Zugora

Old town and townscape

Rathaus Zug

Zug · 420 m above sea level

Translation This English text is a draft translation of the German original and has not been reviewed yet.

Zug town hall
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 4.0

The four-storey town hall with its stepped gable was built from 1505 to 1509 by the master builder Heinrich Sutter and is an important late Gothic secular building. The Gothic hall on the top floor is used for exhibitions and events.

Facts

  • Built 1505–1509
  • Master builder Heinrich Sutter
  • Owner: Bürgergemeinde Zug
  • Swiss heritage site of regional importance (KGS B)

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,681,593 / 1,224,456

Sources and rights

  • Terrain, relief, municipal boundaries, buildings and hiking trails: © swisstopo
  • Playgrounds and family places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL); the derived database of places (JSON file to download) is also available under the ODbL.
  • Photos of the places of interest: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence with each photo.
  • Position of the sun after the NOAA formulas; shade values from swissSURFACE3D and swissALTI3D (calculated by the zug-family project).
  • Tips link to Zug Tourismus; only name and location are taken over.