City Hall (Schweinfurt)

 city hall, listed building / architectural heritage

The historic Rathaus [City Hall], the city’s most significant and beautiful building, is located on the south side of the Markplatz. It was built in the years 1570-1572 by Nikolaus Hofmann (Halle/Saale), and is regarded as one of the most important profane Renaissance buildings in southern Germany.

Indeed, elements of the Late Gothic period are also evident in the architecture. As if through a miracle, the Schweinfurt City Hall survived all disasters and wars over the centuries – from the Thirty Years War to the nocturnal bombing raids of the 1940’s. The city’s most-photographed building – which documents Schweinfurt’s heyday as an imperial city like no other structure – is still a central location of urban life. www.schweinfurt.de/en/life/sights/index.html