Description of the attraction
On the New Square in Klagenfurt, opposite the statue of Empress Maria Theresa, is the building of the New Town Hall, which was previously called the Rosenberg Palace and was a private residence. Currently, the city municipality sits in it.
The imposing Renaissance building, now decorated in a classical, austere manner, was built at the end of the 16th century. After a fire in 1636, it burned out and turned into a pile of unnecessary stones. A few years later, the local bishop Lodron offered these ruins for a certain amount of money to Johann Andreas von Rosenberg, who appreciated the location of the ruins right in the center of the city. Rosenberg enthusiastically set about building the ancestral residence. And soon a magnificent palace appeared on the New Square of the city, which in 1700 again suffered from a fire. He was patiently restored. At the beginning of the 19th century, the facades of the building were transformed in the classicism style, but the portal remained the same, Renaissance. Until 1918, the Rosenbergs owned the palace. Lavish receptions and magnificent balls were held here, and royal persons were received. The situation changed when the city authorities suggested that the Rosenberg family move to the Old Town Hall building and give their palace to the municipality. For some reason, the Rosenbergs agreed, and their former residence became known as the New Town Hall.
The three-storey building with a triangular pediment is painted gray, white and cream. In the corners of the building you can see bay windows, which were typical of the local architecture of the 16th century. Many city mansions of that period were decorated with such bay windows.
