City scales (Kempten)

Former city car at Schützenstrasse 6 in Kempten

The former Stadtwaage is a listed building in the independent city of Kempten (Allgäu) . The building addressed at Schützenstraße 6 , which once served as a city scales , shows classicist elements and probably dates from the second quarter of the 19th century.

The corner house is three-storey and closes off from St.-Mang-Platz with plaster blocks at the corners and around the two arched portals . The basement is groin vaulted .

A cornice separates the upper floors from this: On the upper floors, the house edges are framed with corner pilasters . The three window axes continue the architecture of the basement and have round arches. The transition under the hipped roof is formed by a toothed cornice .

Individual evidence

^ Alexander Duke of Württemberg: City of Kempten (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII.85 ). Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-7954-1003-7 , p. 90 f .
^ Michael Petzet : City and district of Kempten. (= Bavarian art monuments. Vol. 5), 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, DNB 453751636 , p. 64.

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47.72497268 10.31893051Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 29.9 ″ N , 10 ° 19 ′ 8.1 ″ E

[1] Alexander Duke of Württemberg: City of Kempten (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII.85 ). Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-7954-1003-7 , p. 90 f .

[2] Michael Petzet : City and district of Kempten. (= Bavarian art monuments. Vol. 5), 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, DNB 453751636 , p. 64.