Town hall of Haastrecht
Start construction 1618
Rebuilding 1823 (rebuilt)
1907 and 1960 (restored)
Architecture
Dutch Renaissance architecture
Recognition
Monument status National Monument
Monument number 19926
List of national monuments in Haastrecht
Portal icon Civil engineering and architecture
Haastrecht Town Hall is the former town hall of the former municipality of Haastrecht, in the Dutch province of South Holland.
The town hall served as accommodation for board and officials of the independent municipalities of Haastrecht and Vlist until 1985. After the reorganisation, the town hall was used as the administrative center of the municipality of Vlist. Mayor and aldermen and officials did their work from the office in Stolwijk, but the town hall of Haastrecht was the place where the city council met.
The rear cellar, covered with barrel vaults, housed the excavation sheds. On the steps in front of the town hall there are two lions, each bearing a coat of arms. On one shield was the coat of arms of Holland. Later the coat of arms of South Holland was painted over it. On the other shield is the coat of arms of Haastrecht.
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