Town Hall (Winterthur)
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 Front of the town hall |
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| place | Winterthur |
| builder | Johann Ulrich Büchel (1785) |
| Construction year | 1437; 1785 |
| Coordinates | 697 290 / 261827 |
The town hall of Winterthur is the seat of the city council and home to the Briner + Kern museum , several shops and a bistro . The town hall is listed by the federal government in the list of cultural assets of national importance in the canton of Zurich .
history
A town hall in Winterthur was mentioned for the first time in 1423, probably dating from the 13th or 14th century. In 1435 it was decided to rebuild the same town hall, which was completed in 1437. The town hall was divided into two parts with an inner courtyard, in the front part on the Marktgasse side was the Kornmarkthalle, where the Kornmarkt took place. In the upper rooms there were, among other things, the halls of the Small and Grand Council of the City and the City Court. On the side facing today's town house was the room of the small council, the court and the apartment of the mayor.
In 1624 and 1628 the halls of the two councils were renovated. In 1662 the Winterthur City Library moved to the rear of the town hall. In 1704 the house "zur Patuld" was bought in the rear part , which offered additional space for cultural institutions such as the city library and the Winterthur music college .
From 1782 to 1785, under the direction of the architect Johann Ulrich Büchel, the rear building was extensively rebuilt and the front building was rebuilt with an early classical monumental facade. In addition, the house was sold again to be patient. In 1832, the size of the council in Winterthur politics changed: the two councils were replaced by an eleven-member city council. In 1842 the city library moved from the town hall to the neighboring boys' school (today the Oskar Reinhart Museum ). In 1861 the Kornmarkt moved to the new Kornhalle near the main train station, and two years later the Musikkollegium moved to the newly built casino theater. In 1870 the city council finally moved into the prestigious town house newly built by Gottfried Semper .
When all the previous users of the town hall had moved out, a redesign was necessary again: Under city architect Joseph Bösch , a student of Semper, the town hall was rebuilt until 1874 and received its present form with the arcaded town hall passage in the neo-renaissance style with an atrium in the Middle and bazaar- like arranged shops. While shops moved in on the ground floor, the upper floors in the front building were used by the district and jury courts. The governor's office , the district council and the court office moved into the rear part . In 1895, today's large municipal council was created, at that time with 45 members. This was increased to 60 members with the city association in 1922 and is still located in the town hall today. In 1932 the district court and the governor's office moved out, instead the justice of the peace and the career counseling department had found their new home in the town hall.
An inscription plaque from the Roman fort Vitudurum is exhibited in the town hall (you can see the plaque from the town hall passage). This was at an unknown time after Konstanz brought there and as evidence for the formation of consistency due to Kaiser Constantine I. positioned. At the beginning of September 1967 the piece was returned to Winterthur by Konstanz as a sign of neighborly friendship.
Between 1968 and 1970 the town hall was renovated for the last time under city architect Karl Keller . Following the renovation until October 31, 2014, the town hall housed the Briner Museum and, until 1990, the Kellenberger watch collection , which was added to the Briner Museum as the Kern donation and moved to the Winterthur Commercial Museum .
gallery
Detail view of the facade on the back
Atrium, looking towards Stadthausstrasse
City hall through ceiling
Mural in the town hall from the 16th century. The city moat then served as a deer park.
The inscription panel from Kastel Vitudurum from AD 294. The panel can be seen from the town hall passage.
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literature
- Karl Keller: The town hall of Winterthur. A history of construction . Winterthur 1971.
Web links
- Town hall in Winterthur glossary.
- Briner and Kern picture collections in the Museum Oskar Reinhart in Winterthur Glossary.
Individual evidence
- ↑ A-Objects ZH 2018 . Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 26, 2017 (PDF; 163 kB, 32 pages, updated annually, no changes for 2018).
- ^ Death of a museum . In: The Landbote . November 1, 2014 ( landbote.ch ).