Memmingen town hall

The town hall in Memmingen was built in 1589. In 1764/65, in the course of a renovation, the façade was redesigned for the first time and renewed again around 100 years later.

Franz Zell was responsible for a major interior renovation and redesign of the town hall from 1906 to 1908. It was the central and representative spaces that Zell was able to redesign here: the town hall assembly hall, the new staircase and the mayor’s room including the meeting rooms.

The large entrance hall was given a groined vault ceiling by Franz Zell, supported by a row of columns in the middle of the hall. The large entrance hall is now divided by a glass wall.

The staircase designed by Zell leads to the first floor where the Lord Mayor’s office is situated, which Zell redesigned: with wall panelling and elaborately designed built-in cupboards. The entrance door is fitted with large fittings and a curved wooden frame with painting above.

One floor up is the town council meeting room. The wall benches, the wooden panelling at the height of the window sills and the double-leaf door are Zell’s designs.

The "councillors’ meeting room" was to be painted according to suggestions by the Munich professors Gabriel von Seidl and Widmann. The painting was planned on the door side, above Zell’s wall panelling and the benches. These plans were never carried out.

Michaela Thomas