Culemborg Town Hall

The town hall of Culemborg is situated at the Oude Vismarkt in Culemborg and is used as a meeting room of the city council and as a wedding location. The town hall is a Brabant late Gothic, rectangular building and was built between 1534 and 1539 to a design by Rombout Keldermans.De was commissioned by Elisabeth van Culemborg and her husband Anthony I van Lalaing. The landing pavement was placed in 1755 using existing statues of shield-holding lions. The building was renovated and restored between 1939 and 1949 by Albert van Essen 1890-1967. During this work, stained glass windows depicting the history of Culemborg were placed. These were made by the glazier Hans Basart. In addition to being the seat of the city council, the town hall has also served as a wine cellar, court of justice, seat of the polder administration and meat hall in the course of time. A meat hook in the council cellar is a reminder of the latter. Against the west façade of the town hall stood the weigh house on which the live cattle were weighed. The building has the status of a national monument.

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