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Garden of the Old Pastorate Bechen

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Garden of the Old Pastorate Bechen

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Garden of the Old Pastorate Bechen

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Location: Kürten, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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2. Müllenberg Viersbach Forebay – View of the Dhünn Reservoir loop from Heidergansfeld

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3. View of Bergisches Land loop from Neschen

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Isi-Sicilia

February 22, 2024

A spacious, terraced garden originally stretched across the entire meadow from the country road down to the house. However, it was reduced to its current size; it was too high maintenance at the time.

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May 3, 2022

The garden of the old pastor's house is a feast for the eyes!

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Kosmetik

January 22, 2023

Stop in and linger and enjoy the beautiful square. Reminisce when beasts of burden were very important for trade in the big cities in those days

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Isi-Sicilia

June 3, 2023

A spacious, terraced garden originally stretched across the entire meadow from the country road down to the house. However, it was trimmed back to today's size; it was too high-maintenance at the time.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

June 20, 2023

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" It is not known why the rectory, built in 1715 by the Altenberg Abbey next to the St. Antonius Church (the old location of today's Caritas home), burned down in 1872. However, as the priest was left homeless as a result, the new rectory was built between 1876 and 1879 in the Osbachtal, opposite the current Catholic Church on the L 310 to Altenberg, about 200 meters down the valley, as a typical Bergisches half-timbered house. A spacious, terraced garden originally stretched across the entire meadow from the country road down to the house. However, it was trimmed back to its current size; it was too intensive to maintain at the time. The complex, popularly known as the "Ahl Pastorate", was inhabited by the respective Bechen priests until the 1970s. The house was oversized with well over 200 square meters of living space; it was only used by the priest and his It was inhabited by a domestic helper, and clerical friends only occasionally came to visit. So it was not surprising that Pastor Joseph Höfer and his housekeeper, Mrs Berg, moved into a ground-floor, much smaller granny flat in the building complex right next to the church. Since then, the old parsonage has stood empty for many years. At the end of the 1980s, it was rented by the Social Service for Catholic Men in Cologne (SKM). From then until the mid-1990s, the building was used to accommodate long-term addicts, who had already been rehabilitated to the extent that attempts were made here in Bechen to implement supervised reintegration into society.

There had been a backlog of renovations since the last pastor moved out, and now the formerly pretty property was empty again and was visibly falling into disrepair. The Bechen parish was forced to sell the property under a long-term lease, otherwise it would only have been a matter of time before the building structure would have fallen into irreparable disrepair. The buyer should preferably be a citizen of Bechen and know the building and its history. Ideally, it should be someone who is trusted to carry out a proper and professional renovation in the sense of preserving or restoring the original condition.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

June 20, 2023

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If you look at the residential complex today, including the outside and courtyard area, you can only describe it as an absolute stroke of luck that Sabine and Hanno Koch, both Bechen residents, acquired the old parsonage on a long-term lease in 1999. With a lot of love, patience and expertise, the interior was restored to its original half-timbered state. At the time, the SKM had only created functional room layouts due to the large number of people living there, including their carers, without considering the old half-timbering, doors, wall paneling, authentic building materials, etc. In addition to returning the building to its original half-timbered state, the Koch couple paid attention to ecological, but still modern construction, combined with new heating, plumbing and electrical installations.

Master gardener Koch designed the outside area with natural hedge borders and terraced gardens to match the building. The typical Bergisch house slate was also renewed or repaired.

A truly successful rescue of a historic building and old structure that is unparalleled!"

Author: Bernd Weber
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Nily 🔅

June 7, 2024

More information from the Kürten Community History Association about the Old Parsonage 👇

gv-kuerten.de/historische-objekte-in-kürten/altes-pastorat-bechen

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