Old Town Hall in Munich

The Old Town Hall is located on Munich’s Marienplatz Square and is one of the city’s main attractions.

The Old Town Hall is famous for the proclamation of a speech by Joseph Goebbels in 1938 on the eve of Jewish pogroms called Kristallnacht.

For the first time the town hall, built in the Gothic style, is mentioned in documents of the 1310s. With the growth and numerous changes of the city, the town hall also changed: it was rebuilt in the late Gothic style, in the neo-Gothic style, and later Renaissance elements were added to the building.

Since 1874, the city council moved from the Old Town Hall to the New, where it is located today. Now in the old building there is a museum of toys, and solemn events are held in the hall.

The new town hall in neo-Gothic style was built in 1867. The height of its tower is 85 meters. The observation deck can be reached by elevator. The town hall clock with 43 bells and 32 figures is also one of its attractions.