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Uerdingen - walkabout through the historical city district - Part 3
Directly in front of the Uerdingen Casino is the fairytale fountain situated, which was donated by the industrialist ter Meer in 1927.
The path runs towards the Rhine over the Rhine promenade along over the dike gate, which has been recreated from the old Rhine gate. This gate will close during high tide.
The Am Rheintor 8, called 'Haus zu den Schwänen', is completely stuck in baroque and was created in the year 1769. House builder was the court counsellor and toll collector Dahlbender.
Built around 1850 the house Am Rheintor 4 attracts attention through its old with neo-classical ornaments decorated wooden gate.
The corner house, Haus zur Rübe, Rheintor 2/corner Burgstraße was built from 1743 to 1750. In front of this house, at the street corner is a kerbstone made of bluestone situated. It is decorated with a volute relief and stems was built at the same time as the house.
Photo: Rheintor 9, public house 'Zur Krone'
The large marketplace is being bordered on three sides by double-row resp. single-row plane trees. Here at Am Marktplatz 10 in front of the old church is the old town hall from the year 1725 situated. with its segmented curved forms in the volute gable and the segmented steps at the side of the firewall with its ball fixtures, this building is completely stuck in the time of baroque.
The west front of the place is being captured by the three Herbertz-houses, which form as dominating construction a building front towards the west. They were built as residences for the brothers Balthasar, Jakob and Josef Herbertz in 1832. It is assumed that the architect was Adolf von Vagedes. The families Herbertz were merchant families, who earned their money with the colonial grocery trade and a sugar refinery.
Together they form a stylish unit, which is 50m long and 16m high and strictly neo-classical sectioned. The finish forms an iron-cast bannister. Well worth seeing is the neo-classical structured staircases as well as the former family salons on the first floor. The salon situated in the present town hall was used as a city council's conference room for a long time. Today it is used as a wedding chamber. Noteworthy is here most of all the wall paintings, kept in Pompeian style, which depict geometrical and naturalistic elements. Painter were the brothers Jakob and Benjamin von Orth. During working time of the administration staircases and the salon may be viewed.
