The "Gerichtslaube" was destroyed in the air raid on Freiburg ("Operation Tigerfish") of 1944 almost to the foundations, it remained only parts of the access staircase and the west wall, the annex which contained the archives, including the establishment of 1553 remained almost intact. From 1961, the reconstruction was run by the "Kuratorium Gerichtslaube", a civic initiative and in March 1975, the reconstruction could be started according to the plans of the architect Gregor Schroeder. After the topping out ceremony in December 1975, it was solemnly inaugurated in June 1979.