Old Town Hall (Wohnbach)

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Old town hall Wölfersheim-Wohnbach

The old town hall in Wohnbach , municipality of Wölfersheim in the Wetterau district , is located at the only intersection of the historic village center. It is originally a pure half-timbered house with a roof turret .

The building was erected in 1665, as indicated by the inscription “Anno 1665, June 23rd, this building is raised and is in God's hands, God save it from water, wind and fire with all its circumstances. Whoever ducks right will be praised by us. ”Is affirmed.

Due to the year 1705 in the weather vane , this was often wrongly viewed as the year of origin.

In 1909 the ground floor was converted into a fire station. In order to be able to install large gates, the built-in struts were removed and the structural analysis was destroyed . The break in of large gates on the ground floor destroyed the statics of the half-timbered building. After that, the construction was completely postponed.

In the same year, the building was thoroughly restored according to the instructions of the monument conservator Heinrich Walbe, the upper floor with roof and turret was lifted with winches and brought back into line. The chest bolts under the windows on the upper floor were also reinstalled. The four-part row of windows on the east side on the upper floor reveals the location of the hall. The historic external staircase was also retained, while the half-timbered structure on the ground floor had to be abandoned.

The old town hall has not been used for a long time. As part of the village renewal Wohnbach, a conversion takes place.

Web links

Commons : Altes Rathaus Wohnbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Walbe : The Hessian-Franconian framework. ND Gießen 1979, p. 202, Rudolf Adamy: Art monuments in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Province of Upper Hesse . Friedberg district. Darmstadt 1895, p. 292.
  2. ^ Maria Jung: Half-timbered town houses in Upper and North Hesse . Frankfurt am Main 1978, p. 136.
  3. ^ Heinrich Walbe: Hessian-Franconian half-timbering. P. 202.

Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 45.3 "  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 42.3"  E