Seat of local government

A town hall is a most representative building and (main) administrative seat of the municipality or city government. It is generally meeting and meeting of the municipal or city council. In the city-states often also serves as the seat of the country's parliament.

3.1 Germany
3.2 Austria
3.3 Canada
3.4 Poland
3.5 Romania
3.6 Slovakia
3.7 Czech Republic

History

Already in ancient Greece there were city halls ( bouleuterion ), where the council met. However, the bouleuterion was not also the place for the administration, which was housed in prytaneion.

In the Middle Ages the town halls developed (also called Playhouse ) - especially since the awarding of independent city- rights - the most momentous secular building of cities. Here met the City Council, which was composed of influential families or patricians. The guilds and guilds was the Town Hall - the seat of the Council - for a long time and in many places closed, so they built their own buildings. The claim to be the most privileged subject, was clear in its rich architectural design. A highly visible town hall tower often housed the only public clock of the city ( see also: Belfry ). In addition to the council chamber were often large halls for celebrations of the city to find the town hall. Since many town halls from the award of city and market privileges arose, were often large market halls on the ground floor.

In the 19th century, after the recovery of municipal autonomy, the construction project of the Town Hall became important again. Often turning toward the Gothic style of the first heyday of the town halls ( approximately at the Vienna City Hall, a building from the early days ). In the 20th century impressive town halls which were taken in Scandinavia, about Stockholm City Hall and the City Hall of Oslo.

The Town Hall building was built usually in the center of the cities and gradually expanded. In the course of municipal reform in the 1970s many town halls today's districts have been put to other uses in Germany.

Known town halls

Germany's highest city hall is the New Town Hall in Leipzig with 114.5 meters. It was completed in 1905 and, with nearly 600 rooms to the largest town halls in the world.

In Europe there are town halls from different eras and with different regional influences. The town halls were the flagship of the cities also an expression of local identity.

As one of the most beautiful town halls in Europe from the late Gothic town hall in Leuven ( Louvain), Belgium is called. Exceptional in architecture, as compared to other town halls of this period is the lack of City Hall tower. Instead, are located on the two gable ends three smaller towers.

Germany

Aachen City Hall, North Rhine -Westphalia, about 800-1979
City Hall ( Adelhofen ), Baden- Württemberg, Art Nouveau, built 1904-1905
Rathaus (Old Town Eisleben ), Saxony -Anhalt, 16th Century
City Hall ( Amberg ), Bavaria, 16th century
Augsburg Town Hall, Bavaria, built 1615-1624, is under protection culture
Jesuit College Baden -Baden, Baden- Württemberg, City Hall since 1862
Red Town Hall, Berlin, 19th century
Hall Blieskastel, Saarland, 18th Century, originally orphanage
Bremen City Hall, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Coburg Town Hall, Bavaria, 15th century
City Hall ( Düren ), Grade II listed building dating from the 1950s
City Hall (Duderstadt ), built 1302/1303
City Hall ( Ellingen ), 18th Century, originally Courthouse
City Hall ( Epping ), Baden- Württemberg
City Hall ( Eschelbach ), built in 1593
City Hall (Essen), North Rhine -Westphalia, new building, opened in 1979
City Hall ( Farchant ), Bavaria, Biedermeier, monument
City Hall ( Fränkisch- Crumbach ), Hesse, built in 1719, former noble residence
City Hall ( Fürth ), Bavaria, mid 19th century
City Hall ( mite ), new from 1987
City Hall ( Frankenberg on the Eder), Hesse, half-timbered house
Römer ( Frankfurt am Main ), Hessen, 15th century
City Hall ( Freiburg im Breisgau), 16th Century
City Hall ( Freising ), originally from 1468
Gera Hall, Thuringia, 16th Century
Greifswald Town Hall, West Pomerania, originated in the 13th
City Hall ( Grötzingen ), half-timbered house from 1668
City Hall ( Great Hain), Neo-Renaissance 1876
City Hall ( Gunzenhausen ), Bavaria
City Hall, the seat of citizenship ( Parliament) and the Senate
Rathaus Hamm, late 19th century, originally Courthouse, City Hall since 1959
City Hall (Heidelberg ), Baden- Württemberg, Baroque, built from 1701 to 1703
City Hall ( Heilbronn), Baden- Württemberg
Hall Herne, North Rhine -Westphalia, built in 1911
City Hall ( Hüffenhardt ), half-timbered house from 1559
City Hall (Kaiserslautern ), new from 1968
City Hall (Karlsruhe ), Baden- Württemberg, Classicism, early 19th century
City Hall ( Kempten ), Bavaria, built 1474
City Hall ( Koblenz ), Rhineland -Palatinate, former Jesuit College, 17th Century
City Hall Cologne, North Rhine -Westphalia, 12th century
City Hall ( Kray ), North Rhine -Westphalia from 1908
City Hall ( Landshut ), Bavaria, originally Gothic, 14th century
City Hall ( Lemgo ), North Rhine -Westphalia, originally 14th century
City Hall (Lübeck ), Schleswig -Holstein, late Romanesque, originally 13th century
City Hall ( Wittenberg ), Saxony -Anhalt, 16th Century
City Hall (Memmingen ), Bavaria, Renaissance, 16th Century
City Hall ( Remember village), Bavaria, late Gothic, 15th century
City Hall ( Mosbach ), Baden- Württemberg, 16th Century
City Hall ( Neckarbischofsheim ), Baden- Württemberg, former manor house, 15th century
City Hall ( Oberhausen ), North Rhine -Westphalia, built 1928-1930
City Hall ( Oppenheim ), Rhineland -Palatinate, built in 1621
Hall of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, known by the peace treaty of 1648
City Hall ( Pappenheim ), Bavaria, late 16th century
City Hall ( Pfaffenhausen ), Bavaria, mid 18th century
Altes Rathaus ( Potsdam), Brandenburg, mid 18th century
City Hall ( Quakenbruck ), Lower Saxony, Classicism, 1818
Rostock Town Hall, Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, brick Gothic, 13th century
Schorndorfer City Hall, Baroque, 18th Century
City Hall ( Schwäbisch Hall ), Baden- Württemberg, Baroque, 1735
Schwerin Hall, Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania, in 1338 first documented
Rathaus St. Johann, Saarland, now the town hall of the Saarland Saarbrücken, start of construction in 1897, the youngest expansion 1995-1998 by Helge Bofinger
City Hall (Ulm ), Baden- Württemberg, Early Renaissance, originally 14th century
City Hall (subgroup Bach ), Baden- Württemberg, former vicarage
City Hall ( Volkach ), Bavaria, built in 1544
Town Hall between cities ( Warburg ), North Rhine -Westphalia, built in 1568
City Hall ( Wolfach ), Baden- Württemberg, built in 1894

