Aarhus City Hall

The Town Hall in Aarhus ( Aarhus Rådhus ) was built according to the plans of the Danish architect Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller. The opening was on June 2, 1941.

Formation

The Municipality of Aarhus wrote in 1936 an architectural competition of the Møller Jacobsen and won. The original plans saw first of all no tower, this was only after protests from the population center in the plans. For its time, the building was considered to be modern and progressive. It was built almost entirely of concrete and has a glass-roofed atrium inside on. The exterior cladding consists of Norwegian marble. 1994, was declared a National Monument.

Properties

The town hall occupies an area of ​​19,380 m² a, the tower is 60 m high and has at its lower part a clock tower with a diameter of 7 m. The carillon at the top of the tower is controlled by the clock. Been preserved in its original state from the 1940s are the three lifts with cabins made of wood and an elevator shaft mainly of glass. It is also known for its distinctive wood paneling of the wedding hall.

On certain occasions, the tower can be visited for a fee, by the way City Hall is open weekdays publicly accessible for everyone.

Predecessors

The municipality of Aarhus had two other town halls before the current building. The first Århus Town Hall from the 15th century was located next to the cathedral and was demolished in 1859. The second town hall, built in the years 1856-1857, housed in the years 1941-1984 a police station and since then the Women's Museum.