Hamburg Rathaus
| Hamburg City Hall | |
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| Hamburger Rathaus | |
The City Hall seen across the Kleine Alster from Jungfernstieg
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| General information | |
| Type | City hall |
| Architectural style | Neo-renaissance, historicism |
| Location |
Rathausmarkt 1 20095 Hamburg, Germany |
| Coordinates | 53°33′01″N 9°59′32″E / 53.55028°N 9.99222°ECoordinates: 53°33′01″N 9°59′32″E / 53.55028°N 9.99222°E |
| Construction started | 6. May 1886 (laying of the first stone) |
| Inaugurated | 26. October 1897 |
| Cost | 11 million Gold mark |
| Client | Government of Hamburg |
| Owner | Government of Hamburg |
| Height | 112 m (367 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 17,000 m2 (180,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Martin Haller (main architect) |
The Hamburg Rathaus is the Rathaus—the city hall or town hall—of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany. It is the seat of the government of Hamburg and as such, the seat of one of Germany's 16 state parliaments. The Rathaus is located in the Altstadt quarter in the city center, at the Rathausmarkt square, and near the lake Binnenalster and the central station. Constructed from 1886 to 1897, the city hall still houses its original governmental functions with the office of the First Mayor of Hamburg and the meeting rooms for Hamburg's parliament and senate (the city's executive).
After the old city hall was destroyed in the great fire of 1842, it took almost 44 years to build a new one. The present building was designed by a group of seven architects, led by Martin Haller. Construction started in 1886 and the new city hall was inaugurated in 1897. Its cost was 11 million German gold marks, about €80 million. On October 26, 1897 at the official opening ceremony the First Mayor Dr. Johannes Versmann received the key of the city hall.
In the postwar period, various heads of state visited Hamburg and its City Hall — among them Emperor Haile Selassie I, the Shahanshah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1955, and in 1965 Queen Elizabeth II. An emotionally moving service of remembrance was held on the market-square for the victims of the North Sea flood of 1962. Happier moments were the celebrations of Hamburger SV as German football champions, the last time though in 1983.
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