Historic town hall Kandel

Baroque building, erected between 1773 and 1783 according to plans by the Palatinate- Zweibrücken bridge and road construction inspector Christiany, who also planned the Catholic parish church of St Michael in Kandel's French twin town of Reichshoffen in 1771.
For a long time, the prestigious building was not only used as a town hall. In fact, the upper floor once also housed the Justice of the Peace Court and the court officials lived in the attics of the top floor. The ground floor, on the other hand, housed the municipal administration from the very beginning. The village policeman's guardroom was also located here. For a long time, the ‘fruit and grocer's markets’ were held in the large foyer and the calibration of the scales was checked. The post office, the savings bank and the tax and municipal collector's office were also temporarily housed here.
Today, the listed building still houses the large council chamber, which is also used for exhibitions and other prestigious events, the town library and the office of the Kandel adult education centre.
The building was completely renovated in 2000/2001.
(This description was written by the historian Werner Mühl from Kandel).

Opening times

Kandel City Library (in the Town Hall Kandel, Tel.: 07275/9198-16 or -17):
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 3-7 PM
Tuesday and Saturday 9 AM-1 PM

VHS Kandel (Tel.: 07275/95273):
Monday - Thursday 8 AM-12 PM and Monday 2-6 PM and Friday 8-11 AM
(closed during school holidays)