Town Hall of Krems (Rathaus) description and photos - Austria: Krems (Topic)

Krems Town Hall (Rathaus) description and photo - Austria: Krems. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Rathaus.

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The Krems Town Hall is located on the Parish Square (Pfarrplatz), south of the parish church and the famous main street Landstrasse.

The history of the Town Hall begins in 1419 with the purchase of the group houses located south of the parish cemetery. These buildings were formerly owned by local resident Margarete von Dachsberg. In 1453, it was decided to demolish these buildings and build a new city hall in their place. It took about 100 years for this plan to go into effect.

The town hall was built in 1548 in a baroque style on the corner of Landstrasse and Kirchengasse. Its main decoration is a beautiful bay window, which was renovated several years ago and now appears to the locals and guests of Krems in its former splendor. The facades of the City Hall are decorated with various reliefs, a sculpture of Samson with a lion and images of coats of arms, among which one can note the emblems of the city of Krems, Emperor Charles V and Monarch Ferdinand I. These coats of arms became a kind of expression of solidarity between the city fathers and their rulers.

In 1549 two halls were added to the Town Hall, which can be accessed from the northern side, that is, from the Parish Square. The vaults of these rooms were supported by columns. One room was the mayor's office, and the second, which could be accessed from the first, was a small room in the late Gothic style, now converted into a conference room. The ballroom, decorated in the Baroque style, which is now used for ceremonial receptions and meetings of city councilors, is also of great interest.

The modern baroque facades of the building are the result of the reconstruction of the Town Hall, which took place in 1782.

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