Town hall of Tübingen

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Town hall in Tübingen

The Tübingen town hall was built from 1435 and expanded and renovated in several phases. From about 1471 to 1805 it served as the seat of the court of the State of Württemberg . In addition to images of justice , friezes and sgraffito paintings, the facade contains an astronomical clock . The building has a length of approx. 20 meters, is approx. 15 meters wide and has a height of approx. 20 to the eaves and approx. 30 meters to the ridge .

history

The Tübingen town hall around 1877

From May 28, 1433, the city ​​of Tübingen acquired various houses on the market square in order to demolish them and from 1435 to build the Tübingen town hall as a two-story Alemannic half-timbered building in their place. The city court of Tübingen initially held its negotiations in the open air, probably on the market square, but later moved its seat to the town hall. The first known document of a court hearing in the town hall dates from September 19, 1458. The transfer of the court to the town hall was officially documented by a certificate from Emperor Friedrich III. of August 12, 1471. Between 1495 and 1496, Count Eberhard im Bart extended the town hall by one floor, on which the courtroom was located. In 1508 a third floor was probably added. In 1511 the astronomical clock was constructed and installed by the Tübingen professor Johannes Stöffler (1452–1531), the original dial of which can be found in the city museum. As a thank you for the attitude of the city of Tübingen during the uprising of " Poor Konrad ", Tübingen was designated the permanent seat of the court of the state of Württemberg on August 18, 1514.

The basement of the town hall was available to the hospital; a prison, a bakery, a butcher's and a penitentiary were housed on the ground floor until the 16th century. In 1548 a salt house was added, an extension to the west and the enlargement of the central window on the third floor. On the first floor is the "Öhrn", built in 1596, a reception and waiting room with wooden designs from the 15th century, where festivals were probably also celebrated. There is also the “leather stage”, a meeting place for the citizens, as well as sales rooms for tanners and the city's salt store. Two years later, the town hall received an ornamental gable for embellishment. Around 1600 a sculpture in the form of a bacchante was attached to the south-east corner , who throws her dress drunk behind her and, according to St. Urban , the patron saint of the wine growers, points out the importance of the market square as a trading place for wine. In 1668 the town council, which had previously met in the small and large court rooms on the first floor, found a new home in the large assembly room.

Astronomical clock dial (2007)

After the renovation work in 1698, the small courtroom of the town hall was rebuilt in 1760 and the stucco ceiling was repainted. On March 30, 1805, the court court of the state of Württemberg, which had previously met on the third floor of the town hall, was relocated to Stuttgart. The astronomical clock, built in 1511, was located next to the town hall chancellery until 1849 and was then moved to the tower of the town hall. In 1876 the facade of the town hall was given a new sgraffito painting on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the University of Tübingen . Between 1908 and 1909 an extension was built in the west, the external staircase at the town hall that had existed up until then was removed and the salt house was redesigned into municipal offices.

At some even during the Weimar Republic democratically elected local councils, which in the course of the seizure of power in 1933 by the Nazis had been forcibly removed from office, recalls the later installed in Tübingen town hall plaque "You are not forgotten". Since the name of Otto Koch, who later became a member of the NSDAP , is also listed on the board , the text in its current form was not only met with undivided approval.

After the Second World War , the wedding room was set up in 1951, which was restored in 1952 and designed by the university scholar Gert Biese with a group of figures making music. During renovation work in 1954, the facade painting on the gable side was exposed. Since the renovation in 1968, the “Öhrn” served as a council chamber and event location for the Tübingen community. As part of the renovation work from 1965 to 1969, the stairwell of the town hall was also renewed. In the 1970s, previously used wooden pillars were replaced by concrete pillars, whereby the town hall had to be raised and lowered again for renovation. Between 1979 and 1983, new administrative buildings were built behind the town hall, and various residential buildings were renovated. In 2012, a renewed renovation of the town hall began for around 11 million euros, among other things due to static defects that had arisen from earlier renovation work. In addition, the ceiling and furniture on the first floor have been renewed, barrier-free access has been set up and CO 2 emissions have been reduced. The renovation of the town hall was completed on November 28, 2015. The municipal council meeting room, city administration offices and the wedding room will continue to be used.

architecture

Ornaments on the town hall (2010)

The town hall reveals elements of the Baroque period from the structure of the gable and roof turret , as well as the extension of the balcony, while wooden designs from the 15th century can be seen in the large hall.

