The city hall lies in the old part of town east of Nuremberg, equivalent the choir of pc. Sebald. From the west the city hall gives itself Jakob wolf D still as impressive building of baroque of the architect. To recognize J., even if it had again again to be developed to large parts after 1945 (it at the north side around two window axles shortened). At the south side a hall construction gothical in the core is integrated, which Albrecht renewed. The hole prisons in the basement are considered as tourist attraction.

Building history

To in 14. Century did not possess the city an own city hall. Instead the advice stepped in a house of the Tuchmacher, which in documents alternately than "„garb house "“, only than "„house "“or than "„the citizen house is designated "“, together. Only as the Lorenzer and Sebalder halves to universitas civium united and by a common wall were connected, acquired the advice 1332 a messuage of the monastery Heilsbronn and extended the area later by further

The mentioned hall construction developed as the oldest part of the building 1332-1340 under direction of the Stadbaumeisters Philipp large. To this building closes in the north of Hans of the Beheim D. 1514-1515 established so-called building of advice rooms on. At the beginning 16. Century tackled the advice of the city an extensive renewal of the city hall; Front painting 1521, painting the large hall probably 1521 begun, 1528/30 terminates.

With self-confident its a flourishing realm city one decided 100 years later to the new building in the architecture of an Italian palace. By Jakob Wolff D. J. as four-wing plant planned (therefore also Wolff' building called), turned out the building 1616-1622 then nevertheless not so for Italian. The horizontal, which was unknown in the history up to then, in the elongated building of monumental plays a behrrschende role; but with the perfectly inconceivable in Italy the roof region returns again to domestic Senkrechten.

1945 burned the city hall out after bomb hits completely. Only starting from 1956 the old city hall was developed this ruin.

See also: Art and architectural monuments of the city Nuremberg

Literature

• Matthias Mende: Old persons the city hall. Building history and equipment of the large hall and the advice room, Nuremberg 1979 (= city-historical museums Nuremberg. 15).
• Matthias Mende (Hg.): Albrecht - an artist in its city, Nuremberg 2000; passim also to the city hall renewal under Albrecht (esp. S. 216ff.).

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