Historic Minden Town Hall

In 1260, the citizens of Minden set an example on the edge of the cathedral immunity. They erected the first town hall as a representative stone building with an arbour and vaulted cellar. In this way, the citizens demonstrated their independence from the ecclesiastical city lords.

Justice was dispensed in the town hall arbour. Long-distance traders bought their goods here.
In the following six centuries, the town hall changed its appearance. In the 18th century, a clock tower was added, which characterised the building until the Second World War. Then the bombs fell and the town hall was destroyed apart from the Gothic arbour and vaulted cellar.

Between 1951 and 1957, the building was rebuilt in a simplified form with the stepped gable facing the Scharn according to plans by Werner March. Today, the historic town hall mainly houses representative rooms such as the Small and Large Town Hall.

The actual administration is located in the attached new town hall, which was built at the end of the 1970s according to designs by Münster architect Harald Deilmann.