Town Hall (Lindenfels)

The town hall of the city of Lindenfels in the Bergstrasse district in Hesse was built in the 18th century as the seat of the Lindenfels regional authority and, after changing uses, was converted into the town hall in 1953.

history

The town hall and the associated and some surrounding buildings were probably built on the site of the former stables of Lindenfels Castle.

The house was built after 1737 as an upper office building, after the upper administrator had previously had his seat in the castle. When the Oberamt Lindenfels became part of Hesse in 1802, the building became the seat of the Hessian district administration; after the district was dissolved, it was used as a rent office and later as a chief forester. In 1953, the city acquired the building and converted it into a town hall.

description

The town hall is a two-story solid plastered building with a mansard roof . The facade is enlivened by corner pilasters made of ashlar and profiled red sandstone walls of the windows. A triangular gable with the city coat of arms is located above the portal in the center of the facade. The staircase in the middle of the house has a groin vault.

The former tithe storehouse in the northwest and a former stable in the southwest belong to the courtyard of the town hall. The tithe storehouse probably dates back to the 17th century and is a plastered three-storey quarry stone building with a gable roof, which has large windows on the courtyard side, so that the building has always not given the impression of a barn, but that of a residential or administrative building.

The building group also includes the neighboring Kurmittelhaus from 1723, which once housed the office of the district administrators and later a preparation institute.

literature

• Hans W. Weber: Lindenfels - the image of the city in the past and present (= Lindenfelser Hefte II) , Lindenfels 1975, pp. 78-80.

Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 58.9 "  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 41.3"  E