Town Hall (Feucht)
The town hall is a public building in the market town of Feucht in the Middle Franconian district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria .
description
The Town Hall is located in the town center and has the address Main Street 33. Previously it had the house number 43. The Sandsteinquaderbau with a half-timbered upper floor and a hipped roof with roof skylights is the Bavarian State Conservation Office as a monument designated (D-5-74-123-13) .
history
The building, which is now used as the town hall, was built by Konrad Wurffbein, a landlord, in 1640 and 1652. During the Thirty Years' War his tavern burned down and he built a new inn , the Black Eagle. The visible inscriptions 1640 and 1652 on the front above windows on the ground floor remind of the building.
In the course of the 17th century, a dense network of postal lines emerged in Germany . Due to the location, a post office was set up at Konrad Wurffbein's in Feucht in 1685 and operated until 1878. In the two centuries that followed, the house changed hands several times.
On December 1, 1871, the Nuremberg - Neumarkt railway began operations, and in 1873 it was extended to Regensburg . The Feucht – Altdorf railway was opened on October 15, 1878, making the Feucht post office redundant. On April 12, 1879, the market town of Feucht bought house no. 43 with a courtyard area of 0.06 days (about 205 square meters) for 10,594 marks and 30 pfennigs and then converted it into a town hall and schoolhouse.
In 1907, the market town had the rear building of the town hall demolished and built a power station in its place, which was operated until around 1920. It supplied the electricity for the Feuchter train station , for 60 houses and the street lighting.
In the following decades the school and the fire brigade were located in the town hall . Today's conference room on the first floor served as the classroom. The fire brigade was on the ground floor, in the area where the citizens' office is today. In 1937 the town hall was renovated and some of the offices were moved to the first floor.
A comprehensive renovation of the building took place in 1940/41. In addition to the administration, the police station with a detention cell , an outdoor bank with a cold room and the communal cattle scale are now housed. The cattle scale was operated by the Feuchter family of bakers, Meyer. The open-air bank was accessed via the courtyard, which was then freely accessible. In addition to the office rooms, there were also two apartments on the first floor.
The town hall was completely destroyed in air raids on the night of August 10th and 11th and on the evening of August 11th, 1943. During the reconstruction in 1949/50, a uniform and continuous hipped roof was installed in place of the two original separate gables . The building was then the seat of the administration. An inscription on the facade reminds of the destruction and the reconstruction.
The remaining apartment in the rear building was converted in 1978 and used for additional offices until 1999.
The town hall got its present appearance through a general renovation in line with historical monuments. In 1999/2000, the front parts of the building facing the street were renovated first. The first citizens' office in the district of Nürnberger Land was also opened. The rear part was then renovated. The courtyard, which was open until then, was also roofed over and has been used as an atrium ever since . The previously open courtyard has also been used for open-air concerts in the summer months . Today there is a historic clock in the atrium that dates from around 1920. It once adorned the old town hall tower. The modern dial of the old mechanical clockwork creates a reference to the historical Zeidler character of the place. The hands are worked out in the form of a stylized crossbow and an arrow. Instead of this clock, there is now a sundial on the roof .
use
In the town hall there are today (2020) next to the official residence of the mayor , the meeting hall, a city office and parts of local government. The building authority and financial administration are located in another building, in the Pfinzingschloss acquired by Markt Feucht in 1988 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Architectural monuments in Feucht, Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation , accessed on March 27, 2020
- ↑ City Hall on feucht.de , accessed on March 27, 2020
- ^ Paul Morath: Feuchter stories , market Feucht, printing by Karl Hessel Verlag Feucht
- ^ A foray through history, Feucht, Martin Schieber, ISBN 978-3-930699-72-8
- ↑ Archives of the Working Group Chronik Feucht (AKC), viewed in January 2020
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '32.1 " N , 11 ° 12' 49.7" E