Town hall (Grötzingen)
The town hall of Grötzingen was built in 1668 in Grötzingen , a district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg . The half-timbered house is a protected architectural monument .
history
The previous building, built in 1583, was destroyed during the Thirty Years War . The massive walls of the first floor were reused in the new building from 1668. The following inscription is on the eastern corner post: “ANNO 1668 THE HOUSE WAS BUILT. THEN WERE SCHULTHEISS ERHARD KIEFER. LAWYER WENDEL SCHÄFER. MAYOR GEORG BRAUN ”. On the western corner stand, under a sign with a compass , square measure and crossed brackets, the text: “ANNO 1668 IS STEPHAN ZIMMERMEISTER AT GRETZINGEN. COMPANIES ARE HM AND HW "
description
The ground floor with no basement was originally divided into three horizontal strips and an open hall. The arched openings are now partially walled up and the entrance to the hall is closed. The large citizens' hall with a central column is located on the upper floor . In 1900 the warehouse was expanded to accommodate office space. In 1951 and from 2016 to 2019 the building was completely renovated.
A frame building is placed on the ground floor . The half-timbered upper storey cantilevers on all sides and above it is a triple projecting gable . Located on the west side to the lower floor a roof hipped . On the roof ridge sits an octagonal ridge turret with an onion hood . The Franconian man with arms is a new bracing figure at this time.
On the corner stones of the building there are water level markings from several floods in the Pfinz .
literature
- Erwin Huxhold : The half-timbered houses in Kraichgau. A guide to the architectural monuments . Edited by Heimatverein Kraichgau , 3rd supplemented edition, Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 2002, ISBN 3-89735-185-4 , pp. 124–128.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 27.2 " N , 8 ° 29 ′ 45.5" E