Mitte is the first borough of Hanover, the state capital of Lower Saxony. As of 2020, it has 36,645 inhabitants and consists of the quarters Mitte, Calenberger Neustadt, Oststadt and Zoo. The district mayor is Cornelia Kupsch (CDU).
Old Town Hall
Kramerstraße and Holzmarkt
Meeting point Kröpcke
A view of Calenberger Neustadt with the Neustädter Kirche and St. Clement's Basilica.
The Old Town Hall is a former, and the first, town hall in Hanover, Germany. Originally built in the old city district in 1410, replaced by the New Town Hall in 1913, and extensively restored in 1953 and 1964 after heavy bomb damage in World War II, it is the oldest secular building in the city. The market façade with the highly sophisticated Brick Gothic of the lucarnes has been preserved and partly restored in its medieval shape. Some elements of it were copied on other wings of the building.
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Old Town Hall seen on right of Köbelingerstraße obscuring Market Church in back-right, drawn before 1827
Old Town Hall c. 1890–1905 with Grupenstraße (now Karmarschstraße) built after Pharmacist wing (Apothekerflügel) was demolished in 1844
