St. Pölten Town Hall
The town hall of St. Pölten was bought by the city in 1503 and rebuilt. It is located in the provincial capital St. Pölten of Lower Austria on Rathausplatz and houses the offices of the mayor , the city senate and the municipal council. In addition, parts of the magistrate are housed in the building.
history
The first mention of the town hall can be found in a document in 1503: "... a house on the Breiten Markt [today's town hall square] has been bought as a common town to become a town hall ..." The house bought at that time was only the eastern half of today's one Baus. The western half was acquired in 1567 and connected to the present building in the following years. The facade has been standardized so that the former division can no longer be recognized. The octagonal town hall tower, which originally served as a granary and armory , was completed in 1591.
The town hall received its current baroque appearance in the first half of the 18th century. In 1727 Joseph Munggenast redesigned the facade. The mayor's room, the former council chamber, in it above all the imperial ceiling with the medallion portraits of the Roman-German emperors of Friedrich III. until Charles VI. was designed in 1722. The onion dome was erected between 1750 and 1775.
The coat of arms decorations from the former Kremser and Wienertor were added after they were razed.
Over time, the town hall had numerous functions. It housed the city scales, the salt office and the bread tables. Later the first fire station, garages for the rescue as well as the library, the museum and the city prison were located in the town hall.
During renovation work on the west facade, a sgraffito area from the late 14th century was exposed.
literature
- Thomas Karl et al., 1999: The art monuments of the city of St. Pölten and its incorporated localities , entry town hall , pp. 196–203. ISBN 3-85028-310-0
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Landeschronik Niederösterreich, p. 171, ISBN 3-85447-254-4
- ↑ Entry on St. Pölten in the database Gedächtnis des Landes for the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- ↑ Landeschronik Niederösterreich, p. 233, ISBN 3-85447-254-4
- ↑ Barockstadt St. Pölten, Local History Book Series, Volume I, pages 37 f.
- ↑ a b c The town hall in the 3D city tour ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 16 ″ N , 15 ° 37 ′ 22 ″ E