City Hall Düsseldorf

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Old Town Hall , 2016

The history of construction and use of the city ​​hall of the state capital Düsseldorf goes back to the oldest parts of the building as far back as 1570/73. Since then, the town hall, located in the middle of the old town and in the immediate vicinity of the Rhine , has been the seat of the city ​​council and the municipal administration. Until 1806 the oldest parts of the building, the old town hall , also served as a meeting place for the estates of the Duchies of Jülich-Berg . The main entrance and the representative view are on the market square enclosed by the town hall .

Previous buildings

The first building in Düsseldorf in which the city council met was presumably located opposite the Lambertus Church and was the old customs house. The second town hall was known as the "Zum Schwarzen Horn" house , which is located at Ratinger Straße 6 and served as the town hall from 1470 to 1544. In 1545 the city acquired a building on the market square for the lay judges and the council, which was replaced by a new building after 1570.

The five parts of the building today

Development of today's town hall complex
Plenary hall. “New Year's auction 2012” for the benefit of Düsseldorf art students in front of Joseph Fassbender's Tapisserie en Bois

Today's town hall consists of a total of five wings or building parts, three of which border the market square in a southerly direction and thus form the actual heart of the old town : The first and oldest wing is the old town hall from 1573 (Marktplatz 1). The New Town Hall and the former Grupello House from 1706 adjoin this at a right-angled bend . These two parts make up the second wing (market place 2 and 3). Opposite the old town hall, the post-war administration building (Marktplatz 6) forms the youngest part of the entire complex. Another wing of the building is the former east wing of the picture gallery , which borders Burgplatz in the north . Facing the Rhine and the Rhine promenade , the rooms of the former arts and crafts school complete the ensemble. In the middle of the market square is the Jan Wellem equestrian monument , a landmark of Düsseldorf.

First wing: Old Town Hall

Second wing: New Town Hall and former Grupellohaus

This site was completely redeveloped after 1700: In 1706 Matteo Alberti built a house for the artist Gabriel de Grupello , which is now part of the town hall (Marktplatz 3); In 1739, right next to it, the old seat of the Bergisch Chancellor, the Gouvernementshaus, was laid down and a " Kommödienhaus " (Grupellotheater) built, which was used until 1881 and then demolished. The resulting New Town Hall with the very dominant tower tower was completed in 1888. At the turn of the century the mighty tower was abandoned due to static problems. Damaged in the Second World War, the historicist building was not reconstructed in the post-war period. Finally, in the 1960s, the Wilhelminian building (Marktplatz 2) was completely redesigned, including the former Grupellos residential building on the market square in the building complex. The buildings that adjoin the Grupellohaus in Zollstrasse were gutted in the 1970s and integrated into the complex of the Düsseldorf City Hall. Today this double wing houses the plenary hall of the city council (market place 2) and the seat of the “council group”, the “advisory council members in the district representations ” and the “data protection officer” (market place 3). Access to the buildings is via the inner courtyard at Marktplatz 3.

  • Wing - New Town Hall and Grupellohaus

  • New town hall built by Eberhard Westhofen in 1884

  • Jan Wellem equestrian monument in front of the double wing Marktplatz 3 and 2

  • Portal New Town Hall, Marktplatz 2

  • Grupello House , Marktplatz 3

  • Entrance portal in the inner courtyard of Marktplatz 3 (part of the Wilhelminian town hall)

  • Houses Zollstrasse

Third wing: Administration building Marktplatz 6

The building was built by the Düsseldorf architect Julius Schulte-Frohlinde on the market square between 1952 and 1956 by the city's structural engineering department . The house houses the municipal finance department .

  • Wing - Administration building Marktplatz 6

  • Marktplatz 6, Marktstrasse at the corner of Rheinstrasse with a relief of market women by Jupp Rübsam

  • Marktplatz 6, west facade

Fourth wing: building facing Burgplatz

The former east wing of the Düsseldorf Gemäldegalerie connects Burgplatz and Marktplatz in an obtuse angle. After several renovations, this fourth wing at Burgplatz 3 and 2 has a facade from the 1920s. The baroque buildings at Burgplatz 6 and 5 are also used by the town hall.

  • Wing - building facing Burgplatz

  • Baroque building on the corner of Burgplatz and Marktplatz with the Old Town Hall

  • Part of the building at Burgplatz 3 with public toilets and shops

  • Part of the building at Burgplatz 2

  • Gate entrance to Burgplatz 2

  • Picture gallery 1704–1805, Burgplatz 2

  • Inner courtyard building section Burgplatz 3

Fifth wing: former arts and crafts school

One wing of the town hall complex forms the building of the former arts and crafts school adjoining the Rhine promenade with a view of the Rhine. Since 2005, the Academy Gallery of the Düsseldorf Art Academy has been located here, at Burgplatz 1, with works by professors and students. This is followed by the extension of the town hall from 1984 on Rathausufer No. 8, with a restaurant on the ground floor. The entrance is in the inner courtyard of the Burgplatz.

  • Wing - former arts and crafts school

  • School of Applied Arts 1904

  • School of Applied Arts 2011

  • School of Applied Arts 2011

  • Extension of the town hall on the Rathausufer in 2008

Web links

Commons : Rathaus Düsseldorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Architects and Engineers Association of Düsseldorf (ed.): Düsseldorf and its buildings. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1904, p. 190.
  • Eduard Trier, Willy Weyres (Hrsg.): Art of the 19th century in the Rhineland. Vol. 2, Architecture: II, Profane Buildings and Urban Planning. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-30252-6 , p. 41.
  • Roland Kanz, Jürgen Wiener (ed.): Architectural guide Düsseldorf. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01232-3 , p. 11.
  • Hugo Weidenhaupt (Ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 3: The industrial and administrative city (20th century). Schwann 1989, ISBN 3-491-34223-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ JF Wilhelmi: Panorama of Düsseldorf and its surroundings. JHC Schreiner'sche Buchhandlung, Düsseldorf 1828, p. 83.
  2. ↑ Hugo Weidenhaupt. In: Düsseldorf, history from the origins to the 20th century. Verlag Schwann / Patmos, 1988, Volume 1, p. 195, ISBN 3-491-34221-X .
  3. ^ State capital Düsseldorf: Combing .
  4. ↑ http://www.art-in-duesseldorf.de/kunstmuseen_und_ausstellungshaeuser/akademiegalerie_die_neue_sammlung.html .

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '34.3 "  N , 6 ° 46' 17.3"  E