Hôtel de Ville, Colmar

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, eastern France, standing on Rue des Clefs.

[1] The site was previously occupied by an old courthouse which belonged to the Pairis Abbey and dated back to the late 16th century.

[3] It was designed by Gabriel Ignace Ritter from Guebwiller in the neoclassical style, built in brick with a cement render and stone dressings, and was completed in 1782.

The bays in the central section were flanked by Doric order pilasters supporting an entablature and a pediment with carvings in the tympanum.

[7] Following the suppression of the monasteries during the French Revolution, the building was seized by the state and, in 1800, it became the préfecture of Haut-Rhin, where it hosted visits by Charles X in 1828, by Louis Philippe I in 1831 and by Napoleon III in 1850.