Former town hall, aldermen's bench, clerk's office, cloth hall, covered market, prison and fire engine house.
The building forms a crucial historical link between the triangular Markt, Kerkstraat and Nieuwstraat. In the ancien régime, the cloth hall and covered market were on the open ground floor, the meeting room for the city magistracy and the aldermen's chamber with its registry on the upper floor. The attic was rented out, usually in different parts, for a variety of purposes, usually to dry products such as hops and malt. Between the pillars on the ground floor was an open cobbled space, where the annual proceedings took place and the people gathered for various proclamations, insofar as these did not take place in the church or in the cemetery. The prisoners were locked up in the cellars.
(Inventory of Immovable Heritage)

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Oliver🌍

November 1, 2022

The town hall was built in 1637, when Albert van Gavere was lord there, and is the oldest preserved town hall in Belgian Limburg.
The cloth hall and the covered market were on the ground floor, and the meeting rooms for the city council were on the top floor. The attic was rented out for economic activities, such as drying malt and hops. The basement served as a cache.
On November 18, 1798, the town hall was damaged when the brigands participating in the peasant war smashed the windows, smashed cupboards and tore up the papers. Repair work was carried out from 1861 under the direction of Herman Jaminé. From 1898-1902 the building was restored under the direction of Hyacinth Martens. The open hall present on the ground floor was closed to the town hall. On September 23, 1951, a memorial plaque was placed for Firmin Vandenbosch (1864-1949), a French-speaking man of letters, lawyer and diplomat.
In 1994 a replica of the pillory (kaecke) was placed in front of the town hall.
From 1970, the building housed the Justice of the Peace and the municipal services, and later also for a while the Museum of Musical Instruments and the Tourist Office. Today there is a restaurant in the building, and it also has a representative function.

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An 🇧🇪

September 28, 2024

Former town hall, court, registry office, cloth hall, covered market, prison and fire engine house. The building dates from 1637 and is therefore the oldest preserved town hall in Limburg, built in traditional Maas style, under the reign of Albert van Gavere. In front of the town hall on the south side is a replica (1994) of the original pillory or so-called "kaecke", which was already evidenced in 1705, as an outward sign of the urban freedom and as a reminder of the medieval jurisdiction. On the west side is a rectangular cast iron pump on a hard stone base, decorated on the sides with a winged Mercury helmet. The pump was used to supply the town hall with water. It was in use until the end of the 1950s.

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