Zörbig town hall
The town hall of Zörbig is a monument in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt .
Zörbig was named as a town as early as 1258, but only received town privileges in 1470. The town wall was built in the 16th century, only little is known about the town hall. During the Thirty Years War the city was visited 15 times, so that it was completely ruined. Zörbig was only able to recover from this in the 19th century.
The current town hall was built on the east side of the market in 1846 with its defensive-looking north tower with battlements on the roof. It initially had a pointed helmet on the tower, but it was removed in 1899. The building also housed the Sparkasse and Ratskeller, so that the town hall was the social center of the city for a long time. It is under monument protection and has the registration number 094 90 028 in the monument register .
The architectural style of the building is striking, as it presents itself as a late Gothic variety of brick Gothic that is rarely seen in Germany. There is a balcony above the entrance, and on the facade there is also a relief tablet of an angel holding the city's coat of arms. It is still the seat of the city administration today. Between 2009 and 2013 the town hall was rebuilt inside.
On the market square in front of the building you will find the Saxon post mile column and the fountain with the Zörbiger juice boy .
literature
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony Anhalt II. Administrative districts Dessau and Halle. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-422-03065-4 .
- List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 13, Bitterfeld district , prepared by Sabine Oszmer, Michael Imhof Verlag, Halle / Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-937251-53-7 .
- Erich Neuss : Zörbig. In: Berent Schwineköper (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 11: Province of Saxony Anhalt (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 314). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-520-31402-9 , pp. 530-531.
Individual evidence
- ^ Neuss, p. 531.
- ^ Dehio, p. 947.
- ^ List of monuments, 11, p. 196.
- ↑ List of monuments of the state of Saxony-Anhalt (pdf) - answer of the state government to a small question for written answer (the MPs Olaf Meister and Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert; Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen) - printed matter 6/3905 from March 19, 2015 (KA 6/8670).
- ↑ Interior fittings in the town hall almost finished , Central German Time, August 14, 2013, accessed on November 17, 2018.
Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 40.4 " N , 12 ° 7 ′ 11.3" E