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Market hall
A custom office of the 14th century became the red hall on the square
Freiburg's first municipal merchants' hall was built in the 14th century as a custom office. In 1520 the back of the building was extended and became the new front facing the market square and the Minster. It was completed in 1532.
Changes
Bomb damage in 1744 meant a rebuild, and 1884 changes were undone in 1924
A balcony was added in 1550. In 1744 the hall had to be rebuilt after bomb damage, and in 1884 it was remodeled to the taste of the time. Those changes were undone in 1924, and the present state dates from the renovations of 1988.
Four rulers
Four Habsburg rulers on the front are replicas
Hans Sixt von Staufen carved the sculptures between 1520 and 1531. They show Maximilian I, Philip I of Castile, Charles V and Ferdinand I. The statues are replicas, because the originals are stored away from the elements in the Basler Hof.
Emperors' Hall
The Emperors' Hall is named after a German emperor, not a Habsburg
Portraits of Habsburg sovereigns hang in the Emperors' Hall, which has a painted stucco ceiling. It was named after William I, German Emperor, who dined there in 1876 during the inauguration of the Siegesdenkmal.
Day 1, morning
It comes after Freiburg Minster. Then Schlossberg.
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