Town halls, called New Town Hall are available in numerous cities:

New Town Hall ( Bad Doberan )
Neues Rathaus ( Bielefeld)
Brunswick Town Hall
Neues Rathaus ( Celle)
Neues Rathaus (Chemnitz )
Neues Rathaus (Dresden)
Neues Rathaus ( Dusseldorf )
Neues Rathaus ( Esslingen )
Neues Rathaus (Hannover)
Neues Rathaus ( Hoyerswerda )
Neues Rathaus ( Ingolstadt )
New Town Hall (Leipzig)
New Town Hall (Munich )
Neues Rathaus ( Nordhausen )
Neues Rathaus ( Schwerin )
Neues Rathaus ( White Castle )
Neues Rathaus (Wiesbaden)
Neues Rathaus ( Wilster )

Belgium

Stadhuis Leuven, 15th century
Antwerp Stadhuis

Denmark

City Hall ( Aarhus )

France

Hôtel de Ville ( Paris)
City Hall (Fort -de -France )

Iceland

City Hall (Reykjavik )

Liechtenstein

City Hall (Vaduz )

Netherlands

Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam, 17th-century town hall until 1808
City Hall (Rotterdam), early 20th century

Austria

City Hall (Innsbruck )
City Hall ( Krems)
City Hall ( Pulkau )
City Hall ( Retz )
City Hall ( Weikertschlag an der Thaya )
Vienna City Hall

Town halls, called New Town Hall is available in:

Neues Rathaus ( Klagenfurt )
Neues Rathaus (Linz)
Neues Rathaus (Vienna) (to be referred only been around since 1970 as the Town Hall )

Poland

Wroclaw City Hall, 13th century
City Hall ( Chorzów ), Chorzów, originally 19th century
City Hall ( Gliwice ), Gliwice, initially end of the 13th century
City Hall ( Opole), Opole, Neo-Renaissance, 15-16. century
City Hall in Poznan, 13th century
City Hall ( Strzelce ), United Strehlitz
City Hall ( Rawicz ) Rawicz, built in the late 17th century
City Hall in Stargard, 13th century
Town Hall, Gdansk, 13th and 14th century

Switzerland

City Hall (Aarau ), Aargau
Rathaus ( Baden), Aargau
City Hall (Basel), Basel-Stadt
City Hall ( Bern ), Bern
City Hall ( Bremgarten ), Aargau
City Hall ( Churchill ), Graubünden
City Hall ( Rapperswil ), St. Gallen
City Hall (Schaffhausen), Schaffhausen
City Hall (Winterthur ) Winterthur
City Hall ( Zofingen ), Aargau
City Hall ( Zurich ), Zurich
City Hall to the exterior level, Bern

Czechia

City Hall ( Slezská Ostrava )

Former town halls

Former town halls are usually referred to as Old Town Hall or Historic City Hall.

