The new city hall in Hanover was inaugurated after twelve-year-old boys construction period on 20 June 1913. It is a wilhelminischer close-similar building of splendour, which dominates the city center of Hanover. The building is embedded in the ten hectares large machine park. Since that time old person the city hall is used no more than head office seat, in him is business and the register office.

History

The building cost amounted to at that time ten million Marks, which became building established by the architects Hermann Eggert and Gustav Halmhuber on 6026 beech stakes: "“Ten million Marks, majesty - and everything bar paid"”, announced for this director of city Heinrich Tramm, when the new city hall was inaugurated of emperor Wilhelm II. The place before the city hall is called today Trammplatz.

The new city hall replaced from now on the cheek home palace as city hall.

In the Second World War the building was strongly damaged with an anglo American bomb attack on the city center of Hanover.

In the 38 meters high 1946 city hall-resound the country Lower Saxony were proclaimed.

Within the waiting range of the dome elevator information boards were hung up, which document the history of the city hall.

The height of the city hall dome amounts to scarcely 100 meters. In Europe the special elevator is singular an arc-shaped the dome following) driving process exhibits. It is only falsely called diagonal elevator up unfortunately again and again to the dome, in which a prospect platform is. In an angle of up to 17 the elevator in that "°steigt 50 m long pit to the dome gallery, by where out with good view that resin can be seen. The elevator shifts horizontal over over 10 m! The 2 carrying rope presents themselves while driving downward on 3 double roles in the wheel-well wall.

The elevator was established to 1908 by company Flohr. The Fahrkorb is led in steam-curved oak rails, by which with each catch attempt unfortunately 2 x 2 m are destroyed. The mechanics became to today in each case 1: 1 replaces. In the winter term 2006/7 this elevator is replaced by a new elevator, which will then have a transparent floor even on push of a button. The existing elevator is weather-related in the winter term unfortunately not usable. For technically interested one by an engineer's office guidance are accomplished free of charge after arrangement.

Unfortunately the city hall tower cannot be visited by go-obstructed, since above the elevator door only one spiral staircase leads to the prospect levels. More place is there unfortunately not. In the year 2005 visited over 90.000 humans the city hall tower,

In the ground floor of the city hall are four city models of Hanover, which represent the development of the city descriptive.

Literature

• Wolfgang stone way: The city hall in Hanover. From the Kaiser era into the present. Hanover 1988, ISBN 3-87706-287-3

Related links

• Information of the city Hanover to the new city hall

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