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

Schladming Town Hall (Rathaus) description and photos - Austria: Schladming. 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 Schladming Town Hall is located in the former hunting lodge of Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The three-story building with a south tower was built in 1884. It was a comfortable villa designed for an easy, carefree life. Its external appearance was reminiscent of the designs of English castles of the XVI-XVII centuries, and the sloping roof with dormers was characteristic of French country mansions.

The municipality of Schladming bought the Saxe-Coburg hunting lodge in 1940. It is currently turned into a town hall. Its premises were modernized in accordance with the requirements of the time and the officials who settled there. The exterior of the villa remains the same. At the main portal you can see the coat of arms of the city of Schladming. The facades of the building are covered with ivy which gives the mansion a charm and makes it less formal.

Schladming Town Hall is surrounded by a park that was laid out by its former owner, Prince of Saxe-Coburg. One of the main attractions of the park is a massive stone that stood on the border of the Schladming community in the Middle Ages. It is the only surviving Schladming border post. On it you can see the date "1588", which indicates the time of its installation. The embossed letters "BBZS" refer to the "Schladming municipality". In the center of the stone there is a kind of emblem representing crossed hammers and the Latin letter "S". These are symbols of mining, which is a direct indication of the occupation of the inhabitants of Schladming in past centuries. The park with shady alleys and benches installed on them is open at any time of the day.

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