Market square (Bad Kissingen)

Market square in Bad Kissingen

The Bad Kissingen market square houses the listed old town hall of Bad Kissingen , the major district town of the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen , as well as numerous other architectural monuments of the place .

history

The market square was built in the 13th or 14th century under the Hennebergers during the urban expansion of Kissingen. Together with the Upper and Lower Marktstrasse, it became the center of the local old town. Its rectangular shape, its rows of parcels and the old town hall are characteristic of the Gothic .

The following buildings are older:

photo	address	annotation
	Marketplace 5	late 18th century, residential and commercial building
	Marketplace 6	late 18th century, residential and commercial building
	Back building of Marktplatz 10	second half of the 18th century
	Marketplace 11	18./19. Century, former Ratskeller , now residential and commercial building
	Marketplace 12	1577, Old Town Hall , until 1928 the administrative seat of Bad Kissingen
	Marketplace 16	late 18th century, rebuilt in 1904 under architect Carl Krampf , residential and commercial building
	Back building from Marktplatz 16	18th and 19th centuries
	Marketplace 21	1680, inn

At the beginning of the 20th century the market square was redesigned. The resulting new buildings were largely larger than the previous buildings with an additional third floor and more space requirements:

photo	address	annotation
	Marketplace 7	1909–10, architect: Carl Krampf , residential and commercial building
	Marketplace 8	1909–10, architect: Adolf Gögel , residential and commercial building
	Marketplace 9	1896/97, architect: Carl Krampf, former Hotel Luitpold
	Marketplace 10	1907, architect: Carl Krampf, residential and commercial building
	Marketplace 15	1906, architect: Carl Krampf, residential and commercial building
	Marketplace 17	1912, architect: Carl Krampf, residential and commercial building
	Marketplace 18	1897, architect: K. Weinschenk, residential and commercial building on the site of the birthplace of theologian and historian Ignaz Gropp

literature

• Denis André Chevalley, Stefan Gerlach: City of Bad Kissingen (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VI.75 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-87490-577-2 , p. 62-67 .
• Peter Weidisch: Squares in the Old Town and Old Town Hall - A Functional Change, in: Thomas Ahnert, Peter Weidisch (ed.): 1200 Years Bad Kissingen, 801–2001, Facets of a City's History . Festschrift for the anniversary year and accompanying volume for the exhibition of the same name. Special publication of the Bad Kissingen city archive. Verlag TA Schachenmayer, Bad Kissingen 2001, ISBN 3-929278-16-2 , pp. 170f.

Web links

Commons : Marketplace  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 11 '58.88 "  N , 10 ° 4' 33.82"  O