Neues Rathaus
Neues Rathaus stands south-east of Dresden’s Altmarkt on Dr.-Külz-Ring, anchoring the cityscape with sandstone façades and steep roofs. Its tower rises 100 metres above the city and carries the Golden Town Hall Man another five metres higher.
Dresden needed larger administrative quarters when the Old Town Hall could no longer accommodate its growing government. Karl Roth won the architectural competition announced in 1901, construction began in 1905, and Friedrich August III laid the foundation stone before completion in 1910. February 1945 bombing raids caused severe damage, while reconstruction from 1948 simplified the interior and left some original features unrestored.
Sixteen larger-than-life sandstone figures circle the tower, representing virtues such as love, hope, and mercy. A four-metre clock marks the tower face, and Rathausplatz holds Walter Reinhold’s Trümmerfrau sculpture, commemorating women who cleared rubble after the war.
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