New Town Hall (Leipzig)

New Town Hall (Leipzig)
South west view of Leipzig New Town Hall
South west view, 1905.
View from the south.
New Town Hall 2008

Leipzig New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus) is the seat of the Leipzig city administration since 1905. It stands within the Leipzig's "ring road" on the south west corner opposite the city library at Martin-Luther-Ring.

History

In 1895 the city of Leipzig was granted the site of the Pleissenburg by the Kingdom of Saxony to build a new town hall. A competition was held for architectural designs with the specification that the Rapunzel tower sillhouette of the Pleißenburg be retained. In 1897 the architect and city building director of Leipzig Hugo Licht was awarded the job of designing it.

The foundation stone of the New Town Hall was laid on the 19 th October 1899. 51°20′9″N 12°22′21″E / 51.33583°N 12.3725°E / 51.33583; 12.3725


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