Eibenstock town hall
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The town hall Eibenstock is a building completed in 1907 as the seat of the town administration of Eibenstock . It is the fourth town hall building in the history of the city. The building was created according to plans by the architect Arthur Lützner .
history
Precursors
The first administration building for the councilors of Eibenstock dates from the beginning of the 16th century. It was located on the Ring, the medieval market, and was initially owned by hammer master Hans Dietzen. After the city bought the house from him in 1568, it was slightly rebuilt and served as the administrative center. A bell tower was added to the three-story stone building with a decorative facade in 1577. As early as 1580, the building was expanded by buying the neighboring house from the property of the citizen Hans Siegel. During the Thirty Years War , the town hall suffered so much damage that it finally had to be demolished. In 1646 a new two-story building was completed under the direction of the builder Philipp Martin. It was located opposite the church on the market square (today's church square). The second city fire in 1862 destroyed the building and most of the documents from the city's history that it contained. All adjacent buildings were also destroyed by the flames, so that at the end of the 19th century the entire area was completely rebuilt.
Now a new town hall had to be built again; it was built on the old location in the late classical style. The building has a tower almost as high as the town church opposite (see picture).
The town hall from 1906/1907
The rapid growth of the city's economy, in particular the establishment of embroidery and industrial factories, combined with the connection of the city to the new railway network, led to a multiplication of the population in a short time. The tasks of the municipal administration grew immensely and the number of civil servants increased accordingly. The existing council building was no longer sufficient, so that as an interim solution, the administration in two streets (Schulstrasse and Bergstrasse) had to rent another seven rooms for their tasks. In 1903 there were already 26 councilors as civil servants and nine town clerks in addition to the mayor. On December 14, 1905, it was therefore decided to build a new council building.
The city architect Arthur Lützner provided the plans for the fourth town hall of Eibenstock. An abandoned section of the old churchyard between Innere Auerbacherstraße (today Schönheider Straße) and Haberleithe , which the city had acquired in 1901 for around 23,000 marks, was chosen as the location . (The hereditary burials of earlier bourgeois families on it were only superficially leveled, not removed. During ground work in 2004 on the north side of the town hall, some well-preserved facilities were exposed again.)
The foundation stone was ceremonially laid on June 6, 1906. The ceremony was carried out by the governor Demmering , the mayor Adolf Hesse, the city architect Lützner and the city councilor businessman Gustav Diersch. The inauguration of the new town hall took place on October 31, 1907 when the master builder handed over the golden key to the mayor. The planned construction costs were around 150,000 marks, but ultimately a loan of 300,000 marks had to be taken out and later repaid.
description
The floor area of the town hall is 34 by 14.5 meters. There is a main entrance in the north and in the south and a side entrance in the east. The building was erected on three floors above a basement on a mountain slope. On the south side down the slope, the height of the main ledge is 14.5 meters, while on the north side it is only 9 meters. The tower in the center of the facade is around 50 meters high. The entire ensemble with its interior is a listed building.
Exterior architecture
The facade design follows the style of historicism , which can be seen particularly well on the columns at the entrance area, but also on the bay windows and turrets. The light-colored brick structure has three ornamental gables on the east side and corner bay windows on the west side with an upper end with a tower helmet.
The town hall tower, which towers above the cityscape, sits with a square base in the middle above the south wing of the building. At a height of about 30 meters there is a surrounding ledge, above which a tower clock can be seen from afar. The tower is then divided into four slender corner turrets, while the central part ends as an octagonal lantern with a copper helmet .
Above the arched entrance portal on the south side there is the carved inscription "Eintracht inside - outside peace".
Interior design
The entrance halls on the north and south sides are formed by a cross vault. There are symbolic representations in the north hall, such as the city coat of arms used at the beginning of the 20th century (clover leaf, rake, threshing wing, crowned with a breast shield and the crown of the Saxon king).
Other interior elements such as the doors, the staircase or the ceilings are designed in Art Nouveau style. Particularly large floral representations are striking here. Craftsmen's guilds, associations and wealthy citizens also contributed to the design through donations.
The large council chamber has a wooden barrel vault , a glass picture designed over eight window elements on the subjects of “strength and courage”, “sacrifice” and “truth and justice” as well as a fireplace corner and a surrounding wooden gallery. In the 1970s, part of the furnishings in this room fell victim to renovation. It not only serves as a meeting room for the city administration, but is also used for weddings and lectures.
The stained glass windows from various art workshops are considered jewels of the entire interior. The master glass painters Bruno Urban (Dresden), Max Pechstein and Karl Schulz provided works that are classified as particularly artistically valuable.
Surroundings
A park was created on the hillside around the town hall, which is planted with different types of trees and is now one of the city's horticultural gems. On the larger area in front of the south side, in the center of a transverse flight of stairs, is the “Mennel fountain”, which represents a tunnel entrance made of field stones.
Aftermath
The third town hall on the church square has been preserved. It has been used as a hotel since the late 1990s. The name of the Ratskeller restaurant set up in it is reminiscent of the history of the house.
literature
- Leaflet Rathaus Eibenstock , publisher Marketing Pool “Am Auersberg” (as of April 2011; PDF; 2.4 MB)
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 42 " N , 12 ° 35 ′ 44" E