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Amtshaus

Beschreibung

With its big walled forecourt, it was built in classicist style. Its medieval predecessor building was the stone house of the palatine reeve, a keep made of stone, which can clearly be seen on the engraving of Merian of 1645. The stone house too, fell victim to the fire of 1689, except its vaulted cellar. Only in 1783/84 the reconstruction of the palatinate administrative seat was started, which kept its function also after the transition of Bretten to the grand duchy of Baden in 1803. Until its dissolution in 1936 the administration of the district authority of Baden had its seat here. In 1888 it was expanded with more rooms for the local court. Today it houses the court and the notary’s office and besides that in its vaulted cellar the “Gugg-e-mol-Theater”, a well-known cabaret theatre of Bretten.