Wohnverhältnisse in Ramersbach in früheren Jahrhunderten
Von Rudolf Leisen
Noch bis zur Jahrhundertwende war Ramersbach , heute Stadtteil von Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, ein stilles, ganz abseits vom Verkehr gelegenes, kleines Eifeldorf. The residents who had to make do with the meager income of their fields were simple, happy people who shared in close community with one another the joys and sorrows. At least until the turn of the century, when the Hauptverbindungsweg of Ramer Bach to Ahrweiler nor the "Old Line" was, there were residents who had left in her life, the village no.
described almost 100 years ago Heinrich Rick, who in April 1895 in Ramer Bach had accepted the position as a teacher, his first after passage of Ahrweiler Ramer Bach as follows: "... we follow the path between the gardens hindurchschlängelnden, we get to a v
iertelstündigen hike into a gorge-like, in the rainy season almost impassable ravine ... "house Sinzig in the district Ramer Bach
You often hear of the good old days. But this time was really that good? If we develop our village considered likely to doubt this. Unfortunately, we have shown exact figures on the number of residents and residential buildings since the end of the 18th century. The following table, that had changed in the 170 years 1783-1960 in Ramer Bach little.
years residents lived in houses
1783 227 1900 268 56 57
1960 253 66
As an example of the living conditions in Ramer Bach I would like to pick the house Sinzig in the Ahr Valley Road No. 3, which offers itself as one of the oldest half-timbered houses in Ramer Bach almost a perfect example. This house is up to the post-1950 planted area to the courtyard, the windows and the roof is still in its original condition. In this building we find a typical example of the construction in earlier centuries. Here the restricted space are still clearly visible, especially since there is a building that as a victim of the devastating fire of 1736 in which 35 houses were burned, has been built on the old foundation walls again. Today, still carry the timber framing of the exterior walls clearly the traces of the fire. This confirms that there is at least partly to beam in question was rescued from the fire debris and, if still usable, re-used for construction.
The whole house, with outside dimensions of 3.90 m wide and 6.55 m long, had only a total built area of 25.54 square meters, which is now about the size of a living room. This house was originally nuraus two rooms and, like all rural houses in the earlier years, only a fireplace, the hearth room. This was covered by a chimney which opens into a fireplace. was above the fireplace a so-called "Haal", hung on as needed a cooking pot or water. The kitchen with inside dimensions 2.50 mx 3.60 m which was entered directly as an entry area, was not only the room where the food prepared were here was always the center of the house where the whole Fa ily
stayed. From here, was not developed attic reached by a ladder. The only staircase in the house went from the kitchen in the basement. To hang the kettle over the fire was the "Haal". Helmut Gies was drawing
Here to receive the amount of ashes from the fireplace above a roughly a square foot, built of rough stone ash pit. The second 3.60 mx 3.55 m room was only accessible from the kitchen.
The open fire in the kitchen had the advantage of being in the cold season here came from heated air into the back room. Compared to the generous proportions of today's living spaces one might actually prefer to speak of living huts than houses. In these, usually only a few square meters of space, families lived throughout with several children. These poor living conditions were reason for the spread of contagious diseases, which often fell victim to entire families. As an example Ramer from Bach here the year was given in 1751, which died in May alone 11 children. Blame no doubt of the ignorance of the risk of infection and poor hygiene.
until around 1970 in Ramer Bach was a very active construction. Unfortunately, the new buildings was in the old town and old buildings for victims. Sun suggested for some building that was inherited from generation to generation and lovingly maintained, the hour of death. Today Ramer Bach over 170 residential buildings and more than 560 inhabitants.
Fortunately, we are in the preserved old buildings, which we may regard as the most interesting monuments of past living culture, another part of the of old rural dominated Village have been preserved in its beauty. Since each village has its own historical individuality, including every building in the old core, where a historical document, the renovation or redevelopment is under a preservation order should only points.
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