The “Öhrn” was embellished in 1596 by Jakob Züberlein (1556–1607) with “ images of justice”. During his stay in Tübingen from 1583 to 1607, Züberlein based himself on the woodcuts by Tobias Stimmer . Züberlein's eight frescoes each deal with four themes from biblical and Roman history. Allegories of prudence and justice are posted above the entrances to each courtroom. The images of justice should make the “righteous judges” and council members aware of their high duties and represent the community. Two years later the town hall was embellished, among other things, with a new painting of the main facade and gable side, as well as in 1600 with new facade paintings.

Main facade of the town hall (2012)

The town hall also received a sgraffito painting on the main facade by Ludwig Lesker in 1876 based on the designs of the Stuttgart university professor Dollinger. Lesker received the order “to make a sketch corresponding to its antiquity for the version of the town hall”, but designed a painting in the style of the neo-renaissance of the Wilhelminian era. Allegories of justice, prosperity and science are painted on the facade of the town hall. The friezes on the first floor show historical personalities such as the Tübingen Vogt Konrad Breuning (1430 / 40–1517), Johannes Osiander (1657–1724), Mayor Heinrich Dann (1720–1790), Oberamtmann Johann Ludwig Huber (1723–1800), Johann Friedrich von Cotta (1764–1832) and Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862). These paintings were restored and saved by Walter Hammer between 1967 and 1969.

The ceilings in the courtrooms were painted in vivid colors with bunches and fruits of the country, as well as roses and tulips. The door frame to the "Öhrn" was provided with inlay work showing the year "MDXCVI" (1596). This year can also be found on the astronomical clock. The renovation from 2012 to 2015 left various parts of the town hall in their old state in order to reveal part of the building's history. The rediscovered court room was given a new wall painting as a reconstruction of the version from the 1920s.

literature

  • Rudolf Huber: The town hall of Tübingen , published by the city administration of Tübingen, Tübingen 1956.
  • Wilfried Setzler : The Tübingen Town Hall: A historical guide , published by the Cultural Office of the University City of Tübingen, Tübingen 2007.
  • Jürgen Sydow : History of the city of Tübingen, Part I From the beginnings to the transition to Württemberg 1342 , Tübingen 1975.
  • Jürgen Sydow: Town Hall Tübingen , Tübingen 1976.
  • Unknown: The town hall in Tübingen , In: Gütersloh Bauverlag BV (Ed.): Bauwelt ( No. 42), Gütersloh 1964.
  • Karl Weidle: The origin of Alt-Tübingen , Tübingen 1955.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ Unknown: The town hall in Tübingen . In: Gütersloh Bauverlag BV (Hrsg.): Bauwelt . No. 42 . Gütersloh 1964.
  4. ↑ Weidle, Karl: The emergence of old Tübingen . Tuebingen 1955.
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  6. ↑ a b c d Sydow, Jürgen: History of the City of Tübingen, Part I From the beginnings to the transition to Württemberg in 1342 . Tuebingen 1974.
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  12. ↑ You are not forgotten. Speech by Klaus te Wildt, local council meeting on March 18, 2013. In: Site of the SPD local council group in Tübingen. Archived from the original on May 11, 2014 ; accessed on March 11, 2019 .
  13. ↑ [author covered by a payment barrier]:So that the victims are not forgotten. A plaque in the town hall commemorates city councilors who were robbed of their office by the Nazis in 1933on the page of the Schwäbisches Tagblatt from November 11, 2015, last accessed on August 2, 2017
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  15. ↑ Angela Hauser: Not all of them were heroes , contribution to the memorial plaque and the biography of some of the Tübingen personalities named on it on the website of the Die Linke party , Tübingen district association of February 26, 2014, last accessed on August 2, 2017
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Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '13 "  N , 9 ° 3' 11.8"  E