Town hall brim
The historic town hall of Krempe is located in the center of the smallest town in Holstein in the Steinburg district. Its richly structured south side is oriented towards the market square, the rear towards the formerly navigable Kremper Au , which is now piped. The town hall is one of the most important secular buildings of the brick renaissance in Schleswig-Holstein and bears witness to the economic heyday of Krempe in the 15th and 16th centuries.
The construction
Building history
The town hall was built in 1570 on the market square of the fortress town in an economically prosperous period. It is a two-storey brick building with an approximately square floor plan, which was originally decorated with a stepped gable in front of a high, black clapboard roof. The representative front side of the building was completely bricked up and facing the market. Here was the entrance to the Ratskeller, for which the city council had the privilege to dispense beer and wine from Hamburg. Access to the ground floor and the upper floors was through the still existing door on the east side of the building. The rear hall and the attic served as storage space for the city's traders and could be loaded and unloaded via the gate facing the Kremper Au.
In 1784 the building was renewed to simplify matters, with the stepped gable removed and the roof covered with red tiles and crowned with an octagonal roof turret . The lower part of the shaft is clad with clapboards and the upper part has a view window all around. Its carnelian-shaped curved hood is covered with copper. On the market side, the access to the Ratskeller was walled up and an entrance to the ground floor was added in place of the left window of the city treasury. It still contains the curved baroque door today.
In 1908/09 the town hall was reconstructed.
South gable front
The south gable forms the front side. The main entrance with a baroque front door with skylight dates from 1784. The wide niche to the left of it was added in 1908 in place of an originally existing portal. Above it is a double coat of arms stone with the coats of arms of the state and the city as well as an inscription with the year 1570. Four six-part, lead-glazed windows with arched arches divide the upper floor. The gable surface above has nine arched openings, the middle of which are covered. The openings are profiled several times by beads.
North gable and side fronts
- The north gable side is completely half- timbered. It was completely renewed in 1908.
- The cantilevered upper floor of the side fronts shows half-timbered structures with filling brick patterns, profiled sill beams and richly designed consoles.
- The side basement is solidly bricked. The windows on the street side are vaulted with arched arches, as on the market side.
gallery
South gable with baroque entrance door, seating niche and coat of arms
Carved figure on the east side:
clergyman
Carved figure on the west side:
Wild man
Year and coat of arms of the state and the city
Sill beam with carving on the west wall
The shingle-clad roof turret with copper covering
back
A pulley is reminiscent of the Krempau, as parts of the town hall were also used as a warehouse
Interior and outfit
The ground floor is divided into the Ratskeller on the market side and the town hall hall on the north side. A spiral staircase leads from the hall to the upper floor with two large halls, the council chamber and the conference room. The walls are decoratively painted in the style of the early 17th century - mostly repaired and renewed in 1908.
- On the door is a painting of a wild man swinging a club . The following inscription can be read on a tape above it: “Sta dar buten, ick sla di up de snuten - anno 1570”
- A new chimney was installed in 1908. It bears five baroque reliefs on Moses on a cornice . The fireplace grille shows the representation of Perseus , who freed Andromeda , on a cast iron plate .
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, edited by Johannes Habich, 1972
- Art topography Schleswig-Holstein. Processed in the State Office for Monument Preservation Schleswig-Holstein and in the Office for Monument Preservation of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982, ISBN 3-529-02627-1 .
- Klaus-Joachim Lorenzen-Schmidt: The Kremper town hall as a restaurant, in: Steinburger Jahrbuch 1999, pp. 117–129
- Klaus-J. Lorenzen-Schmidt: History of the City of Krempe at a Glance, in: Kremper Chronik, Heide, 2009
- Hermann Ruhe: The town hall in Krempe, Krempe, 1925
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Coordinates: 53 ° 50 ′ 10.5 " N , 9 ° 29 ′ 23.4" E