Red City Hall
The Red Town Hall—Rotes Rathaus—was built as Berlin’s working seat of government, and it still functions as the seat of the Governing Mayor and the Berlin Senate. Designed by Hermann Friedrich Waesemann in the Rundbogenstil, the building was constructed in the 1861–1869 period and occupies an entire city block after replacing several medieval buildings. Its appearance deliberately borrows from abroad: the overall layout was modelled on the Old Town Hall of Toruń in Poland, while the tower’s silhouette recalls the cathedral tower of Laon in France. World War II changed everything. Allied bombing left the town hall heavily damaged, and it was rebuilt to the original plans between 1951 and 1956. After the war, the surviving Neues Stadthaus served as temporary city hall until September 1948, after which the Red Town Hall functioned as the town hall of East Berlin. …
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