Old Town Hall (Gladbeck)
The old town hall is a building from the early 20th century at Willy-Brandt-Platz 2 in Gladbeck .
It was inaugurated on December 6, 1910 as the second administrative building in Gladbeck. The first office building was built in 1885 at the transition between Hochstrasse and Bottroper Strasse after Gladbeck, which had previously been co-administered by the Buer office, had been elevated to office in 1885. After Gladbeck was promoted to town in 1919, the official building became the town hall.
The second official building in its original form was designed by Otto Müller-Jena , who had been commissioned to do so in 1906. The windows of the large conference room were made by the “Papal Court Glass Painting W. Derix” in Goch and Kevelaer based on designs by Johannes van Acken , and the verses in the colored glass paintings were also made by him. As early as April 1910, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the first Gladbeck bailiff, Heinrich Korte , he had "[composed] a long epitome in which he expressed the successes and hopes of the community that has been aspiring for over three decades". Starting in 1923, the building was expanded considerably: after an east and a west wing had been added, the house was also extended to the south. During the Second World War , the town hall was badly damaged by bombs, including the large glass windows.
In 1954, Wilhelm de Graaff created new lead-glazed windows for the council chamber, on which professions that are related to Gladbeck's history and distinctive Gladbeck buildings are shown. The 45 meter high tower with two tower clocks is decorated with a relief of a guard who has the attributes of a horn and a lantern with him. The work of art was created by the Cologne sculptor Karl von Mehring .
Two bells hang in the tower, a bell rings every quarter of an hour. The old clockwork was in operation until 2013, now the hands of the two tower clocks are electronically controlled. Since 2006 there has also been a new town hall in Gladbeck.
literature
- Otto Müller-Jena: Building history of the new office building. In: Ludwig Bette: Festschrift for the inauguration of the new office building of the community Gladbeck iW on December 6, 1910. History of the community Gladbeck , Gladbeck 1910, pp. 91–95.
- Ralph Eberhard Brachthäuser: Master builder of classical modernism. The architect Otto Müller-Jena (1–3). In: Our city, magazine for information, advertising, culture and home care (published by the Verkehrsverein Gladbeck eV), Volume 35 (2008), No. 1 (pp. 42–45), No. 2 (pp. 17–25) , No. 3 (pp. 11-16); here in particular No. 2, pp. 17-20. Digitized on the homepage of the Gladbeck Abbey: [1]
- Ralph Eberhard Brachthäuser: With passion for our city. The women and men of the first Gladbeck city council , Verlag Mainz, Aachen 2019, ISBN 978-3-8107-0308-8 , p. 57.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralph Eberhard Brachthäuser: With passion for our city. The women and men of the first Gladbeck city council , Verlag Mainz, Aachen 2019, ISBN 978-3-8107-0308-8 , p. 11.
- ^ Georg Meinert, Willy-Brandt-Platz 2: The town hall is Gladbeck's parlor , December 1, 2016 on www.waz.de
- ↑ a b Gladbeck's Zeit und Klang on www.lokalkompass.de
- ↑ Old Town Hall on www.gladbeck.de
- ↑ Gladbeck town hall on www.verkehrsverein-gladbeck.de
Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 22.3 " N , 6 ° 59 ′ 21.5" E