Rathaus Neumünster, Town hall in Stadtmitte, Neumünster, Germany

Rathaus Neumünster is a brick Gothic Revival building at Großflecken, built 1898–1900 to a design by Magnus Schlichting. Its central section has an entrance loggia and pointed gable, flanked by two oriel towers; the side gables are stepped and pinnacled. Glazed and unglazed bricks form ornaments, and mosaics on the central gable and upper-storey balustrades show the town's growth from monastery foundation to industrial city. A slender roof rider tops the building, just three metres shorter than the Vicelinkirche.

Construction took place between 1898 and 1900, designed by architect Magnus Schlichting to replace a classical predecessor that had stood on the same site. The project responded to the city's rapid growth during that period.

The mosaics on the central gable and the upper-floor balustrades depict Neumünster's development from the founding of the monastery to its rise as an industrial city. They were set into the brick facade when the town hall was built in 1898–1900, so the city's own narrative of progress faces the Großflecken square.

The Alte Rathaus stands on Großflecken in the city centre, set directly into the street frontage, so it is reached on foot from the surrounding pedestrian zone. The main entrance lies in the central loggia between the two corner towers. Later extensions behind and beside the building, added in 1928, 1939 and 1977, now form part of the wider administrative complex.

The roof rider is only three metres shorter than the spire of the Vicelinkirche, so the town hall reaches almost the height of the city's main church. Look up from Großflecken to compare the two silhouettes.