Town Hall of Bremen
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How it came to be
In 1366 the wooden statue of Roland on Bremen's market square was burned. In 1404 a new one of limestone was put up, facing the cathedral. The figure is 5.47 metres tall, 10.21 metres with its column and canopy, and it is the oldest surviving Roland statue in the former Holy Roman Empire, a symbol of the city's liberties.
The Gothic town hall was built around 1400 under the burgomaster Johann Hemeling. In 1595-1596 the architect Lüder von Bentheim remodelled the windows of the upper hall, and in 1608-1612 the front was transformed in the Weser Renaissance style. The Ratskeller below holds the oldest wine barrel in Germany, made in 1653.
In the Second World War more than 60% of the city was destroyed, but the town hall, its walls boarded up and guarded by the fire brigade, came through with little damage. The town hall and Roland were inscribed in 2004 as expressions of the civic autonomy and sovereignty that grew up in the Holy Roman Empire.
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