Quedlinburg town hall
The Quedlinburg town hall is the town hall of the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .
It is located on the north side of the town's market square at the address Markt 1 and is listed in the Quedlinburg monument register. The Quedlinburger Roland stands southwest of the town hall .
Architecture and history
The listed two-story Gothic building is one of the oldest town halls in Central Germany and its core dates back to the beginning of the 14th century. The first documentary mention comes from the year 1310. The town hall was built at the intersection of two trade routes.
The building presents itself as a stone construction . It is 25 meters wide and 17 meters high. It is partly plastered. The eastern outer wall of the town hall is inclined to the building, following the course of the Breite Straße which opens onto the market . The town hall is covered by a steep gable roof . The facade of the town hall is overgrown with ivy . The appearance of the building is also characterized by the traditional flower boxes in front of the windows, which were originally used to grow herbs to improve the air in the office.
In 1615/1616 and from 1898 to 1901 extensive renovations took place, which shape the current appearance. So in 1615/1616 the facade that still exists today was built. Instead of the old Gothic pointed arch windows, the paired rectangular windows were added. The facade originally received a whitewashed rough plaster , the window frames were set off from this by a gray-green color with a narrow black border. The entrance, which was originally on the west gable side, was moved to the south side facing the market. At this point, was by then Ratsapotheke . The western entrance was initially retained and was not walled up until 1862. To 1616 created new portal leads a staircase with seven steps. The portal is framed by columns and has seating niches. It is recorded that the stonemason who carried out the portal was paid 42 thalers and 18 groschen. In the top above the portal is the breastplate of a black imperial eagle, the Quedlinburg coat of arms and crowning Abundantia , the Roman goddess of abundance. The figure of Abundantia was created for 22 thalers by the sculptor Georg Stier . Links of the portal was in 1922 a plaque to commemorate the first written mention of the city in 922 by Henry I attached.
A two-storey archive tower with a hexagonal floor plan on the southwest side of the town hall dates from the end of the 14th century . The tower, crowned with a tent roof, is decorated with coupled tracery . The tower was first mentioned in 1460. The secret treasure room was located on its upper floor. Due to an unusually vaulted ceiling, this room is called the Kesselbudde . A sundial that was still attached to the tower in the 16th century has not been preserved. The tower was originally designed in color. The window reveals were red, the mirrors of the tracery fields were white and some diamonds were gray. Until the early 19th century, originally as was on the south side of City Hall Pranger occupied Halseisen present.
In addition to the usual official business, the town hall also served as a place for social events. In 1583 the town hall was the site of a theological dispute between theologians sent to Quedlinburg by several sovereigns.
The display of an Egyptian lion is recorded for 1645 . The council meetings took place three times a week from 1588 and were announced by the council bell in the church tower of the Saint Benedict Church a little further north .
From 1899 to 1901 there was a significant expansion. Here the additions were made on the back of the town hall, but parts of the old half-timbering were reinserted. A large staircase and the east and west wings of the building were built. For this new building, the oldest surviving house in the city of Hoken 7 was torn down . The drafts for the extension were made by Laumer . In the ornamental gable of the extension to the Breite Straße, portraits of the clients have been inserted. The foundation stone for this north-facing extension was laid on June 28, 1899, and the inauguration took place on May 30, 1901.
During the Nazi era, the area in front of the town hall served as a backdrop for the Nazi propaganda at the Heinrich I celebrations , which Heinrich Himmler and Gauleiter Rudolf Jordan were also present.
