Hamburg City Hall — One Of The City's Highlights

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The Hamburg City Hall (Rathaus) is one of Hamburg's Must See.

It was built around 1886 - 1897 with a splendid sandstone construction in neo-Renaissance style. It dominates the city center with its impressive architecture.

It is the seat of the city senate and the municipality of Hamburg and has 647 rooms!

After the City Hall burnt to the ground in 1842, the town council moved into temporary quarters in the former orphanage in the Admiralitätsstraße and after that into the building of the Patriotische Gesellschaft. This temporary solution lasted over 55 years!

The new Rathaus was inaugurated in 1897.

Hamburg City Hall

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The Hamburg City Hall stands on over 4000 oak posts. Very much in contrast to the Hanseatic style, the Town Hall gleams with an elaborately ornate façade which is graced by a total of 20 statues of the Kaiser. Above the main door a sentence is written in Latin which translated reads,

"May the descendants seek to uphold the freedom which was won by our forefathers."

The grand banquet hall in the Hamburg City Hall is 46 meters long, 18 meters wide and 15 meters high. Five huge paintings depict the history of Hamburg from 800 to 1900, 62 coats of arms of the cities of the ancient Hanseatic league adorn the walls. The three chandeliers each with 278 bulbs weigh 1500 kilos a piece! Amazing.

Good. Our next step is the green Stadtpark. Let's take a look at how this one looks.

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