Rathaus Korneuburg, Administrative building in Korneuburg, Austria.
The Rathaus Korneuburg is a large, irregular four-winged neo-Gothic building in the middle of the Hauptplatz, dominated by the Stadtturm. Its main south-west facade has a three-axis central riser with a balcony and tracery windows, between which stand canopy figures of Franz Joseph I and Duke Albrecht I by Emanuel Pendl. The 1895 tracery gable carries the town coat of arms and the year 1298, and the ground floor opens through a broad pointed-arch portal into a vaulted columned hall.
A church dedicated to St Nicholas stood here from around 1170, consecrated in 1193. The Stadtturm was built above its apse between 1440 and 1447 as a watchtower against fire and enemies; it was badly damaged in the Thirty Years' War. The church became Lutheran in the 16th century, passed to the Augustinians in 1625 and was deconsecrated under Joseph II in 1786. After the Baroque town hall was demolished, Max Kropf's design incorporating the tower won, and the new building opened on 15 February 1896.
The neo-Gothic building, opened on 15 February 1896, still houses shops and restaurants alongside the municipal offices. In the stairwell of the north-west wing, a stucco ceiling displays the coats of arms of citizens of the 15th and 16th centuries, including mayor Andreas Ramler (1406) and Niklas Engelgershauser, honoured for rebuilding the town after the 1417 fire.
The neo-Gothic town hall stands in the middle of Korneuburg's Hauptplatz, with the 1447 Stadtturm rising above it; the triumphal arch of the former St. Nicholas Church is still visible in the courtyard. The building houses municipal offices as well as shops and restaurants, so visitors can combine official business with a stop in the arcade hall behind the pointed-arch portal.
The tower that rises above the neo-Gothic town hall is older than the building itself: it was built between 1440 and 1447 over the apse of the former St. Nicholas Church as a watchtower against enemies and fire. In the courtyard, the triumphal arch of that church can still be made out.
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