Schloss Holsthum
Schloss Holsthum, also called Herrenhaus Laeis, is a manor house in the municipality of Holsthum in the county of Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a cultural monument and listed building.[1]
The present manor house is a building with eight axes of symmetry with rendered walls, a slate-covered half-hipped mansard roof. It was built in 1789 by officiant (Herrschaftsverwalter or manager of a noble estate), , and his son, Matthias Dominik Laeis, by permission of the baroness, .[2] In the 15th century, the family of lived at Holsthum, from 1496 the Burscheid line of the lords of Metternich. From 1753 the Freiherr, , was the owner of the Holsthum estate.
The house was given a careful renovation in 2010.
References[]
- ^ Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz (publ.): Nachrichtliches Verzeichnis der Kulturdenkmäler Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm. Koblenz 2010, S. 35 (pdf; 1,3 MB).
- ^ Inschrift über dem Portal: 1789 / MDL AAF (Matthias Dominik Laeis und Anna Apollonia Flesch)
Literature[]
- Bernd Altmann; Hans Caspary (1997), Kreis Bitburg-Prüm. Stadt Bitburg, Verbandsgemeinden Bitburg-Land und Irrel (in German), vol. Vol. 9.2, Worms: Werner, pp. 464–467, ISBN 3-88462-132-7
{{citation}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - Georg Dehio: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Rheinland-Pfalz Saarland. 2. Auflage. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin [u. a.] 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7.
External links[]
Media related to Schloss Holsthum at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 49°53′29.8″N 6°24′39.8″E / 49.891611°N 6.411056°E
- Houses completed in 1789
- Manor houses in Germany
- Bitburg-Prüm
- Rhineland