Town hall Cotta
The Cotta town hall is the seat of the Cotta district office in Dresden . It was built between 1899 and 1901 and is now a listed building.
history
With the rapid growth of the population of Cotta towards the end of the 19th century, the construction of a building for the municipal administration became necessary. The decision to build a town hall was taken on July 19, 1898 by the local council and the building inspector of the Cotta district office, the architect Bernhard Seitz (1864-1947), was commissioned to work out the plans. No large Dresden office was entrusted with this task, but a relatively unknown local architect, for whom this building was the high point of his architectural career. The Dresden architect Felix Reinhold Voretzsch was commissioned to produce a “perspective picture” based on Seitz's plans. The picture with which the Cotta building authority participated in the German Building Exhibition in Dresden in 1900 was 180 × 240 centimeters in size. In June 1899, the community concluded a fee contract with Voretzsch for 2,800 marks. In it he was entrusted with the artistic support of the local building inspector. He had a decisive influence on the design of the staircase, the council chamber and the building's facades in particular.
Several residential buildings had to be demolished at the chosen location, and the peat pond and a dike that had become useless because the Weidigtbach was relocated were removed .
Construction began on November 18, 1899, and local companies in particular were commissioned to carry out the construction. The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on June 16, 1900, and the handover ceremony was held on April 24, 1901 at a festive meeting of the municipal council.
The building housed the administration of the Cotta community from 1901 until it was incorporated into Dresden in 1903 . From 1903 to 1950 the administration of the Dresden-Cotta district was here, and from 1950 to 1991 the administration of the Dresden-West district was located here . Since 1991 it has been the seat of the city district office (until 2018: local office) Cotta. In addition to the city district office, the building also houses a citizens' office, the youth welfare office and the social welfare office.
1945 to 1950 war damage to the town hall was repaired, in 1974 the tower and hood were re-covered with roof tiles or copper. In the years 1991–1994, the interiors in particular were restored in terms of monument preservation. Among other things, this required a color analysis by a restorer and the creation of a color concept. In 2009 the roof and tower were renovated.
description
The building was designed in the style of historicism with elements of the neo-renaissance (in particular the approx. 50 m high tower with a curved hood), the neo-Gothic ( stepped gable on the south side) and the art nouveau (various plant, animal and coat of arms sculptures on the facade).
The "large stained glass " in the council chamber was particularly magnificent . It was a decorative window donated by Messrs. Proebs, Weitzmann and Möbius, which took up the entire street front of the hall. The design came from Richard Schlein from Zittau. The window has not been preserved; it was probably destroyed by a pressure wave from a bomb that fell nearby . In the Dresdner Nachrichten of April 24, 1901 it was described as follows:
“With its splendid color scheme and drawing, it is a wonderful ornament for the conference room. The main central part of the picture contains an allegorical figure and the Elbe river with ancient bridges, at the feet of the figure the boat, which used to be laboriously used, rests, while the left hand triumphantly holds up the modern steamship, equipped with all the advantages of improved technology, above which one can see fruit trees, indicating the growth and blooming of the place, the field on the left symbolizes the brewery trade as an important branch of the community. The right part of the glass painting glorifies a trade that is also flourishing in the village, gardening. "
View from the north
South side
portal
Detail of the portal figures
See also
literature
- Hans-Joachim Free Life: Cotta. In: Landeshauptstadt Dresden (Ed.): Dresden town halls. A documentation. designXpress, Dresden 2010, pp. 142–144. Without ISBN.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cultural monument: Lübecker Straße 121. Retrieved on January 22, 2011.
- ↑ a b c d e f Hans-Jochen Free Life: Cotta . In: Landeshauptstadt Dresden (Ed.): Dresden town halls. A documentation . designXpress, Dresden 2010, pp. 142–144.
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 22.8 " N , 13 ° 41 ′ 16.5" E