The City Hall, Kampen is an old city hall in

Kampen, Overijssel Kampen () is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. A member of the former Hanseatic League, it is located at the lower reaches of the river IJssel. The municipality of Kampen had a population of in and covers an are ...

. Both the older, Gothic portion and the newer, neo-classical building for the government offices form a

Rijksmonument A rijksmonument (, ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands ...

complex. It is used for weddings and other official proceedings. The older portion is in use as the local museum of Kampen.

History

Precise dates for the old part of the building are not available, but various decorations can be dated, most notably the fireplace in the sheriffs’ courtroom, which was made between 1543 and 1554 by the sculptor Jacob de Nole. He was from the Southern Netherlands but moved to Utrecht from 1530 onwards. 20151027 Gevelportret Jan Beeldsnijder door Henk Nyenhuis museum Kampen.jpg, City hall by night Schouw 17e eeuw - Kampen - 20121812 - RCE.jpg, 17th-century chimneypiece in the old city hall By the 19th century, the city hall had become cramped and a new neo-classical addition was built on the end. For this the old renaissance gate needed to be deconstructed and the painter Cornelis Springer captured it in a nostalgic painting in 1832: Stadhuiskampen.jpg, Gothic entrance reinstated Cornelis Springer - City Hall, Kampen GLW CBCA 1899 1 22.jpg, City Hall, Kampen in 1832 by Springer Exterieur - Kampen - 20121757 - RCE.jpg, Same view in 1950, Gothic entrance bricked up

References

Raadhuis Kampen

External links

{{commons category-inline Government buildings completed in 1835

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Neoclassical architecture in the Netherlands Museums in Overijssel Rijksmonuments in Overijssel Kampen, Overijssel