Town Hall (Lucerne)

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Lucerne town hall, the Reuss in the foreground

The Lucerne Town Hall was built between 1602 and 1606 by Anton Isenmann in the Italian Renaissance style in the Swiss city of Lucerne .

The town hall is located at Kornmarkt 3 and borders the Rathausquai on the Reuss . It is under the KGS no. 3736 on the list of cultural assets of national importance in the canton of Lucerne .

The town hall was built by the architect Isenmann with helpers from Northern Italy . This collaboration could explain why the front of the building is reminiscent of a Milanese palazzo , but the shape of the roof is reminiscent of a Lucerne farmhouse . After about four years of construction, the first council meeting was held in the town hall on June 24, 1606. The Lucerne large and small councils met here until 1798 . Today the City Council holds its meetings here. Noteworthy are the portrait hall (where, among other things, civil weddings are held), the town hall tower with a red tower lantern and tower clock (it served as a watchtower and observation tower), the town hall stairs with the Italian-style "Leist" facing the Reuss, and the arcades and paved passageways.

The Kornschütte exhibition room is located in the town hall .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Town Hall Lucerne , City of Lucerne, accessed on December 9, 2018
  2. Lucerne, City Hall on the website of the Swiss Society for the Protection of Cultural Property

Coordinates: 47 ° 3 '6.9 "  N , 8 ° 18' 22.1"  E ; CH1903:  665914  /  211573