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New Town Hall Description

(Local Name: Neues Rathaus) In the mid 19th C the Munich Municipal Council resolved to build a new Town Hall to provide much-needed additional office space. A site was cleared by the demolition of 24 older buildings, including the hall in which the Bavarian Estates had met from 1554 to 1807, and a new building was designed by Georg Hauberisser. It was erected in three stages - first the brick-built eastern part (1867-74), then the extension to the rear (1889-92), and finally the western half, in limestone, with the 85m/280ft-high tower, which vies with the towers of the Frauenkirche as Munich's best-known landmark.

The main front, looking onto the Marienplatz, is decorated with a profusion of figures and

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Hobbies & Activities category: Towers, monuments, observation deck; Significant work of art; Government or institution building; Historic site

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