New Year's reception in Hamburg City Hall
The New Year's Reception in the Hamburg City Hall is an event to which the First Mayor of the city invites all Hamburg residents on January 1st of each year. It takes place in the Hall of the Republics or Tower Hall of the Hamburg City Hall . On the occasion of the reception, the people of Hamburg convey their congratulations for the new year to the mayor.
history
The New Year reception dates back to 1926. Carl Wilhelm Petersen established the tradition. This has its origin in audiences that have been held in Hamburg at the beginning of the year since the 18th century . Dignitaries and diplomats residing in the city took part. In the 19th century, the reception was held in the mayor's private house. In 1901 Gerhard Hachmann changed the place; he chose the town hall.
literature
- Ernst Christian Schütt: The Chronicle of Hamburg . Chronik Verlag , Dortmund 1991.
Individual evidence
- ↑ New Year's Reception in Hamburg City Hall , accessed on January 12, 2020.