Hamburg City Hall | |
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Hamburger Rathaus | |
General information | |
Type | City hall |
Architectural style | Revivalism |
Location | Rathausmarkt 1 |
Coordinates | 53°33′01″N 9°59′32″E / 53.55028°N 9.99222°E |
Construction started | 6 May 1886 (laying of the first stone) |
Inaugurated | 26 October 1897 |
Cost | 11 million Gold mark |
Client | Government of Hamburg |
Owner | Government of Hamburg |
Height | 112 m (367 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor area | 17,000 m2 (180,000 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Martin Haller (main architect), Johannes Grotjan, Bernhard Hanssen, Wilhelm Hauers, Leopold Lamprecht, Wilhelm Emil Meerwein, Hugo Stammann and Gustav Zinnow |
Hamburg City Hall (German: Hamburger Rathaus, pronounced [ˈhambʊʁɡɐ ˈʁaːthaʊs]) is the seat of local government of Hamburg, Germany. It is the seat of the government of Hamburg and as such, the seat of one of Germany's 16 state parliaments. The Rathaus is located in the Altstadt quarter in the city center, at the Rathausmarkt square, and near the lake Binnenalster and the central station. Constructed from 1886 to 1897, the city hall still houses its original governmental functions with the office of the First Mayor of Hamburg and the meeting rooms for the Parliament and the Senate (the city's executive branch).