Rathaus - Chur, GR, Switzerland
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
N 46° 50.933 E 009° 31.942
32T E 540587 N 5188508
The town hall of Chur is a late gothic building in the town center.
Waymark Code: WMP1ZN
Location: Graubünden, Switzerland
Date Posted: 06/13/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
Views: 6

EN: The town hall of Chur dates back to the Gothic period. The present building was probably three different houses before 1464, then were meged into one building after the devastation of the city fire, therefore the strikingly uneven ground plan. Until 1554 the house also contained a hospital. Inside there are several rooms full of rich furnishings and wall decorations of the Renaissance period, particularly the Great Council Chamber, where the deputies of the League of God's House met in the 15th century, and the cantonal parliament was temporarily accommodated after it was founded founded and today the town council meets. The Town Hall was extensively restored in 1943. In addition to the council are now in the house still housed the city archives and the General Register Office.

DE: Das Rathaus von Chur stammt aus gotischer Zeit. Das heutige Gebäude bestand bis 1464 wahrscheinlich aus drei unterschiedlichen Häusern, die nach den Verwüstungen des Stadtbrandes zu einer Einheit zusammengefügt wurden. Daher kommt der auffallend ungleichmässige Grundriss. Bis 1554 war im Haus auch noch ein Spital untergebracht. Das Innere sind mehrere Räume reich an Ausstattungen und Wandschmuck der Renaissancezeit, besonders der Grosse Ratssaal, wo sich im 15. Jahrhundert die Abgeordneten des Gotteshausbundes trafen, nach der Kantonsgründung zeitweilig das Kantonsparlament untergebracht war und heute der Gemeinderat tagt. Das Rathaus wurde 1943 umfangreich restauriert. Neben dem Gemeinderat sind heute in dem Haus noch das Stadtarchiv und das Zivilstandsamt untergebracht.
Date Built: before 1464

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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...

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