Veere Town Hall

The construction of the town hall began in 1474 under the leadership of the Flemish Evert Spoorwater and was built by the Keldermans family from Mechelen, who also built the town hall of Middelburg. It is a late Gothic rectangular building with small cantilevered towers at the front. The facade of ledesteen is still almost in its original state. The dormer windows are probably a later addition. Between 1931 and 1934 the town hall was thoroughly restored. The town hall statues, originally polychrome and made in 1517/1518 in the studio of Michiel Ywijnsz in Mechelen, were then replaced by new ones from the studio of professor W.O. Wenkebach. They represent the lords and ladies of Veere from the illustrious Van Borsele family. The original statues have been displayed in the statue hall of the Scottish Houses since 1950. On the ground floor of the town hall is De Vierschaar. Justice was administered here until 1811. Many style elements from the eighteenth century have been preserved in the interior of Veere's town hall. The beautiful doorknobs in the large hall were donated by stadtholder Willem III, Marquis of Veere. De Vierschaar is now a museum. The town hall collection includes historical portraits of the Orange princes. A gilded silver cup donated to Veere in 1551 by Maximilian of Burgundy (1514-1558) is one of the highlights of the De Vierschaar museum. The council chamber is still on the first floor. This room is still used for performing weddings and for representation purposes. In 2014/2015, the town hall was almost completely restored and is currently also home to the VVV inspiration point.
Source: zeeland.com/nl-nl/visit/637_nl/stadhuis-in-veere

Veere's town hall was built between 1474 and 1517 by order of Henry IV of Borsele by the Flemish architect Andries Keldermans (ca. 1400-1481), city architect of Mechelen (B). It was designed by Evert Spoorwater (died 1474 in Bergen op Zoom).
For centuries, the inhabitants of Veere and the surrounding villages were governed from the town hall. In "De Vierschaar", the room where bailiffs and aldermen administered, this atmosphere is still palpable. Paintings and historical objects, including the bronze fists, testify to Veere's rich heyday. The town hall collection also includes historical portraits of the Orange monarchs, which hang in the wedding hall.
It is a late Gothic rectangular building with cantilevered small towers at the front. The Ledestone façade is still almost in its original state. Presumably the dormer windows are a later addition. Between 1931 and 1934, the town hall was thoroughly restored. The original polychrome town hall statues, made in 1517/1518 in the studio of Michiel Ywijnsz in Mechelen, were then replaced by new ones from the studio of Professor W.O. Wenkebach. They represent the lords and ladies of Veere from the illustrious Van Borsele family. The original sculptures have been on display in the Scottish Houses sculpture gallery since 1950.
The town hall has a Louis XV podium from 1749 with the motto: Obedience of God and the Overheyt / Weert of the people Ongeluck. The coat of arms of the House of Orange was removed during the French period and remains empty to this day. To the left of the facade is the pillory on which the punished were displayed, and above it a chain of stones with which slanderous women had to parade through the city.
Behind the town hall is the tower, built between 1594 and 1599 by Adriaen de Muer from Bruges. At the top is a wind vane, a warship with five flags, three of the Van Borseles, one of Oranje-Nassau and one of Zeeland. In the tower is a rare beautiful carillon with 35 bells, 24 of which date from 1735 and the last 11 bells were added in 1949. A carillon is one of the charms of Veere. The interior of the town hall largely dates from 1699, when the Vierschaar was enlarged.
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museumveere.nl/locatie-stadhuis

The town hall has a carillon, if you have time you can sit in the cafe opposite and wait until it starts playing. I thought the poffertjes there were delicious. :-)