Eberbacher Hof Manor

The Eberbacher Hof in Geisenheim in the Rheingau is a former economic court of the Cistercian monastery Eberbach and has been part of the St. Ursula School since 1969.

Knight Siegfried von Hattenheim owned the Kappel or Kapellenhof in Geisenheim, an old noble court. The name came from a Nikolaus chapel, which was possibly located on the court grounds. Presumably, the vineyard area Kapellengarten, located southeast of the court, also belonged to the property. In 1292, the knight's heirs donated the court with vineyards and tithe rights to Eberbach Monastery, which from then on was called Eberbacher Hof. Under Eberbach Abbot Michael Schnock (Abbot from 1702 to 1727), the current house was built in 1705–1708 and fundamentally rebuilt in 1757.

In the course of secularization, the court came into the possession of Duke Friedrich August von Nassau in 1803. The Nassau Domain Administration sold the court, which from then on became part of the adjacent Palais Ostein, to Karl Maximilian von Ostein.

Between 1812 and 1820, the parents of the architect Philipp Hoffmann acquired the house, and in 1876 it became a post office. Since 1969, the Eberbacher Hof has been part of the St. Ursula School.

The Eberbacher Hof is a two-story plastered building with five axes, a high hip roof, and corner pilasters. The glazed wooden bay window facing the street, as well as a balcony and the dormer windows, date from the 19th century. The gate entrance to the west bears the official coat of arms of Abbot Michael Schnock and is dated 1705.