In 1825, 20 years after construction began, Karlsruhe's town hall was completed according to plans by Friedrich Weinbrenner. The two large neoclassical buildings facing each other, the Protestant town church and the town hall, significantly define the overall impression of the market square.
The result was a three-storey building with three inner courtyards. Originally, the building was also used for the town's economy, housing the meat bank, the grain and flour hall and the salt hall. Rooms in the tower were used as a prison. After the town hall was destroyed in the Second World War, the historic market square wing was rebuilt and the interior of the building was remodelled.
The Republic was proclaimed from the town hall balcony on 14 May 1849.
