- Parking spaces available
- Suitable for seniors
- Suitable for baby carriages
- German
- Free admission
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- WC facility
Town hall
Goethestr. 51
58791 Werdohl
Telephone: +49 2392 / 917 - 0
Fax: +49 2392 / 917 - 238
Prehistory
The structure of the formerly rural community of Werdohl changed significantly with the completion of the Ruhr-Sieg Railway in 1861. From then on, Werdohl became an attractive location for industrial companies to set up factories, and this formative period is still reflected in today's industrial town. The growth of industry meant that more and more housing was needed for the workers, and so a non-profit building cooperative was founded in 1901: Werdohl industrialists recognized the housing problem and joined forces to finance a single person's home to house unmarried workers. The building was commissioned in 1910 and the topping-out ceremony was celebrated in 1912.
From single people's home to town hall
Even today, the building is made entirely of local, hammered graywacke with fireproof and soundproof concrete ceilings and was an ultra-modern and highly social facility in its day. It contained 92 rooms with one, two and three beds. In total, it could provide accommodation for 145 workers. Each room was equipped with central heating and electric lighting, a table and a lockable cupboard for each occupant and washing facilities with running water. On the first floor there was a large dining room, whose seven large windows made of colored glass depicting various guilds and sciences are still preserved today. The former dining room is now used as a meeting room for the Werdohl town council. A reading room and the kitchen, which was equipped with a steam cooker, were also located on the first floor. In the basement there was a bathing establishment, which consisted of baths, showers and steam baths, as well as a mechanical laundry. Both facilities could also be used by non-residents of the home. The actual building also included a large meadow, which was probably used as a soccer pitch, among other things. The entire project cost the non-profit building company 180,000 marks. The Ledigenheim was then converted for a short time and served the company Kugel & Berg as an office building until it was bought by the municipality of Werdohl in 1927. When Werdohl finally received its town charter from the Chief President of the Province of Westfalen on April 19, 1936, the former Ledigenheim, which had previously served as an office building for the municipality of Werdohl, was officially named the town hall.
In 1975, a new building was erected, which is connected to the old building by a connecting corridor. The original coat of arms stone from the former Pungelscheid Castle with the Neuhoff-Bottlenberg coat of arms is walled into the connecting corridor between the old and new buildings.
It is also worth mentioning that Werdohl's town hall has been a listed building since September 1, 1982.
Day | From | Until | From | Until |
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Monday | 08:00 | 12:30 | 14:00 | 16:00 |
Tuesday | 08:00 | 12:30 | ||
Thursday | 08:00 | 12:30 | 14:00 | 17:00 |
Friday | 08:00 | 12:30 |
Mondays: 08.00-12.30 and 14.00-16.00
Tuesdays: 08.00-12.30
Wednesdays: closed
Thursdays: 08.00-12.30 and 14.00-17.00
Fridays: 08.00-12.30
e-charging station and numerous parking spaces available in front of the building Bus stop in the immediate vicinity