Trotte (Münchenstein)

The wine press ( former tithe Trotte ) stands in the center of the old village center of Munich stone ( in the area Birseck ), ( Basel-Country ) in Switzerland.

Location

In Münchensteinerstrasse village center, the former Basel Gate in the south, the houses from the 16th century, which were still in good condition are in the village center, lined up along the rocky hill. This village image is interrupted in the middle by the isolated and inclined Trotte. Through their striking skew it emphasizes the castle east, and thus integrates very striking at the old town square.

History

Until the founding and building of the castle, the village, an agricultural clan settlement, which probably counted a few houses, Kekingen is later called Geckingen. In 1260 acquired the gaining strength knights of Münch for the cathedral chapter Basel belonging village Geckingen.

Knights Konrad Münch from Munich stone had 1470 pledge the village, castle and church record to the city of Basel. Among his assets is " trotting and stir up " as a new building mentioned. It must be assumed that since the 13th century wine press was here. The wine press is used the then rich area under vine farming village as a grape press. In this former memory of the castle were originally two, and from 1794 to the three presses. In Trott building the wine tithe was tapped and in the " stir up " (barn ) of Getreibezehnten measured and stored as a natural means.

During 1560 it was expanded to tithe wine cellar and then expanded by one-third to the south. In the 17th century corresponded to their appearance a large farmhouse with economics and Trotte. Your southern part housed the two-story living area with high rectangular windows, a sundial and a round arch with the year 1560 and hook coat of arms with the painted Baselbieter rod. The Trotte belonged until 1798 to the castle estate.

Until circa 1880 Munich stone was one of the largest wine-growing communities in the Basel area, next to Liestal had the second largest vineyard in Canton, and was the wine supplier to the city of Basel. Industrialization and the beam area of ​​the city of Basel caused the end of the 19th century, a dramatic decline in agriculture. Thus, the Tenth Trotte had lost their original function and it was brought on the present state. It was turned into a closed building under a hipped roof. The remodeled economy also has a round arch with renewed Münch coat of arms, flanked by double arched windows. On the mighty hipped roof, a gabled cottage sits with striking clock (1741 ) and on the ridge a small, four-sided roof turret with bell from the former castle.

Between 1908 and 1911 the wine room was converted into a meeting hall with gallery. Inside, instead of the grind chamber was a large room with setted oak posts, a wooden ceiling and history paintings.

Today

Since 1918, the wine-press is owned by the community of citizens Munich stone. In 1983, the community of citizens decided to conduct a comprehensive but gentle renovation and to preserve the wine press from decay. The work was completed in 1985. Today the wine press serves primarily the citizen community meetings and the hall for a variety of cultural events. The administrative offices of the civic community are housed in the former living quarters.

The murals

History painting: Knight Münch with his squire

History painting: Today we bathe in the roses - since friss one of the roses

• The old castle in Munich stone: in 1334 the castle was completed and had its greatest expansion. In 1356 the great Basel earthquake damaged the castle Munich stone, but which was repaired quickly.

• Knight Münch with his scarce: Anno 1300: Oh, how glorious lived in Munich stone knight Münch and his squire, you shell out Soffen the best wine and he did not do it.

• Today we swim in the roses - since friss one of the roses: Burkhard VII Münch, a descendant of the Münch Landskron, became sad fame in the Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs. After the battle he should have mounted the battlefield and given the many dead and wounded he could not resist the defeated Confederates to mock. According to legend, he closed the visor up and said famously in Switzerland Comment: "I rosse safe in a garden, the minute hand fordren rescued before hunderd jar". This display of arrogant superiority prompted a wounded Confederates to the knight to throw a stone into the open visor, with the well known comment "take one of your roses! ".

Various coats of arms are reminiscent of the prevailing local and regional ownership and legal relations since the Middle Ages. Worth mentioning the Münch from Munich stone and Lowenberg, the Lords of rubella, the Bishops of Basel and the Basel instead. A renewed Münch coat of arms and the Basel rod adorn the two entrance gates of the old wine press.

Vines surfaces

End of the 17th and in the first quarter of the 18th century, the vineyards in Munich stone was extended so., By planting vines so-called field In brief, the main area numbers. The management of Münchensteinerstrasse vines 1797 was circa 4710 Aren Aren in 1906 circa 2000 and from the mid-50s the vineyards from Munich stone had disappeared.

References and sources

• Homepage Bürgergemeinde Munich stone
• Canton of Basel Country: cultural monuments in Munich stone

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• Building in the canton of Basel-Landschaft
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