ziegelhütte is located above the Weiltalstraße L3025 and can be reached by bus lines 50, 62 and 82.

hikes

Four hiking trails pass the Ziegelhütte. This is on the one hand the forest nature trail with 4.5 km (1.5 h), to the Pfaffenkopf -Gilling 6.5 km (2 h), to the Rentmauer - Beerenberg 6 km (2 h) and to the Weiltalblick 6 km (2 h)

literature

Web links

Commons : Ziegelhütte  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Homepage of the inn
  • "Ziegelhütte is 130 years younger than expected"; in: Weilroder Gazette, November / December 1915, p. 35, online

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For a description of the city fire of 1692 see: Hans-Werner Kothe: The great city fire of Usingen 1692. In: Nassauische Annalen 108 (1997) 89-105
  2. ↑ Johann Josef Scotti: Collection of laws and ordinances, which in the former Wied-Neuwiedischen, Wied-Runkel'schen, Sage-Altenkirchen'schen, Sage-Hachenburg'schen, Solms-Braunfels'schen, Solms-Hohensolms-resp. Lich'schen, Nassau-Usingen'schen, Nassau-Weilburg'schen, Herzoglich Nassauischen and ..., Part 3, 1836, p. 1388 online
  3. ↑ Alexander Schneider: Who once splashed around in the eight bathing establishments; in: Taunuszeitung from June 19, 2018, p. 17.

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 11.1 ″  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 33.4 ″  E