This location at Rostock’s market place has been the city council’s meeting place ever since the town was founded in 1265. The current building dates back to the year 1300; originally it only had four towers. The remaining three towers were added in the early 1500s, as can be seen in this picture drawn in 1583.
The building was severely damaged by bad weather in 1718 and was completely remodeled by Saxonian architect Zacharias Voigt in 1726.
Again severely damaged by a fire in 1978, the building was rebuilt to its old beauty in 1990.
See also article in German wikipedia. |