page_title: Rathaus (Freiburg im Breisgau)
section_title: New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus)
hierarchical_section_title: Rathaus (Freiburg im Breisgau) / New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das neue Rathaus in Freiburg
context_page_description: The town hall in Freiburg im Breisgau is spread over a total of 16 locations. The three most important buildings are the Old Town Hall and the New Town Hall in the city center as well as the Technical Town Hall in the Stühlinger district. The oldest town hall in Freiburg is part of the building complex of the Old Town Hall. It is located in the inner courtyard and is now called Gerichtslaube and is directly connected to the Old Town Hall. A passage from the New Town Hall to the Old Town Hall spans the Turmstraße between the two buildings. The three town halls form a complex, in which the three individual buildings are registered as monuments in the list of monuments of the country.
context_section_description: The origins of the New Town Hall can be traced back to a duplex house. The one on the right (Zum Rechen) was commissioned by the physician Joachim Schiller von Herdern and built between 1539 and 1545. The university bought the adjacent house (Zum Phönix) and turned both houses into a complex of buildings.
  As assembly between the buildings a prestigious columned doorway decorated with pediments carrying the inscription Academia friburgensis had been chosen. This complex of buildings has served the university until 1774 as Collegium Universititas. After the abolishment of the Jesuit order, the university received new collegiate buildings in the Bertoldstraße. The administration department and three of four faculties (medicine not included) relocated there. Since then, the building was called Alte Universität ("Old University"), Altes Kollegium ("Old College") or Alte Anatomie ("Old Anatomy"). In 1867, the Faculty of Medicine moved to new buildings northwards where a new university quarter arose. In the early 18th century, the Auditorium maximum (the biggest lecture hall) had been created in the course of a renovation of the building's south wing. Due to its grand stucco ceiling, the auditorium is considered the most beautiful room in Freiburg which has been created during the baroque period. In 1779, another auditorium for anatomical lectures (Theatrum Anatomicum) had been created in the northern part of the building.
  After more than 300 years belonging to the university, the town purchased the building for 140 gold mark and finished its conversion into the New Town Hall in 1901. Reasons for this include lack of space and the historic preservation of a monument. In addition to that, the town wanted to prevent the demolition of the building and therefore real estate speculation. The transformation into the town hall was also linked to many changes to the substance of the building. A bay window-figure was frequently damaged by trucks and has been fully replaced in 2012.
  Today, different theatrical performances take place in the courtyard of the new town hall in summer.
caption: New Town Hall
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