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Old Town Hall Leipzig

Old Town Hall Leipzig

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Old Town Hall Leipzig

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Location: Saxony, Germany

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2. Leipzig Market Square – Auerbachs Keller Leipzig loop from Leipzig Markt

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3. Monument to the Battle of the Nations – Lake of Tears loop from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Tiefgleise)

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September 19, 2015

The front of the old town hall in Leipzig is opposite the main entrance to the Mädlerpassage and is a beautiful Renaissance building. It is also the landmark backdrop for the famous Leipzig Christmas market.

The first town hall building on this site dates back to the 14th century. The building was designed from 1556 by Hieronymus Lotter, then mayor of Leipzig, also well known as the architect of the Saxon Elector August for his hunting lodge Augustusburg near Chemnitz.

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Andy

September 7, 2021

The old town hall of Leipzig is located on the east side of the market and is one of the most important buildings of the Saxon Renaissance. In the periphery of the old town hall, life has always been in the center of the city and the old walls are witnesses and silent observers of the city's lively history. The venerable building was erected in the middle of the 14th century, because the wealthy citizens of Leipzig wanted to create a place that was appropriate for the various functions regulating urban life in the growing trading city.

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January 23, 2022

This text can be read all around the town hall below the attic:[9]

“AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHRIST OUR LORD IN THE MIDDLVI YEAR, UNDER THE REIGN OF THE MOST SEVERAL AND HIGH-BORN PRINCE AND LORD AUGUSTI, DUCHESS OF SAXONY OF THE HOLY EMPIRE, ARCH-MARSAL AND ELECTOR LANDGRAF OF THE HOLY ROME, MARGRAND OF MEISSEN AND BURGRAF OF MAGDEBURG ETC., THE BUILDING OF THIS HOUSE WAS BEGUN IN THE MONTH OF MARTH FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE COMMON BENEFIT OF THIS TOWN AND WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER. TO THE LORD ALONE BE THE HONOR, FOR WHERE THE LORD DOES NOT BUILD THE CITY, THEY WORK IN VAIN WHERE THE LORD DOES NOT GUARD THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN KEEPS AWARE IN VAIN THE LORD'S NAME BE GIVEN FOREVER AMEN BY CHURCH. JOHN. GEORG II. HIGHLY LOVELY GOVERNMENT RENOVATED MDCLXXII."

This inscription was painted in 1672 and later, during the renovation at the beginning of the 20th century, refined by using brass letters.[10]

The inscription highlights the extremely short construction period from March to November 1556 and praises God. As Rudolf Skoda writes, the house had to be built in the short time between two masses. The interior work was done afterwards and required considerably more time

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Old Town Hall Leipzig

1. Alte Handelsbörse Leipzig – Thomaskirche Leipzig loop from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Tiefgleise)

2. Leipzig Market Square – Auerbachs Keller Leipzig loop from Leipzig Markt

3. Monument to the Battle of the Nations – Lake of Tears loop from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Tiefgleise)

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