Description of the attraction
Krems Town Hall is located on the Parish Square (Pfarrplatz), south of the parish church and the famous Landstraße main street.
The history of the Town Hall begins in 1419 with the purchase of a group of houses located south of the parish cemetery. These buildings in the past belonged to local resident Margarete von Dachsberg. In 1453, it was decided to demolish these buildings and build a new mayor's office in their place. It took about 100 years for this plan to go into effect.
The town hall was built in 1548 in a baroque style on the corner of Landstrasse and Kirchengasse. Its main decoration is a beautiful bay window, which was renovated several years ago and now appears in its former splendor to the locals and guests of Krems. The facades of the City Hall are decorated with various reliefs, a sculpture of Samson with a lion and images of coats of arms, among which are the emblems of the city of Krems, Emperor Charles V and monarch Ferdinand I. These coats of arms became a kind of expression of solidarity between the city fathers and their rulers.
In 1549, two halls were added to the Town Hall, which can be accessed from the northern side, that is, from the Parish Square. The vaults of these rooms were supported by columns. One room was the mayor's office, and the second, which could be accessed from the first, was a small room in the late Gothic style, now turned into a conference room. The ballroom, decorated in the baroque style, is also of great interest, which is now used for ceremonial receptions and meetings of city councilors.
The modern baroque facades of the building are the result of the reconstruction of the Town Hall, which took place in 1782.
