Old Town Hall (Stetten im Remstal)

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Old town hall in Stetten

In the center of the Kerner hamlet Stetten, near the St. Vitus Church and the St. Pierre Square is the old town hall.

history

The construction of the building was dated to the year 1520 by a dendrochronological report. It was built in the Alemannic half-timbered style. Numerous artifacts from around 1550 to 1900 have been discovered in the building. Before the 19th century, the ground floor was open and used for merchants' stalls. The floor was then bricked up. This was then used for the local fire department and for the public scales. In 1923 the building was completely plastered, including the half-timbering. A renovation followed from 1993 to 1995. In the course of this, the framework was exposed again in 1995.

The building

The ground floor is now used by the municipal office of the Kernen municipal administration.

The office of the mayor and the chamberlain was on the first floor. There is a wall painting in the style of the Renaissance, which comes from the construction time of the building and has been shown again since the restoration. The first floor is used today for the wedding ceremony. The local library is also located on this floor in the former dance hall.

The second floor was used as a registry and local prison. The prison is equipped with an oven. It also contains iron hand chains and anklets from 1840. The cell was probably used until the First World War . Today the community archive is located on this floor.

The third floor is now used as an event room (for up to 60 people).

In front of the building there is a memorial stone for the 750th anniversary of Stetten from 1991. There is also a memorial stone for Kerner's twin town of Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny .

Every year at Christmas, the old town hall is decorated as an advent calendar .

photos

  • at night; with French national flag in memory of the terrorist attacks in Paris

  • Old town hall decorated as an advent calendar

  • Memorial stone 750 years of Stetten

  • Memorial stone Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Old Town Hall Stetten. Cores, accessed September 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung - iron shackles are reminiscent of luxury cells. Retrieved March 15, 2015 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 20.4 "  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 28.6"  E