Electoral Government Chancellery (Amberg)
The former electoral government chancellery in Amberg is an important building of the Renaissance and is now home to the Amberg district court .
Construction began on behalf of Elector Friedrich II. In 1544 and should have been completed in 1547. In 1601 the complex was supplemented by the polygonal stair tower in the courtyard, and construction of the north wing began in 1768. The stones of the broken north wing of the electoral palace were used. The office was previously located there.
The complex from the 16th century shows itself as an eaves-sided, three-storey square building. A two-story bay window above the street portal attracts particular attention. The coats of arms of the Electoral Palatinate and the Kingdom of Denmark are affixed to the window parapets on the first floor , the portraits of Frederick II and his wife Dorothea of Denmark in the second, and portraits of the nephews Ottheinrich and Philip the Quarrel on the narrow sides .
In the gate hall with late Gothic net vaults and lateral Renaissance portals, the "Amberger Schuh ", the valid standard of this time, is attached. The rooms on the upper floors had beamed plank ceilings, which, with the exception of the bay room on the first floor, were plastered over during the Baroque era. One room in the southeast corner of the first floor has a late Gothic loop vault, in the corridor there is an open fireplace from 1547 with half-figures of the personified divine virtues and the ancient cardinal virtues.
The extension from the 18th century is a three-storey plastered building, which visually adapts to the original complex.
literature
- Felix Mader: The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. II. The art monuments of Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, Volume XVI: City of Amberg. Munich 1909 (reprint 1981), pp. 127-140
Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 38.8 " N , 11 ° 51 ′ 21.6" E