City Hall West (Karlsruhe)
The City Hall West is a branch of the Karlsruhe city administration in the Weststadt . The historic building at the Mühlburger Tor is mainly used by the social and youth authorities. The citizens' office K8 is also nearby .
Grasp relief on the building
The house with the representative sandstone facade was built from 1895 to 1898 in the neo-renaissance style according to a design by the architect Adolf Hanser as the administration building of the general supply institution . After numerous renovations and extensions, the building became the property of the city of Karlsruhe. During the occupation after the Second World War , the building was confiscated by the French and later by the US occupying forces .
literature
- Stadtarchiv Karlsruhe (ed.), Ute Grau, Ulrike Plate: 1898–1998. From the Insurance Palace to the West Town Hall. (Festschrift) Karlsruhe 1998.
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 39 ″ N , 8 ° 23 ′ 8 ″ E