To the Roman Emperor (Niederselters)

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Former inn "Zum Römischen Kaiser" in May 2016

The former Gasthof Zum Römischen Kaiser is a listed building in the district of Niederselters in the Central Hessian community of Selters (Taunus) .

The main building, which has been preserved to this day, was built as an inn in the 18th century, and in the period around and after 1800 it was also used as a post office. While the lower two floors consist of quarry stone walls with a thickness of about one meter, the third floor is designed as a half-timbered construction. In the 1970s that was Mansard - hip roof with a pitched roof replaced, also the house with Eternit disguise what, according to the on Monuments State Office "the impression of massive deformity [causes]."

At the end of May 2012, Klaus-Peter Willsch , a member of the Bundestag, announced that the Bundestag budget committee would provide € 180,000 for the renovation of the inn. This includes in particular the restoration of the mansard roof. The state of Hesse will also support the construction work financially.

View of the building before the renovation in June 2012

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Former. Gasthof zum 'Römischen Kaiser' In: DenkXweb, online edition of Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen.Retrieved on May 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ 180,000 euros for the Roman emperor in Selters . Published in the Nassauische Neue Presse on May 25, 2012. Retrieved on May 25, 2012.

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 12.1 ″  N , 8 ° 13 ′ 26.2 ″  E