20 years after construction began, the Karlsruhe City Hall was completed in 1825 according to plans by Friedrich Weinbrenner. The two large neoclassical buildings facing each other, the Protestant City Church and the City Hall, essentially determine the overall impression of the market square.
The result was a three-story building with three inner courtyards. Originally, the building was also used for the town’s economy; the meat bank, the grain and flour store and the salt store were located there. Rooms in the tower served as a prison. After the destruction of the town hall in the Second World War, the historic marketplace wing was restored and the interior of the building was redesigned.
The republic was proclaimed from the balcony of the town hall on May 14, 1849.
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