Vaduz Town Hall (German: Rathaus zu Vaduz ) is a meeting building for the city and municipal council of the capital of Liechtenstein , Vaduz .
History
In 1931, the municipal council of Vaduz made a decision to build a new town hall building. As a result of the competition held in February 1932, the project of the Liechtenstein architect Franz Röckle was adopted, after several revisions, in September of the same year it was approved by the municipal council of the city. Construction of the building was carried out in 1932-1933; November 19, 1933 it was opened. Since the costs three times exceeded the total annual income of the commune, the city council decided to rent out part of the building. In 1984, the last such lease agreement was canceled - with the Liechtenstein Land Bank ( Liechtensteinische Landesbank ), which held the currency exchange office here - and since then the town hall has been completely at the disposal of the city commune of Vaduz.
Architecture
The building of the town hall of a rectangular shape with an attached tower is made and stylized as an architectural monument of the Western European Middle Ages. The town hall is covered by a high gable roof. On the east side of the town hall is the stone-hewn coat of arms of the commune of Vaduz, established here in 1983. Made in 1932, the coat of arms granted to the commune by the prince of Liechtenstein was transferred in the 1980s to the wall of the north-western facade of the town hall. The walls of the meeting room are decorated with Joseph Seeger with stylized images of Princes of Liechtenstein from various dynasties - from the Middle Ages. There are also portraits of the rulers of the principality (since 1712) and the burgomasters of Vaduz.
In the south-eastern part of the wall of the building, a fresco depicting Saint Urban , the patron saint of winegrowers and wine-makers, with a vine in his hands, was created around the balcony in 1937. This picture pointed to the great importance of viticulture for the inhabitants of Vaduz in the past. By mistake, of sv. Urban on the fresco depicted by the Pope of Rome.
On the south-east side of the town hall is the Town Hall Square ( Rathausplatz ), which completely changed its appearance after cosmetic work in 2006. For example, now it is lined with red plastic plates.
Literature
- Cornelia Herrmann: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Das Oberland. In: Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz. Bern 2007, ISBN 978-3-906131-85-6 .