Town Hall (Götzingen)
The town hall in Götzingen , a district of Buchen in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg , is a half-timbered house from 1612.
Building description
The half-timbered town hall stands next to the Catholic Church of St. Bartholomew and has the address Thingstrasse 26. The eaves-standing building is on the southeast side of the street and has a central portal and a flight of stairs with two side exits. A two-winged, round-arched portal leads down to the massive basement on the north-eastern side of the gable. The building is designed with two half-timbered full storeys and three attic storeys, covered by a gable roof . The first attic can be used for residential purposes and is provided with modern dormers . The northeast gable, which flanks the neighboring staircase to the church portal, is richly decorated with half-timbered houses.
history
The town hall in Götzingen was built in 1612 according to its dating on the arch of the cellar portal. There is little evidence of the building's early history. But it is precisely this lack of documents that suggests that the building was never sold and has always been owned by the municipality. Ownership of the building was first recorded in the land register in 1899.
The building served as a school and town hall for a long time. From when the school was established in the building cannot be determined. As early as 1870, there was no longer enough space in the building. That year, the Buchen District Office complained that the registry of the community was housed in the school hall. In addition, the structural condition was complained about, which was "no longer suitable for school purposes". At the latest when the population increased significantly in the late 19th century, a new school building became unavoidable. A new schoolhouse was built from 1895 and completed in 1896. After that, the town hall served only the administration. The old school hall was also used as a citizens' hall for theater and other events and at times also as living space.
After Götzingen was incorporated into Buchen in 1973, the town hall continued to serve as an administrative building for the local council. Soon thereafter there were plans to demolish the aging building and replace it with a modern administrative center. After a lengthy discussion and not least after an investigation had discovered historical half-timbering under the plaster of the building, it was decided in 1983 to preserve the building. It was extensively renovated from 1984 to 1987 in cooperation with the State Monuments Office, the total cost was around DM 1.2 million.
During the renovation, the completely weathered west gable was replaced, the half-timbering of the entire building was exposed, extensions on the south and west sides were demolished and a new roof structure was erected. Inside the building, historical half-timbered structure has been preserved as much as possible, which has been relieved by additional support measures. The renovated ground floor was handed over to the local administration and the savings bank in 1986, and the upper floors were handed over to their use in 1987. During the renovation, four after- work tiles from 1513, two old ridge turrets and a clay jug from around 1600 were found, which probably come from a previous building.
literature
- Walter Jaufmann: The Götzingen town hall. In: Unser Land 2004. Home calendar for Neckartal, Odenwald, building land and Kraichgau. Heidelberg 2004, pp. 65-68.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of November 5, 2015: From Eberstadt to Götzingen: On foot along the denominations "Next to St. Bartholomäus there is the town hall, which was built as a school in 1612."
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 46.3 " N , 9 ° 23 ′ 35.3" E