Town Hall in Aachen - it's not just an architectural monument, but also a building that to this day plays an important role in city life. As you know, the building is located not far from the no less famous Aachen Cathedral, making a magnificent architectural ensemble, which is listed in the list of the most valuable monuments in Germany.

If you look into the depths of the history of Aachen, we can see that the Town Hall was previously in the so-called Graskhause, but in the 14th century it was decided to build a new building, as the city has a new free status. Romer could not take huge receptions, and even more so, she could not become a place of coronation. Start of construction of a new town hall took place in 1330 and the building was built in nineteen years, which is not too long, given the scale. We also know that the foundation for the construction of the town hall served destroyed by the time the palace of Emperor Charles.

Several fires that occurred in the life of the building, destroying the roof, the towers, but each time restored town hall. In the 18th century the town hall was significantly rebuilt and restored, and it became the highlight of the frescoes and special panels of wood. Next, the 19th century also brought a lot of changes, because the town hall was rebuilt constantly adding rooms. The purpose of these actions was the return of the Gothic town hall, which had been lost earlier.

The famous statue of King in the company of the traditional symbols of the various arts and sciences - fifty sculptures made in stone - have appeared on the northern facade, too, not so long ago, in the middle of the 19th century. Around the same time to the murals that appeared on the walls of rooms, he puts his talented hand of Alfred Rethel.

Hall and suffered during the Second World War in 1943, the building became one of the objects of the bombings. Restoration work was carried out slowly and carefully: comparing all the drawings were selected the most authentic, the most complex designs reproduced, renewable frescoes. The process was slow, full restoration was completed only by the end of the 70s.

Today Aachen Town Hall - this is one of the brightest business cards of the city, a monument of architecture and symbolic place for the townspeople. On the square in front of it there are the most significant event since finishing fairs and sporting events. And the building is not only a museum, but also normal business offices mayor and other officials who manage the affairs of the city in the third millennium.