City Hall

Stralsund, Germany

Together with St. Nicholas´ Church, the City Hall facade forms one of the city’s most splendid sights in Stralsund. The complex, originally composed of two long parallel wings, was originally used as a place for merchants to trade, with small shops and stalls on both sides of the inner courtyard as well as in the 'Butter Passage' that led through the City Hall from Ossenreyerstrasse to the former main entrance of St. Nicholas´ Church. The coats of arms of Lueneburg and Bremen on the eastern side and Hamburg, Luebeck, Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund and Gerifswald on the northern are reminders of the once powerful Hanseatic League. The City Hall was comprehensively restored between 2001 and 2011, and it is from here that the city is still ruled today.

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Semlowerstraße 43, Stralsund, Germany
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Founded: 1278
Category: Palaces, manors and town halls in Germany
Historical period: Habsburg Dynasty (Germany)

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www.stralsundtourismus.de

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User Reviews

Anton Retzler (2 months ago)
Ok
ANGITHA SUSAN MATHEW (3 months ago)
A beautiful building. The UNESCO benchmark is in this building wall.
Ben Hudson (12 months ago)
Beautiful architecture and interior passageways
Jonas Koch (3 years ago)
Kurze Wartezeiten
Piotr Kalinowski (3 years ago)
Polecam na krótki wypad ze znajomymi i rodziną
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