Town Hall (Český Krumlov)
The town hall in Český Krumlov (German Krummau ), a town in the Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemia) region in the Czech Republic , was built in its present form around 1598. The town hall on the north side of the market square (Náměstí Svornosti) is a protected cultural monument.
history
The plot was built around 1300 when the Lords of Rosenberg from the castle Rosenberg moved to Krumlov and docked the floor plan of the city. In the Middle Ages, there were two independent town houses in the current town hall front.
The corner house was built by Abbot Dietrich (Theodorich II) from the Zlatá Koruna (Goldenkron) monastery in 1309. During the Hussite Wars , the building came into the ownership of Ulrich II von Rosenberg . Ulrich sold it or gave it to the nobleman Metlín of Metlín in 1459. One of the members of this family, Peter Pryms, bequeathed the house to the unmarried woman Voršila Mikulášová after the death of his wife, which provoked strong opposition from the family, neighbors and the city council. Ms. Mikulášová could not enforce her claims, and the building came to the wealthy Austrian merchant and city councilor Andreas Teufel (Ondřej Teufl), from whom the city bought the house in 1597, to move it together with the neighboring old town hall into a large, new council building to convert.
Despite the new building, the mayor and councilors continued to serve in the original houses. It was not until 1752 that the Syndikus Stejskal set up his office in the town hall, and in 1791 the mayor also moved there.
In the baroque period, the sgraffito decoration was covered with a new, white-brown plaster. The arched gable tops were completely removed in 1796 (probably after a storm), and seven terracotta vases were installed instead. In 1805 a tower was to be added to the town hall, which is so different from all other town halls in Bohemia, but this project was not carried out due to a lack of finances. The medieval meat banks (masné krámy) in the inner courtyard were only demolished between 1938 and 1940.
Extensive restorations took place in 1966, 1968, 1986 and 1997–1998.
description
The town hall is a three-storey renaissance building with four pitched roofs perpendicular to the front of the house. On the front side facing the main square there is an arcade with six pointed arches and cross vaults on the ground floor . In addition to the 12 usual rectangular windows, there are also three blind windows in the originally square format on the upper floors. The front is completed by a high parapet with two bands, on which seven rococo vases made of fired clay are placed. The facade of the town hall is adorned with four coats of arms: the coat of arms of the Bohemian Kingdom in the middle, below the coat of arms of Český Krumlov, on the left the coat of arms of the Eggenberg family and on the right that of the Schwarzenberg family .
At first glance, the facade built after 1597 looks uniform. On closer inspection, however, you can see the different heights of the two parts of the arcade and, above all, the different supporting pillars of the arcades. The polygonal, delicate pillars on the right stand out clearly from the left, simple pillars that stand in front of the former private house.
Facilities
Many valuable items are housed in the town hall, e.g. B. three gilded keys of the city gates, which were presented to the authorities when entering the city, the city seals and the silver dishes that were used at the feasts in honor of a newly appointed city councilor or on other festive occasions.
Current usage:
- City Office (městský úřad) of Český Krumlov
- City Police (městská policie)
- Tobacco shop
- In the basement there is the Museum of Torture and Torture Facilities ( Muzeum útrpného práva , muzeum tortury for short ).
The oldest town hall
The right corner house, which was used as the “oldest town hall” from the Hussite Wars until 1519 and is now at Náměstí Svornosti 3 on the town square, also belongs to the town hall complex. The council rooms were upstairs, while there were general stores on the ground floor and the pillory in front of the house . The dilapidated house was bought in 1519 by the clergyman Vaclav Maškovec, who owned it from 1543 to 1562 and had it renovated in the Renaissance style. Like many other houses in Český Krumlov, the house possessed the right to brew brewing , as is evident from a tax regulation from 1654. After the fire of 1867, the house was rebuilt and two shops were set up on the ground floor. During the renovation in 1981, today's late Gothic appearance was restored. Today the tourist information is located there.
literature
- Baedeker Czech Republic. 6th edition, Ostfildern 2014, ISBN 978-3-8297-1474-7 , p. 210.
- Pavel Vlček: Český Krumlov. Historické center. Series České dědictí UNESCO . 2016, pp. 138–140 (Czech, English edition available).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Náměstí Svornosti No. 1 . In: Online encyclopedia encyklopedie.ckrumlov.cz about Krummau (town hall).
- ↑ a b c Vlček 2016, pp. 138–140.
Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 39.5 " N , 14 ° 18 ′ 54.8" E