New Town Hall (Schwerin)
The New Town Hall is a historic and representative building in the Schwerin Schelfstadt , until 1832 it was the administrative seat of the previously independent Neustadt ( Schelfe ). It has been used as a residential building since 2005.
history
In 1705, the Duke made the shelf an independent city. As a result of efforts to settle craftsmen and merchants, the planned development began, among other things the shelf church St. Nikolai was rebuilt after a previous building that had been damaged by storms was demolished.
The New Town Hall was built around 1740 on today's Schelfmarkt , which was called “the great market” in drawings from 1747, in which the building is already shown with an extensive garden. After the shelf received its own constitution in 1769, the city court acquired the so-called “Lehmannsche Wohnhaus” in 1776. It was subsequently converted into a representative town hall. Probably under the supervision of Johann Joachim Busch , a plastered building with an outside staircase , high portal and mansard roof was built .
Until the unification of the old town of Schwerin with the new town in 1832, the town hall was the seat of the town judge (mayor). After that, different uses followed. From the beginning of the 20th century until 1998 it was the seat of the city building authority. The real estate service was also located here. After the city's sale of the New Town Hall, it was converted into a residential building in 2005. During the renovation work, plans for an intended urban redevelopment of Schwerin from 1939 were found.
literature
- Horst Zänger: The building on the “big market”. In: Schweriner People's Newspaper . August 7, 2007.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '59.9 " N , 11 ° 25' 2.2" E