Palais Dreikönigenhaus

The site's origins date back to 1538, when a garden associated with the Three Holy Kings altar was mentioned there. Later, a municipal house stood on this spot, sold around 1595, and subsequently became an inn. This building was likely destroyed during the siege of Koblenz in 1688 by French troops. The current Baroque structure was built in 1701. The master builder is attributed either to councilor Wilhelm von Hauschild or the Electoral Trier court architect Johann Christoph Sebastiani. Shortly after its completion, the house was leased, including to the von Breidbach zu Bürresheim family, from which Archbishop Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim of Mainz originated and was born here. In 1711, the Trier Cathedral Dean Anton Freiherr zu Eltz zu Rübenach acquired the building and demanded noble immunity for the noble court, now known as Eltz-Rübenacher Hof. His successor Damian Lothar von Eltz-Rübenach inherited the property, and his son Franz Ludwig von Eltz-Rübenach expanded it in 1779 with an annex.