Chronology of Sinzig A walk through Sinzig A walk through BC Current archeological excavations show traces of first settlers during Roman times. 40 AD A Roman brick yard was established below the street Grenzstraße near the . Sinzig VORLAGE ZUR th 4 5 c. Roman state land is confiscated by the Frankish 5 GESTALTUNG EINES King after the “Frankish land seizure”. 3 th 8 c. The Frankish kings establish a palace, a Königs- 6 FALTBLATTES pfalz, right beside a previously deserted Roman 7 (Endformat 297 x 210 mm) on the hill Sinzigberg. Format Ihres fertigen Druckproduktes 762 July 10, 762: First official recognition of Sinzig and 2 1 its Königspfalz as “sentiaco palatio” in a record of Frankish King Pippin III From A direct route to the palace in Aachen, the road 8th c. on “Aachen-Frankfurter-Heerstraße” (AFH), is completed. AFH is part of the “Via Regia” which leads across Eastern Europe all the way to Kiev. 855 January 16,Datenformat: 855: Emperor Lot 303har I presentsx 216 themm “capella” in DasSinzig, Format, which in is dem sanctified Ihre Druckdaten to St. Peter, as a gift to theangelegt monastery sein “Marienstift” sollten. In indiesem Aachen. Format 1152 March 6, 1152:enthalten Frede sind:rick 3 I mmBarbarossa Beschnitt. visits RÜCKSEITE TITELSEITE Sinzig on the way to his coronation ceremony. 1 Historic tithe estate “Zehnthof” Dieser Beschnitt wird während der 1158 Frederick I Barbarossa has three official certificates 2 Historic road “Aachen-Frankfurter-Heerstraße” Produktion von uns entfernt. Bitte issued in Sinzig: the charter of protection for Nonnen- 3 Street “Barbarossastraße” werth, a mininglegen privilege Sie Hintergründe for the arch und bishop rand- of Trier, 4 Sinzig castle and the transferabfallende of assets Objekte in Rore immer (Salzburg). bis an den Rand Ihres Datenformats an, um 5 Barbarossa monument From By 1256, 39weiße kings Seitenränder and emperors zu vermeiden. had spent time 6 St. Peter Parish Church 12th c. on in the Sinzig palace. It is an important stop bet- 7 Town hall ween the cities of Frankfurt and Aachen. Around ConstructionEndformat: starts on the late-Romanesque297 x 210 mm basilica 1225 St. Peter. TheGefalztes church Endformat:is sanctified on100 August x 210 mm15, 1241. Publisher In diesem Format erhalten Sie Ihr Tourist-Service Sinzig Telefon: 0 26 42 / 98 05 00 1255 Sinzig becomfertigeses a memberDruckprodukt. of the Rhenish League Bachovenstraße 10 Internet: www.sinzig-info.de of Towns. 53489 Sinzig eMail: [email protected] 1267 Kurköln, the electorate of , conquers Sinzig. The arch bishopSicherheitsabstand: announces that the people 6 mm of Sinzig, We thank Karl-Friedrich Amendt und Bernd Linnarz for their On the trails of Barbarossa the “oppidanosDieser de Abstand Sinzeche”, Ihrer are Texte keeping und their rights. editorial support. They are addressedInformation as zumtownspeople Rand des inDaten the -official Photos: Martin Gausmann, -foto.de record whichformats marks verhindertthe recognition unerwünschten of Sinzig as a town. Design, Litho & Print: Friedsam & Gemein GmbH, Sinzig 1300 ConstructionAnschnitt of the townwährend wall der Produktion. 1858 Sinzig is connected to the railroad system on the left side of the Rhine. Castle Sinzig, the summer residence of railroad pioneer and business man Gustav Bunge, is completed. On the trails of Barbarossa Barbarossastraße St. Peter Parish Church

Frederick I Barbarossa was elected King on March 4, 1152 in The street “Eisenbahn-Straße” (Railroad-street) was renamed St. Peter Parish Church Frankfurt. Two days later he boarded a ship that took him to Barbarossastraße on February 12, 1914 – a big step towards was built during the downstream on the rivers Main and Rhine until he got off in acknowledging the historic roots of the town Sinzig. Staufer era. It is one of Sinzig. Barbarossa spent the night at the palace, also referred the most meaningful to as Königspfalz, in SinzigZUR and continued viaVORLAGE horse towards sacred late Roma- the city of Aachen whereEINES he was crowned onGESTALTUNG March 9, 1152. nesque buildings in the Barbarossa visited Sinzig four times: In 1152 on his way to Castle Sinzig Rhineland. Churches the coronation ceremony and later as the RomanFALTBLATTES Emperor in built during the Staufer 1158, 1174 and 1180. He selected lodging in the Palatine The couple Gustav Otto Bunge era share one promi- (Endformat 297 x 210 mm) 210 x 297 (Endformat (1821-1891) and Adele Bunge area for overnight-stays approximatelyDruckproduktes fertigen Ihres 