The Old Town Hall in Hattingen (on the Ruhr, Ennepe-Ruhr district/North Rhine-Westphalia) had been a market hall for meat sales since around 1420. In 1576, two storeys were added to the building in half-timbered construction and it was used as a town hall. There were prison cells to the right and left of the passageway.
(February 2026)
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The door to Nassau Town Hall (Rhein-Lahn district/Rhineland-Palatinate).
(December 2025)
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The town hall in the wine-growing town of Oberwesel on the Rhine (Rhine-Hunsrück district / Rhineland-Palatinate) was built in 1842.
(July 2024)
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The town hall in Alsfeld (Vogelsberg/ Hessen) was originally built in 1512-16, but had to be partially reconstructed later.
(March 1978)
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The half-timbered town hall in Homburg (Ohm)/ Upper Hesse was built in 1539.
(March 1978)
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The town hall in Kirchhain (Marburg-Biedenkopf district) in Upper Hesse was built around 1450.
(January 1978)
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Das Alte Rathaus von Fulda (Hessen)
(April 2014)
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The old half-timbered town hall of Fulda (Hessen province) was reconstructed according to the state in 1531. To the right is the baroque parish church of St. Blasius.
(April 2014)
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