Ulmer Rathaus description and photos - Germany: Ulm (Topic)

Ulmer Rathaus description and photos - Germany: Ulm. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Ulmer Rathaus.

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The first historical mention of the building, which today is known as the Ulm City Hall, dates back to 1370. Then this building was built for commercial purposes. The first was the northern wing, which, unfortunately, has not survived to this day and exists only on old drawings and plans of the building. The basement of the building was used as a prison for many years. Some time later, in 1838, another wing was added to the building and the house was called the "House of the Court". Well, and as the city hall, the building was mentioned only a century later, in 1419.

The southern wing has been preserved from the old buildings in good condition to this day, the hallmark of which is an interesting stepped pediment. In 1520, a significant event for the town hall took place: the most modern astronomical clock for those times was installed on it, which was destined to remain a memory for centuries. But that's not all: a glass clock, a solar clock, was installed on the eastern facade, which has also been wonderfully preserved to this day. In 1540, the reconstruction of the building began, during which another facade was completed, the northern one, the hallmark of which were arcades.

Ulm City Hall is famous for its frescoes: the eastern facade is decorated with interesting and instructive scenes from the Old Testament, as well as stories that somehow indicate human vices and virtues. But another facade - the northern one - is richly decorated with mythological scenes, the main meaning of which is the glorification of justice, the triumph of male power. The frescoes were designed by local artist Martin Schaffner.

The building has undergone more than one reconstruction, the largest occurred in the period after the Second World War. In the bombing of 1944, the building itself and all the interior decoration were damaged, only the southern wing remained intact. One of the local attractions is a model of an aircraft designed by Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger.

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