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The town hall in Ruchheim, a district of Ludwigshafen am Rhein in Rhineland-Palatinate, was built around 1721 as a moated castle. It is located at Schlossstraße 1 and is a protected cultural monument. Source and more information can be found here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathaus_Ruchheim

The original moated castle was built around 1721 by the Russicon family from Basel. Baron Jakob Tillmann von Hallberg, the conference councillor and chief court chancellor at the Electorate of the Palatinate court, acquired the town and the castle in 1737. The property was auctioned in 1815 and came into the possession of the Wolf family from Wachenheim, who expanded it into a farm estate. The moat around the castle was levelled in 1885. The later owner, Albert Bürklin, converted it into a residential and administrative building for the Bürklin-Wolf estate in 1909. The BASF housing company GEWOGE bought the building in 1964, and the municipality of Ruchheim bought it from them in 1970. After Ruchheim was incorporated in 1974, the city of Ludwigshafen became the owner. The old outbuildings were demolished around 1968 and a community center was set up. Today, the former castle is the seat of the mayor of Ruchheim.

The castle was built between 1728 and 1731 for the Electorate of the Palatinate Chancellor Baron Jakob Tillmann von Hallberg from the noble Hallberg family. The local lord converted an entire wing into a church, opened it as a place of worship for the Catholics of the area and in 1742 founded a Catholic parish in Fußgönheim for the first time since the Reformation. He had a high altar painting made for the church by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, who also painted the Mannheim castle. According to local tradition, recorded by the local pastor Stephan Lederer, Jakob Tillmann von Hallberg is depicted on it as a figure; the only known depiction of him. According to the local chronicle, the castle church was completed in 1741. It is the current northwest wing of the entire complex, with a roof turret. Its baroque interior is completely preserved. From 1788 to 1792, Heinrich Theodor von Hallberg (1725–1792), the Electorate of the Palatinate and Bavaria's ambassador in Vienna, was the lord of the castle. In 1815, the Hallberg Castle was auctioned off and subsequently changed hands several times. It was used as a shop, barn and warehouse. Among other things, the castle housed a cigar factory, a prisoner of war camp and a Raiffeisen magazine. In 1972, the castle was purchased by the Catholic parish of Fußgönheim and restored at great expense. A large church room was set up in the formerly secular central section and partially furnished with baroque furnishings. This is today's Catholic church of St. Jakobus. The historic castle church now only forms its side chapel. The district of Ludwigshafen transferred part of its property to the Catholic parish free of charge. In 1983 and 1984, the former castle garden was restored and made accessible to the public.

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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallbergsches_Schloss

Today only a memorial stone reminds of the Gronau Castle. King Maximilian of Bavaria had this memorial stone erected in the mid-19th century. The inscription on the stone is listed on an information board, which also shows a picture of the probable layout of the castle.

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A very nice tour as I like to drive :)