Schloss Lieser

Schloss Lieser is newly built in the style of historicism palace in the homonymous wine village on the Moselle River Lieser near Bernkastel -Kues, on the opposite shore of Mülheim. It is next to the parish church of St. Peter is the most prominent building in the town and is a historical monument since 1981.

History

The building was created from 1884 to 1887 on the site of the courtyard house built in 1710 of a church property or a former kurtrierischen court. Design and planning are derived from the Frankfurt architect Heinrich Theodor Schmidt, who also had the supervision.

Schloss Lieser was the family home of industrialist Eduard Puricelli († 1893), the co-owner of a steel company was active in the gas business and had offices in Trier and in Rheinboellen. Eduard Puricelli was politically active for the Conservative Party and was elected in 1867 for the Rhine Province in the German Reichstag. After winning the Franco-German war he agreed, probably mainly for economic reasons, for the connection of Alsace - Lorraine to the German Empire.

Puricellis both sons died young, his daughter Maria married in 1880 the high Prussian official Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer -Lieser. He also provided the name of the castle that Mary passed in 1895. After Schorlemer change to Koblenz 1905 who turned it extensively and expand. Thus, the building is divided into two different parts: the older, seen from the River Moselle from the right part in the neo-Renaissance style and the younger, slightly smaller in the Art Nouveau style. The for the reconstruction and extension responsible, no longer to be determined architect has greatly respected by the choice of building materials to a uniform appearance. Only on stylistic details the different epochs can be identified.

Kaiser Wilhelm II estimated Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer -Lieser and was very 1906, 1911 and 1913, on a visit to Schloss Lieser. Even Prince William and Prince Oscar were there several times guests.

1981 the municipality bought Lieser the property for 600,000 German marks from the family Schorlemer -Lieser. Last resident was the dame widow of Schorlemer -Lieser, Marlyn Rheinen. Subsequently, the building stood empty for over ten years, but was used once a year for which takes place at Pentecost Castle Festival. In February 2001, a native of Bad Salzuflen investor bought the house for two million euros. Meanwhile, it belongs to the Killaars family who invested more funds for purposes of preservation and for the conversion into a four -star castle hotel. For the associated underground car park one of the most biggest redwoods around had to fall.

Construction

The building is located between the coastal road and the lying in the back Lieser Schlossberg and extends almost east-west direction. All rooms in the various floors have access via the central hall, a typical feature of English country houses. The ground floor was built in reddish sandstone, brick the floors above it with typical regional shale. The window frames of the upper floors are made of Udelfanger sandstone, all pillars of the castle have been built with Burgpreppacher sandstone. The roof has a slate roofing, the material comes from the Cauber Erbstollen.

To reduce the potential flood damage at that time not yet canalized Moselle, were for the edification of time on the ground floor only economic and storerooms, where, for example, the wine was bottled; these were architecturally designed accordingly restrained. Unlike the upper floors, which were designed very rich. Various stylistic devices such as stoves, stained glass and door fittings are still receive and to retain their identity and function after the planned renovation. The castle possessed since 1901 with a private power company.

First floor

The first floor is the main floor of the house with many various sized rooms and was intended for representational purposes. According consuming are the design elements. The central room is the octagonal ballroom, which has a direct access from the central staircase. It has a wood paneling, carvings and a ceiling painting, while the other rooms are wood-paneled. In the central stairwell has large murals of Frankfurt painter C. Gratz, where many famous historical buildings are shown on the Mosel. In addition, in the east, the 19 m² large chapel was set up where the floor tiles were made by the architect from Mettlach ceramics manufacturer Villeroy & Boch. Again, there were numerous guest rooms, a billiard room and a kitchen.

Numerous individual elements are worth mentioning. For instance, comes a larger than life figure Madonna at a corner near the castle chapel in the east of the building complex of the sculptor Peter Fuchs (1829-1898), who worked a long time on the Fabric of the Cologne Cathedral. Similarly important are the images on the main facade, which idealize the lives of industry and agriculture.

Second floor

The second floor was the owner of the Castle family reserved. Here was the living room with a large marble table and marble fireplace, the bedroom, more private rooms as well as rooms for the domestics. The copper plate of the fireplace is a work of art by Hubert Salentin from Dusseldorf.

Planning

In the conversion into a hotel is planned on the ground floor next to the lobby, the reception, in the central part and in the left third of building a library, a breakfast room and other areas of the restaurant as well as cultivation, adjacent to the park, set up the kitchen. Throughout the hotel guest rooms are to be accommodated. Due to the manifoldness of the building, the room size is 30 square meters and 100 square.

Weingut Schloss Lieser

During the time Schorlemer the lock was attached to a wine press for the house wines. In the 1970s, the 8.5 -acre vineyard was sold several times, the name has been damaged in this period, however, was continued. At the winery include the known part Juffer and Juffer sundial individual layers ( Brown Mountain ), Kingdom of Heaven ( Graach ), as well as low -Helden and Schlossberg ( Lieser ) that are planted exclusively with Riesling. A specialty of the house are sweet quality wines.

Trivia

The castle with the castle garden was one of the scenes of the film Moselfahrt from lovesickness from the year 1953.