Old Town Hall
The Old Town Hall, which dominates the east side of the Markt square in Leipzig's district Mitte, is considered one of Germany's most important secular Renaissance buildings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours: public holidays and Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Town hall
- Description: building in Leipzig, Germany
- Also known as: “Old City Hall” and “Old City Hall (Leipzig)”
- Address: Markt 1, Leipzig, 04109
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Stock Exchange and Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig.
Old Stock Exchange
Photo: Alexander-93, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alte Handelsbörse or Alte Börse in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, is the city's oldest assembly building of merchants, and also the oldest Baroque building.
Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig
Museum
Photo: Appaloosa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig is a museum of contemporary German history. The museum was opened in 1999 and focuses on the history of the German division, everyday life in the communist dictatorship of the GDR, and the reunification process.
Market Square
Square
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Markt is a square of about 1 ha in Leipzig's district of Mitte, Germany. It is considered the center of the city. The Old Town Hall stands on it, which demonstrates its particular historical importance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Musikviertel and Waldstraßenviertel.
Musikviertel
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Musikviertel is a neighbourhood in Leipzig, Germany. The Musikviertel is part of the locality Zentrum-Süd in the borough of Leipzig-Mitte.The name goes back to the first music institutions built in the neighbourhood, the second Gewandhaus and the new building of the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Waldstraßenviertel
Neighborhood
Waldstraßenviertel is a neighbourhood in the north west of Leipzig's borough Mitte in Saxony, Germany. It is considered one of the largest complete areas of Gründerzeit buildings in Europe and is therefore considered of important cultural and heritage status.
Old Town Hall
- Categories: building, tourism, public building, tourist attraction, and government building
- Location: Leipzig, Leipzig Lowlands-Central Hills, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.34037° or 51° 20′ 25″ northLongitude
12.37535° or 12° 22′ 31″ eastElevation
116 metres (381 feet)Open location code
9F3J89RG+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 8031319OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=townhallOpenStreetMap feature
building=civicOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
11395462Wikidata ID
Q439431
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In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Ukrainian—“Old Town Hall” goes by many names.
- Bashkir: “Иҫке ратуша (Лейпциг)”
- Bashkir: “Иҫке ратуша”
- Chinese: “莱比锡老市政厅”
- Dutch: “Altes Rathaus”
- Esperanto: “Malnova urbodomo de Lepsiko”
- French: “Ancien hôtel de ville de Leipzig”
- German: “Altes Rathaus (Leipzig)”
- German: “Altes Rathaus”
- Hungarian: “Régi városház”
- Italian: “Altes Rathaus”
- Italian: “Municipio Vecchio”
- Japanese: “旧庁舎”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Altes Rathaus”
- Norwegian: “Altes Rathaus”
- Russian: “Старая ратуша”
- Spanish: “Altes Rathaus”
- Spanish: “Ayuntamiento viejo”
- Turkish: “Eski Belediye Bianası”
- Turkish: “Old City Hall”
- Ukrainian: “Стара ратуша”
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