Germany

Historic City Hall Anholt, North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus ( Arnsberg ), North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus ( Bamberg), Bavaria
Historic Town Hall ( Bergheim )
Altes Rathaus ( Bielefeld), North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus ( Berlin)
Historical town hall in Bocholt, North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus ( Böckingen ), Baden- Württemberg
Altes Rathaus ( Boppard ), Rhineland -Palatinate
Altes Rathaus ( Bonn), North Rhine -Westphalia
Historic Town Hall ( Büdingen ), Hesse
Altes Rathaus ( Celle ), Lower Saxony
Altes Rathaus ( Chemnitz), Saxony
Historic Town Hall ( Deidesheim ), Rhineland -Palatinate
Altes Rathaus ( Dirmstein ), Rhineland -Palatinate
Altes Rathaus ( Dortmund), North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus ( Dresden), Saxony
City Hall (Dresden - Loebtau ), Saxony
Altes Rathaus ( Einbeck ), Lower Saxony
Altes Rathaus ( Erkelenz ), North Rhine -Westphalia
Old Town Hall Erwitte, North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus ( Freiburg im Breisgau ), Baden- Württemberg
Altes Rathaus ( mite ), Baden- Württemberg
Altes Rathaus ( Gifhorn ), Lower Saxony
Altes Rathaus ( Göttingen ), Lower Saxony
Altes Rathaus ( Hannover ), Lower Saxony
Altes Rathaus Hattingen, North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus ( Heusenstamm ), Hesse
Altes Rathaus ( Hoyerswerda ), Saxony
Altes Rathaus ( Ingolstadt ), Bavaria
Altes Rathaus ( Kirchheim on the wine road ), Rhineland -Palatinate
Altes Rathaus ( King Bach ), Baden- Württemberg
Altes Rathaus ( Kolbenmoor ), Bavaria
Altes Rathaus ( Künzelsau ), Baden- Württemberg
Altes Rathaus ( Minden ), North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus ( Mudau ), Baden- Württemberg
Altes Rathaus ( Landsberg am Lech), Bavaria
Altes Rathaus ( Leipzig), Saxony
Altes Rathaus Ludenscheid, North Rhine -Westphalia
Old Town Hall (Munich ), Bavaria
Historical City Hall of Münster, North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus ( Neubrandenburg ), Mecklenburg- Vorpommern
Altes Rathaus ( Osnabrück ), Lower Saxony
Altes Rathaus ( Potsdam), Brandenburg
Altes Rathaus ( Regensburg ), Bavaria
Altes Rathaus ( Rehna ), Mecklenburg- Vorpommern
Altes Rathaus ( Red Mountain ), Baden- Württemberg
Altes Rathaus ( Ruethen ), North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus Steinfurt, North Rhine -Westphalia
Altes Rathaus ( subgroup Bach ), Baden- Württemberg
Altes Rathaus ( White Castle), Bavaria
Altes Rathaus ( Wiesbaden), Hesse
Altes Rathaus ( Wohnbach ), Bavaria
Historic City Hall Wolgast, Mecklenburg- Vorpommern
Altes Rathaus ( Wolmirstedt ), Saxony -Anhalt
Old Town Hall - Municipal Gallery of Modern Art Wittlich, Rhineland -Palatinate

Hot Former Town Hall

Former town hall Birkesdorf
Former town hall Copitz ( Pirna )
Former Town Hall ( Horkheim )
Former Town Hall ( Neckargartach )
Former Town Hall ( Sontheim )

Austria

Altes Rathaus ( Klagenfurt ), Carinthia
Altes Rathaus ( Linz ), Upper Austria
Altes Rathaus ( Urfahr ), Upper Austria
Altes Rathaus ( Vienna), Austria

Canada

Old City Hall ( Toronto ), Canada

Poland

Town Hall, Gdansk

Romania

Altes Rathaus ( Braşov ), Brasov county
Altes Rathaus ( Timişoara), Timiş

Slovakia

Altes Rathaus ( Bratislava), Slovakia

Czechia

Altes Rathaus ( Brno ), Czech Republic

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