Photo from 1893
Photo taken in 1905
So-called Heinrichs celebration in 1938 during the National Socialism; In the background the Quedlinburg town hall on the left, the Schuhmachergildehaus on the right and the house at Breite Straße 53
City Hall in 1985
Interior design
Originally the lower floor of the town hall was a two-aisled, flat-roofed room. From this phase a richly carved wooden pillar has been preserved under the central girder from the first half of the 15th century. A console with a figure of Christophorus was added later. The representative Citizens' Hall , which was also used for various celebrations, was located on the upper floor . In the eastern part of the ground floor there was a civic obedience as a detention cell. The market master's office, in which the calibrated weights and measures were stored, was also located on the ground floor. The town's market master lived in the attic of the house . The robbery count box , which is now in the castle museum, was also located here. Albrecht II of Regenstein is said to have been imprisoned in it from July 7, 1336 to March 20, 1338 .
During the renovations in 1615, the western groin vaulted two - aisled part was separated. There are modern fittings in the basement. The outside staircase of the entrance leads into a hall supported by pillars.
The renovation of the upper floor took place during the renovation from 1898 to 1901. Two richly carved doors, which are dated to 1659 and 1693 respectively, have been preserved. During this renovation, a new staircase was built.
The conference room of the town hall is located in the east wing of the building and is covered with a wooden barrel ceiling that rest on three-pass belts. Most of its furnishings date from the construction period around 1900. The paneling of the hall is decorated with six murals created by the Berlin artist Otto Marcus in the historicism style, which thematically deal with the history of Quedlinburg. The first abbess Mathilde was introduced to her office in 966, the captured robber count Albrecht II von Regenstein was brought into the city, three mayors from both the old town and the new town of Quedlinburg were brought home from the winter hunt, and the Roland's subjugation of the city in 1477, the introduction of the Reformation by the blind preacher Kirchhoff in 1534 and the advance of Brandenburg troops to Quedlinburg in 1698. Above the entrance is a three-part picture, which is different in style, but also by Marcus, created in 1912/1914. A round glass painting depicting Heinrich der Vogler on receipt of the royal crown was created in 1901 by Ferdinand Müller from Quedlinburg and is located in the ballroom. In the same year Müller created another round stained glass window for the main staircase, which shows the Quedlinburg coat of arms.
In 1974, the councilors' seats and desks, which were arranged in a semicircle, were removed.
Coat of arms above the town hall portal
Roland and mosaic on the southwest corner of the town hall
Detail of an extension from 1899
Glass painting depicting Heinrich I receiving the royal crown at Finkenherd, Ferdinand Müller, 1901
literature
- Werner Bernhagen: Quedlinburg. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Beuermann, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-87584-367-3 , p. 37.
- Falko Grubitzsch in: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 1: Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer u. a .: Administrative region of Magdeburg. Revision. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , pp. 742 f.
- Wolfgang Hoffmann: Quedlinburg. A guide to the world heritage city. 13th edition. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2010, ISBN 978-3-928977-19-7 , p. 33 f.
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , p. 170.
- Christa Rienäcker: The Quedlinburg town hall. Bild und Heimat Verlagsgesellschaft, Reichenbach (Vogtland).
- Falko Grubitzsch, Andreas Stahl: The town hall in Quedlinburg. In: Monument Preservation in Saxony-Anhalt 17 (2009) 2, pp. 4–37.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Falko Grubitzsch in: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 1: Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer u. a .: Administrative region of Magdeburg. Revision. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 742.
- ^ Wolfgang Hoffmann: Quedlinburg. A guide to the world heritage city. 13th edition. Schmidt-Buch-Verlag, Wernigerode 2010, ISBN 978-3-928977-19-7 , p. 33.
- ↑ Hans-Hartmut Schauer, Quedlinburg, specialist workshop / world cultural heritage , Verlag Bauwesen Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-345-00676-6 , page 28
- ^ Manfred Mittelstaedt, Quedlinburg , Sutton Verlag Erfurt 2003, ISBN 978-3-89702-560-8 , page 39 f.
- ↑ Hans-Hartmut Schauer, Quedlinburg, specialist workshop / world cultural heritage , Verlag Bauwesen Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-345-00676-6 , page 28
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 22.5 " N , 11 ° 8 ′ 31.2" E