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Haus Lobüscher

Beschreibung

In the former Niederemmel (today the municipality of Piesport), three stately buildings with a stepped tower in front stand out. One of them is the Lobüscher house (Am Kirchplatz 2) with an inner courtyard and surrounded by a high wall. There is a sundial on the tower 
However, the courtyard complex is probably older. Two coats of arms, which were visible on an earlier well at the rear of the house, bore symbols (a rose and a crescent moon) which suggest that it was ruled by the Hunolstein bailiffs. The estate later fell to the Archbishopric of Trier. The manor house remained in the hands of the Electorate of Trier until the Napoleonic era. Around 1803, it was auctioned off to an unknown owner. In the 19th century, the building became the property of the Arens family.

As the couple's children all died, they bequeathed their house to the Ursuline Sisters in Düsseldorf in 1902, who appointed a caretaker. 
In the second half of the 20th century, the parish acquired the property. Today's owners are the Lobüscher couple. A fire destroyed the house in 2001. But it was rebuilt true to the original. The mulberry tree behind the courtyard wall survived the fire. In the 19th century, the Prussians planted large numbers of this tree, originally native to the Mediterranean region, in various Moselle communities in order to obtain raw material for silk weaving.