Schaerbeek Municipal Hall

Municipal hall building in Schaerbeek, Belgium

Schaerbeek Municipal Hall

* Hôtel communal de Schaerbeek (French)
* Gemeentehuis van Schaarbeek (Dutch)

Schaerbeek's Municipal Hall

General information
Type| Municipal hall
Location| Place Colignon / Colignonplein
Town or city| 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region
Country| Belgium
Coordinates| 50°52′3″N 4°22′25″E﻿ / ﻿50.86750°N 4.37361°E﻿ / 50.86750; 4.37361
Construction started| 1884 (1884)
Completed| 1887 (1887) (rebuilt 1919)
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Jules Jacques Van Ysendyck [fr], Maurice Van Ysendyck [fr]

The Municipal Hall (French: Hôtel communal; Dutch: Gemeentehuis) of Schaerbeek is the municipal hall building and the seat of that municipality of Brussels, Belgium. Designed by the architect Jules Jacques Van Ysendyck [fr] in neo-Flemish Renaissance style and completed in 1887, it is located at the centre of the Place Colignon/Colignonplein.[1] This site is served by the tram stop Pavillon/Paviljoen (on line 55).[2]

## History

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The current Municipal Hall was designed by the architect Jules Jacques Van Ysendyck [fr]. It replaced the previous Municipal Hall, installed in 1864 at the corner of the Rue Brichaut/Brichautstraat and the Place Liedts/Liedtsplein. The first stone was officially laid on 15 March 1885 and the building was inaugurated on 21 July 1887[1] by King Leopold II.

On the night of 16 April 1911, the Municipal Hall was partially destroyed in a fire that was probably arson. The architect's son, Maurice Van Ysendyck [fr], was charged with the reconstruction, which began in 1912 and lasted until 1915. On that occasion, the building was significantly enlarged at the rear by adding an extension in Italian neo-Gothic style to the U-shape, thus turning it into a quadrilateral. On 1 October 1915, the rebuilt Municipal Hall was reopened to the public. However, it was not officially inaugurated until after the First World War in 1919[1] in the presence of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth.

On 13 April 1995, the Municipal Hall was listed as protected immovable heritage by the Department of Monuments and Landscapes of the Brussels-Capital Region.[1]

## See also

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* Belgium portal

* Anderlecht Municipal Hall
* Brussels Town Hall
* Forest Municipal Hall
* Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Municipal Hall
* Saint-Gilles Municipal Hall

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ a b c d "Hôtel communal de Schaerbeek – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2023.
2. ^ "Ligne 55 vers DA VINCI - stib.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

### Bibliography

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* De Crombrugghe, Diane (2007). L'hôtel communal de Schaerbeek. Bruxelles, ville d'Art et d'Histoire (in French). Vol. 45\. Brussels: Centre d'information, de Documentation et d'Etude du Patrimoine.

## External links

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* Media related to Town hall of Schaerbeek at Wikimedia Commons