Rathaus - Würzburg, Germany - Deutsche Denkmallisten - German Monument Registers on Waymarking.com

The Würzburg City Hall is not a single building, but a group of buildings, constructed originally for different purposes and at different times. A municipal Council in Würzburg is first mentioned in 1256. The citizens were heavily involved in the administration of the city, and in 1316 the Mayor and Council acquired Grafeneckart, a visible sign of bourgeois struggle for independence against the episcopal ruler.

The building was originally the seat of a bishop's official and has a Romanesque tower and the hall of Wenceslas from the 13 Century. It is the oldest secular space of the city.

Today the Grafeneckart is the oldest part of the town hall, which has steadily expanded over the centuries. To the west adjacent to the Grafeneckart of 1659/60 is a red building built in the late Renaissance style. North is a secularized Carmelite monastery, which was bought by the City Council in the 19th Century.

After the bombing of the 16th March 1945 only Grafeneckart and the gable front of the red building survived. it was 1949 before the Council could return to its meeting room at the Red building. The whole complex of buildings was rebuilt 1947-51.

From the Register:

 Rathaus, historisch gewachsene Gruppe von Bauten
verschiedener Epochen, Grafeneckartbau, hoher Massivbau mit Turm, im Kern
romanisch, um 1453 Umbauten und Ausbau der Turmobergeschosse, 1593-94
Aufstockung mit Volutengiebel durch Wolf Behringer; Kellerbau, frühes 15. Jh., mit
ehem. Ratskapelle von 1399; Roter Bau, reich gegliederte Rotsandsteinfassade mit
Volutengiebel, 1659-60 von Philipp Preiss und Sebastian Villinger; ehem.
Klostergebäude der unbeschuhten Karmeliten, um 1720; Erweiterungsbau an der
Karmelitenstraße, Neurenaissance, 1898-99 von Peter Bernatz; die ganze Anlage 1947-51
wiederaufgebaut.