Bad Kissingen - New Town Hall

he New Town Hall, formerly the Heußlein Hof or Heußleinsches Schloss, a former aristocratic residence built between 1707 and 1710 in the Bavarian spa town of Bad Kissingen to a design by Johann Dientzenhofer

According to the inscription on the gate, on the site of today's New Town Hall, the "Schlettensche Kemenate" was built in 1590 by Christoph von Schletten and his wife Maria von Erthal. In 1634 the estate passed into the ownership of the Heußlein von Eußenheim family.

In 1707, Heinrich Christoph Heußlein von Eußenheim (2 May 1656 - 31 August 1719) commissioned the architect Johann Dientzenhofer to design and build the Heußlein Palace because the "Schlettensche Kemenate" no longer met his requirements. The building was completed in 1707-1710.

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History

According to the inscription on the gate, the "Schlettensche Kemenate" was built in 1590 on the site of today's New Town Hall by Christoph von Schletten and his wife Maria von Erthal. In 1634 the estate passed into the ownership of the Heußlein von Eußenheim family.

In 1707, Heinrich Christoph Heußlein von Eußenheim (2 May 1656 - 31 August 1719) commissioned the architect Johann Dientzenhofer to design and build the Heußlein Palace because the "Schlettensche Kemenate" no longer met his requirements. The building was completed in 1707-1710.

Heinrich Christoph Heußlein von Eußenheim approached Dientzenhofer probably on the recommendation or perhaps even through the mediation of his cousin Heinrich Freiherr von und zu der Tann.

The palace built for the Heußlein von Eußenheim family in Bad Kissingen is, along with the palace in Ullstadt, the only project by Johann Dientzenhofer for which extensive original plans have survived.

Dientzenhofer's designs can be divided into three stages - the 'initial project', the 'approved project' and the 'improved project'. "The 'initial design' includes the 'elevation of the main façade', the 'first floor plan' and the 'second floor plan'. In the second design, the 'approved design', the floor plans up to two storeys differ most significantly from the first design, the 'original design', with the main façade extended by five bays. In the third proposal, the 'improved design', the deficiencies in the second floor plan have been eliminated compared to the 'approved design'.

After the death of Karl Freiherr Heußlein von Eußenheim, the names and arms of the von Lochner and von Heußlein families were merged by decree of King Louis II. The decree was issued at the request of Christian von Lochner on 1 November 1870.

In the 1880s the flat dormer windows were replaced by gabled dormers and the mansard rooms on the second floor were enlarged.

In 1887, the Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck visited the estate and liked the Baroque cabinet of the owner Christian von Lochner, located by the staircase.

Under Christian von Lochner's son, Karl von Lochner, the castle was renovated and modernised in 1907 and 1908 under the direction of the architect Paul Schultz-Naumburg, including central heating and electric lighting. Karl von Lochner set up his own medical practice in the mezzanine floor of the longitudinal wing of the castle. In 1924 he added an external staircase to the courtyard of the castle, which no longer exists. In 1908 the garden had to give way to a new apartment building.

In 1928 the castle building was sold to the town. The town was looking for a new town hall to administer the growing town of Bad Kissingen, which until then had been housed in what is now the Old Town Hall.

In 1962, the building at Rathausplatz 4 (former Füllbach'scher Hof) and in 1976 the former rectory at Rathausplatz 2 were converted into an extension of the town hall.

Architecture

The New Town Hall is a two-storey Baroque building with a mansard hipped roof on a T-shaped plan, with a plinth floor, a mansard roof and a south-eastern sandstone facade with a superimposed gate with a coat of arms and an inscriptional cartouche.

Current

The building of the former Heußleinscher Hof is now the seat of the Bad Kissingen town hall.

Owners / users

Stadt Bad Kissingen
Tel.: T +49 (0) 971 807-0
E-mail: info[ZAVINÁČ]stadt[TEČKA]badkissingen[TEČKA]de
www.badkissingen.de
26. July 2023

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GPS: 50.1998622N, 10.0765625E
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