16 moreFormat times. nent characteristic; the (1828-1899) had the castle tower has an octagonal built from 1854-1858 for their shape. This octagonal Tithe estate “Zehnthof” – former palace own use. It was built in neo- feature of all the Stau- “Königspfalz” Gothic style on the remnants of fer churches is a very a medieval water castle that had helpful one: travelers knew at first sight who was in power. been destroyed by the French. The tithe estate “Zehnthof” used The Pfalz chapel in the Aachen cathedral had integrated the The romantic period in to be a Carolingian palace. Be- octagonal design in its floorplan and was role model for the and its propensity for big castles cause there were no official capitals churches to follow. However, Emperor Frederick I Barbaros- in medieval time, palaces called and important figures had a sa never visited St. Peter Parish Church in Sinzig. According strong influence on the choice of mm 216 x 303 Datenformat: Königspfalz served as military bases to historians, constructionDruckdaten Ihre dem ofin this churchFormat, Das started in 1125. The and residences for the kings and the castle location. The Bunges church wasFormat sanctifieddiesem In on Augustsollten. sein 15, 1241.angelegt emperors. The kings and emperors believed that Barbarossa’s visits 3 mm Beschnitt. mm 3 sind: enthalten traveled fromTITELSEITE palace to palace. The to Sinzig gave the town more importance. VinzenzRÜCKSEITE Statz, predo- Sinzig palace was first documented minantly a church builder, was the architect of the castle. The in- in 762 as “sentiaco palatio” – the terior painting of the castle was done by Vinzenz Statz’s brother- Town hallder während wird Beschnitt Dieser first of all Frankish palaces to be officially recognized. By 1256, in-law, Carl Christian Andreae, who painted in the romanticism Bitte entfernt. uns von Produktion 39 kings and emperors had spent time in the Sinzig palace. style referred to as the “Nazarene School”. Josef August Lenné This neo-classicalrand- und building was erectedHintergründe Sie betweenlegen 1834 and Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa initiated a reconstruction of the designed the castle gardens. 1837 andden usedan bis as theimmer mayor’sObjekte office, districtabfallende court and school. palace in Sinzig in 1152. The functions of the palace gradually Records can beum foundan, in the councilDatenformats Ihres chamberRand that document moved to the new castle Landskrone after 1206. The Königspfalz the high importancevermeiden. ofzu the “ReichsgutSeitenränder Sinzig”weiße and show in Sinzig was then used as a tithe estate. Barbarossa Monument the depth of the town’s history. Around 140 photographs of Sinzig’s mostmm important210 x records297 are kept Endformat: in the archives of the Road “Aachen-Frankfurter-Heerstraße” Family Bunge-Koenig, who were museum ofmm local210 x history100 – they Endformat: are a valuableGefalztes addition to the well aware of the bond between documents Ihr in theSie town hall.erhalten Format diesem In The “Aachen-Frankfurter-Heerstraße” (AFH) is part of the long Barbarossa and Sinzig, had Cologne Druckprodukt. fertiges distance trade route “Via Regia”. “Via Regia” connected the sculptor Wilhelm Albermann build a North Sea with the Black Sea in the . It is assu- statue of Barbarossa at their summer med that the road connecting the cities of Aachen, Dueren, residence in 1875. Else von Wedder- mm 6 Sicherheitsabstand: Dieser Abstand Ihrer Texte und und Texte Ihrer Abstand Dieser and Sinzig was already finished in the 8th Century by Frankish kop, granddaughter of the Bunge Information zum Rand des Daten- des Rand zum Information King Pippin III (714-768) and first documented in 973. King couple, willed the monument to Sin- formats verhindert unerwünschten unerwünschten verhindert formats Pippin III most likely constructed this road using already exis- zig in 1951 – with the requirement ting Roman streets. Kings in the Middle Ages were elected in that the town preserve it. A large Produktion. der während Anschnitt Frankfurt, but crowned in Aachen. Their travel route between ceremony took place later that year, these cities led them across the “Aachen-Frankfurter-Heer- with many honored guests, and the straße”. Accordingly, it is also called the Coronation Street, Barbarossa statue was moved from “Krönungsstraße”. Frederick I Barbarossa also used this way to its original location besides the castle travel to his coronation. to Luna Park where it stands today.