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Up
until
1883
this
beautiful
Baroque
building
was
the
city's
Town
Hall
or,
in
German,
Rathaus.
Its
use
as
an
official
building,
however,
dates
as
far
back
as
1309,
when
Frederick
II
the
Fair,
having
confiscated
it,
offered
it
to
the
brothers
Otto
and
Haymo
von
Neuburg,
who
had
previously
led
a
conspiracy
against
the
Habsburgs
following
the
death
of
Alberto
I.
Over
time,
the
original
structure
was
successively
expanded
and
underwent
a
major
reconstruction
in
the
18th
century,
when
the
façade
was
completed.
The
building,
located
opposite
the
former
Office
of
the
Chancellor
of
the
Court
of
Bohemia,
now
houses
shops
and
offices,
though
the
exhibition
dedicated
to
the
resistance
movement
against
Nazism
that
originated
in
Austria
after
the
Anschluss,
the
annexation
in
1938
by
Adolf
Hitler,
is
still
worth
seeing.
The
exhibition
offers
the
public
revealing
photos
and
documents
that
both
encourage
historical
memory
and
are
designed
warn
future
generations
of
the
dangers
of
fascism.
Among
the
highlights
of
the
Altes
Rathaus
are
the
wrought
iron
ornaments
that
adorn
the
entrance
and
the
fountain
of
Andromeda,
a
late
work
of
Georg
Raphael
Donner.
The
monument,
erected
in
1741,
is
located
in
the
main
courtyard.
The
only
part
that
remains
of
the
medieval
building
is
a
small
Gothic
chapel,
the
Salvatorkapelle,
which
dates
from
the
13th
century
and
retains
a
notable
connection
with
Lombard
architecture.
Its
most
attractive
features
are
the
beautiful
18th-century
organ
and
the
extraordinary
Renaissance
portico.
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