The new city hall at Marienplatz in Munich is seat of the mayor, the town councillor and head office of the city administration. It was built from 1867 to 1909 of George von Hauberrisser in the again-gothical style.

History

When the space emergency in the today's old person and in 1944 destroyed city hall "“small city hall"” at the Petersbergl became too large, the city fathers decided to a new building. In memory of the former civil high bloom during the gothic one decided for a again-gothical new building. At the same time one wanted to set thereby its own architectural accent to the buildings of the king house.

As building site the north side of Marienplatz was selected, where still the landscape houses stood, which had been established in the outgoing Middle Ages as a kind agency of the landscapes opposite the Bavarian duke and/or cure prince.

The first section in the East part, Marienplatz, Ecke servant route, was the result of a design competition, which George von Hauberrisser won and 1867 - 1874 implemented. When it became clear that this new building would not be sufficient was consulted to take up the entire administration the entire surface between Marienplatz and Landschaftsstrasse on the one hand and between crying race and servant route on the other hand for the new building. 1888 to 1893 developed the section servant route/corner landscape road, 1899 to 1903 auxiliary fronts at the landscape road, crying race and Marienplatz. Models for this were the city hall in Brussels as well as the new city hall in Vienna.

1944 with bomb attacks easily damaged, were converted the new city hall after the war. The sections at Marienplatz received an additional floor, which hides itself behind the again-gothical Ballustrade, so that the old impression remained. The front at the landscape road was very simplified restored. End of the 1990er years was general-reorganized the new city hall and reconstructed in details again, so for example the again-gothical Ziergeschmiede, which crowns the roof.

Structure

The complex from baking and Muschelkalkhaustein possesses six inner courts. On a property surface of 9159 m 7115 m are covered Those nearly 100 m are enough for main front to Marienplatz are richly decorated. It shows Bavarian kings, cure princes and ancestors wittelsbacher ruling families. As central monument in the center of the main front between both sections at Marienplatz above the guard house a rider fixed image of the prince regent Luitpold is to be seen. At the main front at Marienplatz and to in the crying race residents of Munich originals, again-gothical Wasserspeier in the form of Fratzen and masks, are allegorische pictures, to discover topics from the life of holy ones and popular legend shapes. At the brick fronts at Marienplatz and in the servant route additionally the coats of arms of important Bavarian cities.

The 85 m high city hall tower with the resident of Munich Kindl at the Turmspitze, contains the fifth-largest bell play of Europe. It sounded for the first time in the year 1908. The 43 bells of the mechanical clock play successively four different melodies, to which altogether 32 figures represent the and a knight tournament with the wedding of the Bavarian duke William Vth with Renata of Lorraine in the year 1568. The melodies are changed in the course of the yearly. Six different combinations of in each case four songs are used.

In the oriels of the sieved tower projectile a resident of Munich appears night watchman, who blow on its horn, as well as an angel, who segnet residents of Munich the Kindl.

Functions

The new city hall is seat of the mayor and the town councillor, who have here its meeting room. At the same time the advice parliamentary groups and small parts of the city administration are accommodated in the new city hall. Since his delivery the legal department of the residents of Munich municipal library is accommodated in a again-gothical library hall.

In the new city hall and on Marienplatz usually also the receipts and honours for successful residents of Munich sportsmen and crews take place. Hereunder applies it as a special honour, itself of the balcony of the office room of the mayor, who is in the city hall tower below the bell play to show the waiting residents of Munich.

The city hall tower possesses also a prospect gallery at the point, which can be achieved with an elevator.

Bell play and night watchman with angel

The bell play finds twice daily around 11 and at 17 o'clock instead of (from November to February the 17-Uhr-Termin is void). The actual play work is under the polygonal spire and is also individually playable.

Apart from the 11-clock play there is still another variant in the late evening. At 21 headlights the oriel illuminate o'clock. From the left side the night watchman steps out and turns its round; it carries a Hellebarde, a horn and a lamp, its dog follows it. The model for the night watchman is in Richard of Wagners opera "“the Meistersinger of Nuremberg"”. After short break the "“cradle song"” rings out from Johannes Brahms. From the right oriel tower marches now resident of Munich the Kindl, to the left followed from the peace angel. If both concerned at the other side, the light expires and Munich dips into the night.

See also: .

Literature

• Klaus Gallas: Munich. Of the welfischen establishment Heinrichs of the lion up to the present: Art, culture, history. Cologne: DuMont, 1979, ISBN 3-7701-1094-3 (DuMont documents: DuMont art travel guide)
• Huber, Brigitte: The new city hall in Munich. George von Hauberrisser (1841-1922) and its Hauptwerk. and Galitz publishing house, 2006, ISBN 3-937904-24-7

Related links

• www.muenchen.de: New city hall

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