Of Bremen city hall / City hall

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Of Bremen the city hall is one of the most beautiful gothical buildings in Europe. In July 2004 it was appointed from the UNESCO as well as that of Bremen Roland to the world cultural heritage of mankind.

Of Bremen the city hall serves at present as seat of the government of the Land of the Federal Republic Bremen and thus its president of the senate and mayor.

Situation

Of Bremen the city hall is in the middle in that of Bremen to city center because of the market place. Opposite the directly before it that of Bremen Roland, is on the right of that of Bremen cathedral and the modern of Bremen citizenry, on the left of those the church our loving women and some firms. At the west side bronze plastics stands for that of Bremen city musi edges of Gerhard Marcks.

Address: Of Bremen city hall, at the market 21.28195 Bremen

History

Old person the city hall was built 1405-1409 as gothical hall multi-storey building. The bremische building master of Bentheim (approx. 1555-1612) reconditioned the city hall from 1595-1612 and arranged the new front to the market. The front in the style of the Weser Renaissance shows architectural elements after drafts of masters of the Netherlands Renaissance such as Hans Vredeman de Vries, Hendrick Goltzius and Jacob Floris. 1909-1913 extended the Munich architect Gabriel of Seidl the city hall by a rear cultivation in the style of the Neorenaissance. Packed up into a large sand crate city hall and Roland got over the bombs 2. World war, which destroyed more than 60% of Bremen, to a large extent intact. It was restored several times, last 2003.

Objects of interest

That of Bremen advice cellars with the largest collection of German wines up to the year 1727.
The upper one city hall-resounds
The festival room
The fire-place room
The Gobelinzimmer
The senate hall
The lower one city hall-resounds