Wuerzburg Town Hall

Wuerzburg Town Hall
	; Front facade of the main building
Data
place	Wurzburg , Germany
Architectural style	Gothic, baroque, neo-renaissance
particularities
	Town hall , former monastery building

At Grafeneckart 1 (with Ratskeller), before it was repainted in 2017

Würzburg, town hall: southern entrance (red building)

High water marks at the southern entrance to the town hall

Four-tube fountain in front of the town hall

Würzburg town hall complex (center)

Renaissance bay window at Grafeneckart, 1544

The Würzburg City Hall or City Hall Würzburg is a building complex in the old town of Würzburg with the addresses Rückermainstraße 2, Karmelitenstraße 43, Beim Grafeneckart 1, Beim Grafeneckart 2 and Langgasse 1. It was destroyed in World War II and reconstructed and rebuilt in the early 1950s. The buildings are used by the city administration. The town hall can be crossed from Grafeneckart to Rückermainstraße. The new council chamber on the first floor of the south wing shows scenes from the history of Würzburg in frescoes by Wolfgang Lenz on the walls .

The town hall was built between 1898 and 1900 before the world wars and was expanded in 1904/1905.

Grafeneckart

Würzburg, Grafeneckart: Notice board for the bombing raid on Würzburg on March 16, 1945. Documentation room

Ratskeller in Grafeneckart in Würzburg

The Grafeneckart , which belongs to the town hall, is the oldest preserved Romanesque secular building in the city of Würzburg. In 1316, the citizens of Würzburg acquired the farm and used it as a town hall. In 1456 a fire and hour bell was cast for the Grafeneckart tower and the tower clock was completed. On the ground floor of the Grafeneckart building is a documentation room about the bombing of Würzburg on March 16, 1945 . The totally destroyed city center is shown in a model. The Grafeneckart itself was repaired again in 1950. The building department is located in the service building at Grafeneckart 1. From 1912 until the opening on January 31, 1918, today's Ratskeller was built as a restaurant. The Ratskeller was restored in 1973 after the 1945 bombing.

Red building and southern entrance to the town hall

Opposite the four-tube fountain is the southern entrance to the town hall in the building known as the Red Building , which adjoins the Grafeneckarts building to the west and is set back to the north, which originally served primarily to accommodate a new council chamber. The red building planned in 1658 with its distinctive gable facade was completed in 1659. At the entrance gate, the years and stamps remind of special high water levels. The master stonemason Sebastian Villinger was responsible for the design and construction management, sculptural details such as the expressive stone grimaces of the arcades of the building created in 1659 come from Johann Philipp Preuß from Erbach (Odenwald) , the leading Würzburg sculptor at the time. Remnants of the wall and ceiling decorations created by the plasterer Prospero Brenno in 1672 have been preserved in the room of the red building.

Monument aspects

The building complex is registered as a monument in the Bavarian list of monuments. The description reads:

“Historically grown group of buildings from different epochs, the whole complex was rebuilt in 1947–1951.

Grafeneckart building, five-storey massive saddle roof building and tower with pointed helmet and lantern, Romanesque core around 1200, Gothic conversion with tower elevation in 1453, heightening with Renaissance volute gable by Wolf Behringer 1593/94, Baroque portal marked 1695; Cellar construction, early 15th century, with a former council chapel, Gothic, 1399.

Red building, two-storey saddle roof building with richly structured red sandstone facade and volute gable, Renaissance, Philipp Preiss and Sebastian Villinger, 1659/60.

Former monastery building of the Discalced Carmelites , since the abbey church was demolished as a three-storey plastered three-wing complex with drilled window frames and hipped roofs, central projection with hipped mansard roof and colossal structure, baroque, around 1720.

Extension on Karmelitenstrasse, elongated three-storey saddle roof building with rich red sandstone facade, roof structure changed, neo-renaissance, Peter Bernatz, 1898/99 "

literature

Hans Steidle: In the beginning there was murder. The Würzburg town hall as a focal point of politics and history. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2012. ISBN 978-3-429-03506-8
Thomas Heiler: The Grafeneckart: on the history of the Würzburg town hall. (Writings of the Würzburg City Archives ), Schöningh, Würzburg 1986. ISBN 3-87717-753-0
Jonas Justus: From the early days of the Würzburg town hall. In: The Mainlande , 1st year, 1950, p. 1 f.
Denis André Chevalley: Lower Franconia . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (= Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VI ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-486-52397-X .
Ulrich Wagner: The Grafeneckart - a symbol of civil liberty. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. Volume 1: From the beginning to the outbreak of the Peasants' War. Konrad-Theiss, Stuttgart 2001.

Web links

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

City of Würzburg with citizen portal
Sight - Grafeneckart and town hall
Wolfgang Jung: The Würzburg town hall. How the Grafeneckart became a symbol for the Würzburg citizens' struggle for freedom .
Town hall at wuerzburgwiki.de

Individual evidence

↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 585–587.
↑ Sight - Grafeneckart and town hall
^ Harm-Hinrich Brandt : Würzburg municipal policy 1869-1918. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), pp. 64-166 and 1254-1267; here: p. 138.
↑ Würzburg, Altes Rathaus, Grafeneckart: information board
^ Wolfgang Schneider: Folk culture and everyday life. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, Volume 1 (2001): From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasants' War. ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 , pp. 491-514 and 661-665, here: pp. 491 and 661.
^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1242.
↑ wuerzburg.de
^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1236.
^ Bruno Rottenbach: Würzburg street names. Volume 1, Fränkische Gesellschaftdruckerei, Würzburg 1967, p. 86 (chapter The Ratskeller ).
^ History of the Grafeneckart and the Ratskeller in Würzburg
↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 614–616, 622–624 and 628.
↑ List of monuments for Würzburg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-6-63-000-37
↑ List of monuments for Würzburg (PDF) Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation

49.79373 9.92812Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 37.4 " N , 9 ° 55 ′ 41.2" E

[1] Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 585–587.

[2] Sight - Grafeneckart and town hall

[3] Harm-Hinrich Brandt : Würzburg municipal policy 1869-1918. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), pp. 64-166 and 1254-1267; here: p. 138.

[4] Würzburg, Altes Rathaus, Grafeneckart: information board

[5] Wolfgang Schneider: Folk culture and everyday life. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, Volume 1 (2001): From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasants' War. ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 , pp. 491-514 and 661-665, here: pp. 491 and 661.

[6] Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1242.

[7] wuerzburg.de

[8] Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1236.

[9] Bruno Rottenbach: Würzburg street names. Volume 1, Fränkische Gesellschaftdruckerei, Würzburg 1967, p. 86 (chapter The Ratskeller ).

[10] History of the Grafeneckart and the Ratskeller in Würzburg

[11] Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 614–616, 622–624 and 628.

[12] List of monuments for Würzburg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-6-63-000-37

[13] List of monuments for Würzburg (PDF) Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation