Fodor's Expert Review Altes Rathaus
Nurnberg (Nuremberg)
Government Building
Bombing destroyed the original City Hall, completed in 1332, on Rathausplatz in 1944. The post-war reconstruction incorporates the intact medieval dungeons, consisting of 12 small rooms and one large torture chamber. The Lochgefängnis (the Hole), shows the gruesome applications of medieval law. Gänsemännchenbrunnen (Gooseman's Fountain) faces the Altes Rathaus. This lovely Renaissance bronze fountain, cast in 1550, is a work of rare elegance and great technical sophistication.
