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Ehemaliger Klausenhof

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Until the French Revolution at the beginning of the 19th century, the church in "old" Piesport determined the economic development and architecture (today, the "new" municipality of Piesport also includes the formerly independent municipalities of Niederemmel, Müstert and Reinsport). Around 300,000 vines belonged to the churches and monasteries. This important position was also reflected in the construction of large vineyards. 
The "Klausener Hof" was one of them. The former wine and farmstead of the Klausen Augustinian canons still stands today, somewhat hidden behind today's Piesport town centre. The date of the entire complex is inscribed on the archway of the western part of the building and is given as 1613. In addition to the residential building, the "Klausener Gehäus" - as the farm was popularly known - also included stables, granaries, barns, wine cellars, a wine press house, an inner courtyard, many vineyards and other properties. 

 

The agricultural yields were used for the monastery's self-sufficiency and were available to the monastic community, the courtiers and the steward. The wine cellars, which stretched under almost all parts of the building, indicate that wine was the main source of income for the estate. A well-preserved cross-vaulted cellar with four mighty square pillars is particularly impressive. 
In the course of secularisation (nationalisation of all church property), the Klausener Hof was auctioned off at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1805, Josef Hein from Trier paid 30,000 francs for the buildings excluding the residential building. The wine press house and the magnificent vaulted cellar were transferred to the Imperial Count of Kesselstatt in 1858 and to the municipality of Piesport in 1985.