Groningen City Hall is the seat of government in

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

, the Netherlands. The city council meets in a modern room downstairs, but upstairs in the former ''raadszaal'' the ''Gulden Boek'' is kept that lists the honored citizens of the town.

History

The building was designed by the architect

Jacob Otten Husly Jacob Otten Husly (16 November 1738 – 11 January 1796) was an 18th-century architect from the Northern Netherlands. Biography He was born in Doetinchem to Albert Otten and Anna Hendrica Huslij, and added his mother's surname to his name from ...

who won the commission in 1775 as the result of a prize competition that was set out by his personal friend, the council member and ex-amsterdam professor

Petrus Camper Petrus Camper FRS (11 May 1722 – 7 April 1789), was a Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, palaeontologist and a naturalist in the Age of Enlightenment. He was one of the first to take an interest in ...

.Rijksmonument report it was built during the years 1775-1810.City hall
history in the Groningen archives In 1962, an attached building was designed and built by Jo Vegter. Most offices are currently located here.

Photo gallery.

Groningen (stad), stadhuis van Groningen. 13-06-2022. (actm.) 01.jpg, Frontage. (east north east side) Groningen (stad), stadhuis van Groningen. 13-06-2022. (actm.) 02.jpg, Detail frontage. (east north east side) Groningen (stad), stadhuis van Groningen. 13-06-2022. (actm.) 03.jpg , Entrance. (east north east side)

References

External links

Gulden boek der stad Groningen
{{Authority control Buildings and structures in Groningen (city)

Rijksmonuments in Groningen (province) Government buildings completed in 1810