Alsfeld, City Hall

Alsfeld’s town hall consists of stone arcades on the first floor (where the town market was originally held), and half-timbered upper floors. Oriel windows (projecting bay windows) peek out from under slate covered twin turrets, with high pointy roofs that match the remaining steep slate roof.

A nearby building still has a metal ring used years ago as a place to tie and discipline lawbreakers, or perhaps punish people who were having too much fun. The marketplace and the streets of timbered buildings are sights to be seen. One year we were here at noon, and after the clock had struck twelve, church bells continued to peal in glorious harmony for the next 15 minutes or so.

Our 1995 Trip Summary says, “In Alsfeld Jim found ($15) a nice addition to his cane collection.”