Berlin - Town Halls Rathäuser
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Berlin's first Town Hall is believed to have stood in the Molkenmarkt, or Whey Market in the 13th C. From 1307-1442, when the towns of Cölln and Berlin were united, the Town Hall serving both towns stood by the Long Bridge (Lange Brücke).
Later, the Town Hall, with an open arcade where the municipal court sat, and a clock tower (dated to the beginning of the 15th C.), was in Königstrasse (later Rathausstrasse).
After being damaged by fire it was rebuilt in 1583 and provided with a new court room and a torture chamber (in the basement). The place of execution was in the square in front of the arcade previously used by the court, until an Electoral decree in 1694 moved it elsewhere - on account, as the decree phrased it, of the disturbance it caused to traffic.
By the middle of the 19th C. the deteriorating condition of the structure and lack of space made a new building necessary.
Later, the Town Hall, with an open arcade where the municipal court sat, and a clock tower (dated to the beginning of the 15th C.), was in Königstrasse (later Rathausstrasse).
After being damaged by fire it was rebuilt in 1583 and provided with a new court room and a torture chamber (in the basement). The place of execution was in the square in front of the arcade previously used by the court, until an Electoral decree in 1694 moved it elsewhere - on account, as the decree phrased it, of the disturbance it caused to traffic.
By the middle of the 19th C. the deteriorating condition of the structure and lack of space made a new building necessary.
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The clock on the Town Hall in Berlin.
Complete view of Berlin's Red Town Hall.
