Möckern town hall

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The town hall in Möckern

The town hall in Möckern is a listed town hall in the town of Möckern in Saxony-Anhalt . In the local register of monuments it is recorded as a monument under registration number 094 71076 .

town hall

The town hall is located on the market in Möckern and is the headquarters of the city administration. Today's three-storey town hall building in Renaissance style with a flight of stairs and a sandstone portal is a new building from 1895. The previous building was a half-timbered house from 1700. In July 2016, the city council decided to consolidate the decentralized administration of the city in one location , for this purpose an extension was to be built at the historic town hall. A referendum was filed against this decision and there was a new vote on the decision in December 2017, with the result that there will be no expansion of the town hall for the time being.

City goddess in front of the town hall

City goddess

The city ​​goddess sculpture is located on the square in front of the town hall . It was created by the sculptor Heinrich Apel from Magdeburg in 1995. A "city wall with open gates for every woman and everyone, on whose battlements the hardworking citizens show their craft", forms the crown of the city goddess.

Web links

Commons : Rathaus Möckern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

  1. Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt
  2. ^ No extension, no referendum , popular vote from December 9, 2017

Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 56.4 "  N , 11 ° 49 ′ 55.8"  E