Hamburg City Hall Facts:
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The old city hall was destroyed in the great fire of 1842, it took almost 44 years to build a new one.
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The Current City Hall was constructed in 1886, and was inaugurated in 1897, designed by multiple group of seven architects, led by Martin Haller.
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In 1971 a room in the tower was only discovered accidentally during a search for a document fallen behind a filing cabinet. So there is a probability that there are even more rooms than the currently counted 647 rooms.
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Hamburg City Hall is the seat of local government of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany.
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The emperor’s hall in the first floor is the second-largest representation hall, named after Wilhelm II.
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It cost around 11 million German gold marks, which is around 80 Million Euros to Construct the City Hall.
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At the official opening ceremony the First Mayor Johannes Versmann received the key of the city hall.
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The city hall has a total area of 17,000 m2. The tower is 112 metres high with 436 steps.
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The courtyard is decorated with a Hygieia fountain.
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The balcony is surmounted by a mosaic of Hamburg’s patron goddess Hammonia, the city’s coat of arms and an inscription of the city’s motto in Latin “Libertatem quam peperere maiores digne studeat servare posteritas.”