Description of the attraction
The first historical mention of the building, which today is known as the Ulm City Hall, dates back to the distant 1370. Then this building was built for commercial purposes. The first was the northern wing, which, unfortunately, has not survived to this day and exists only on old drawings and plans of the building. The basement of the building was used as a prison for many years. Some time later, in 1838, another wing was added to the building and the house was called the "House of the Court". Well, and as a city hall, the building was mentioned only a century later, in 1419.
To this day, the southern wing has been preserved in good condition from the old buildings, the hallmark of which is an interesting stepped pediment. In 1520, a significant event for the town hall took place: the most modern astronomical clock for those times was installed on it, which was destined to remain a memory for centuries. But that's not all: a glass clock, a sundial, was installed on the eastern façade, which has also been magnificently preserved to this day. In 1540, the reconstruction of the building began, during which another facade was completed, the northern one, the hallmark of which were arcades.
Ulm City Hall is famous for its frescoes: the eastern façade is decorated with interesting and instructive scenes from the Old Testament, as well as scenes that somehow indicate human vices and virtues. But another facade - the northern one - is richly decorated with mythological scenes, the main meaning of which is the glorification of justice, the triumph of male power. The frescoes were designed by local artist Martin Schaffner.
The building has undergone more than one reconstruction, the largest one took place in the period after the Second World War. In the bombing of 1944, the building itself and all the interior decoration were damaged; only the southern wing remained intact. One of the local attractions is a model of an aircraft designed by Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger.
