The predecessor of the Steipe known today was already called Stype (Trierian for support) and is the oldest Trier community center, which was already used as a town hall for a time in the 14th century.[1] The Steipe was built around 1430 as a festival and reception building for the citizenship at the confluence of Fleischstrasse and Dietrichstrasse in the main market and was extensively rebuilt between 1481 and 1483.[2] In terms of design, it follows the older Trier residential towers, of which the Jerusalem Tower (11th century), the Franconian Tower (around 1100), the Konviktsturm (12th century) and the Dreikönigenhaus (1200-1230) have been preserved the former defensive functions of these older buildings are only a late Gothic quote.
In the oldest Trier parish hall from 1287, from 1363 to 1365 the town hall, the atmosphere of the centuries has been preserved. In the years 1461-1463 the Steipe was rebuilt in the Gothic style and therefore looks back on an interesting history. Located directly on the main market, the Steipe is one of Trier's most imposing and most photographed buildings.
The predecessor of today's “Steipe” was the oldest Trier parish hall “Stype” (1827). From 1363 to 1365 it was available to the city council as "raithus". In 1483 the Steipe was rebuilt in the Gothic style and was presented as a town hall branch because of its attractive location on the market square, near the cathedral. Later the Steipenbering rooms were used in different ways. For example as a restaurant, hotel, wine tavern, barber shop and also as a hat factory.
In 1933, the then tenant took his guests into the Ratskeller for the first time, an exposed cellar room that was built up in 1938 as a cellar restaurant.
In December 1944 the “Steipe” was completely destroyed. The Ratskeller remained a restaurant from 1949 to 1966. Above it was the Steipenterrasse as a café for almost 20 years.
In 1964, a Trier Citizens' Board of Trustees was formed to rebuild the Steipe, which was then realized through the purchase of the Cologne Life Insurance and numerous donations from the citizens.
That reads from the pen of the dialect poet “Männi aus d’r Eulepötz” (quoted from “Trierische Landeszeitung” from March 14/15, 1964) (see right).
The original facades have been restored. Only the interior was given a modern look.
Since it reopened in 1970, the “Steipe” has housed a café on the ground floor and the “Ratskeller Zur Steipe” restaurant.
The Belostenniy family has been tenants of the restaurant business since autumn 1991 and would like to offer their guests a pleasant stay with both local dishes and specialties from the Ukraine.
STEIPE is a Gothic building on the main market. The predecessor building of today's well-known Steipe was already called Stype (Trier for support) and is the oldest Trier parish hall, which was already used as a town hall in the 14th century.
The building has four floors and is crowned with a crenellated wreath and a steep hipped roof. On the ground floor it has open pointed arch arcades whose columns (Trierisch: "Steipen" = supports) gave the building its name. Between these arcades are statues of Trier's patron saint (from left) James the Elder, Helena, Peter and Paul.
Two more statues are on the first floor level, two knights in full armor. These represented urban freedom, comparable to the North German Roland statues. The symbolic content of these figures is characteristic of the building: while the figure on the left, facing the “Bürgererkirche” St. Gangolf, has its visor open to the church, the figure on the right, facing the electoral archbishop's cathedral, has its visor closed.
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