Hamburg City Hall

The City Hall was built in 1886. It is a neo-Baroque building built in the second half of the 19th century. The building is decorated with many commemorative and symbolic works of art. The whole building of the city hall is made of sandstone, the whole is smoke gray, and the roof is copper green, showing a simple style. The minaret on the building is 112 meters high and is one of the striking buildings in Hamburg. The tower is decorated with a golden imperial eagle, a symbol of German unification. Inside the City Hall The City Hall building has 4 floors, and there are many interior rooms with 647 pieces. There are two rows of stone columns in the hall on the first floor, a total of 16, and each column has a relief sculpture of figures. These figures are famous German figures, such as the dramatist Lessing, the musician Brahms and the physicist Hertz. The portraits hanging in the municipal banquet and reception hall describe the history of Hamburg. The "Golden Book" of the Hanseatic League is kept in the Mayor Hall, and the names of the successive mayors of Hamburg from 1264 to 1912 are engraved on the bronze medal. Between the windows on the second floor, there are 20 statues of German emperors.