city hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...
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Weesp
Weesp () is a city, an urban area in the municipality of Amsterdam and a former municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of in . It lies on the river Vecht and next to the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal in an are ...
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. The main body of the municipality, the municipal council, convened in the ''Raadzaal'' (Council Hall) until 24 March 2022 when Weesp became part of the municipality of
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
. The administrative offices have moved, but the former ''
Vierschaar
A Vierschaar is a historical term for a tribunal in the Netherlands. Before the separation of lawmaking, law enforcement, and justice duties, the government of every town was administered by a senate (called a ''Wethouderschap'') formed of two, thr ...
'' and ''Burgerzaal'' (Civic Hall) are still used for weddings and other official proceedings. The rest of the building is in use as the local museum of Weesp.
History
The building was designed by the architects
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 ...
Weesp
Weesp () is a city, an urban area in the municipality of Amsterdam and a former municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of in . It lies on the river Vecht and next to the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal in an are ...