Tangermünde - Rathaus

Tangermünde Castle was first mentioned in 1009 as "civitate Tongeremuthi" because this is where the Tanger (Tongera) flows into the Elbe. The city was first mentioned in 1275.

From 1373 to 1378 Tangermünde was the second seat of Emperor Charles IV, who appointed his 12-year-old son Wenzel Elector of Brandenburg in 1373. After the death of Emperor Charles IV, there was a turbulent development in the Mark, until the Hohenzollerns were enfeoffed with the Mark as electors in 1415 and initially resided in Tangermünde.

The heyday of the Hanseatic city was the 15th century, when the city gates and the town hall were built in the North German brick Gothic style. At this time, St. Stephen's Church was expanded into a Gothic hall church. The city lost the Elector's favor after the uprising of 1488, when the citizens rebelled against the beer tax.

In 1617 the city burned down almost completely. After the fire, many magnificent half-timbered houses were built. Due to the Thirty Years' War, however, the city became a rather insignificant country town.
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The oldest part of the town hall is the east wing, which was probably built in 1430 by Hinrich Brunsberg. Remarkable is the 24-meter-high brick display wall. Around 1480 the court arbor was built and above it the council hall, which is used today as a wedding room. The building was once an extension of the actual 14th century town hall, which was probably half-timbered and burned down in 1617.

The building contains only two rooms and no separate staircase. It was not until 1618 that a wooden external staircase was added, which was replaced by a staircase with arcades in 1846. Today, the town hall banquet hall and the council hall can be reached via this staircase. Some of the windows on the first floor were already replaced in the 16th century, and the tracery fields of the windows on the upper floor were replaced in 1846 as part of the overall renovation, whereby the fronts were greatly extended.

It is counted among the most architecturally valuable secular buildings of the Brick Gothic style in northern Germany.