Hattingen - Altes Rathaus Anno 1576 02
The old city hall is a half-timbered house in Hattingen. Since about 1420 the building was a covered market for the meat sale, establishes from Ruhr sandstone. In 1576 the building was increased by two floors in timber-framed building manner and was used as a city hall.
With a renovation at the end of the 18th century the building received big windows, the framework was plastered, the roof with the top gables was substituted with a hipped roof and the hall was altered by a passageway with prison cells. The passage connects the untermarket with the churchyard.
In 1910 the management moved in the new city hall in Roonstrasse. From 1932 a museum of local history, the today's town museum of Hattingen was in the house in Blankenstein.
In the post-war period one began with the restoration of the original state of the framework. The core was redeveloped under protection of the beam construction. The restoration works were finished in 1993. Today it accommodates the gallery of the art association.
Hattingen - Altes Rathaus Anno 1576 02
The old city hall is a half-timbered house in Hattingen. Since about 1420 the building was a covered market for the meat sale, establishes from Ruhr sandstone. In 1576 the building was increased by two floors in timber-framed building manner and was used as a city hall.
With a renovation at the end of the 18th century the building received big windows, the framework was plastered, the roof with the top gables was substituted with a hipped roof and the hall was altered by a passageway with prison cells. The passage connects the untermarket with the churchyard.
In 1910 the management moved in the new city hall in Roonstrasse. From 1932 a museum of local history, the today's town museum of Hattingen was in the house in Blankenstein.
In the post-war period one began with the restoration of the original state of the framework. The core was redeveloped under protection of the beam construction. The restoration works were finished in 1993. Today it accommodates the gallery of the art association.