Rathaus Marzahn, Municipal government building in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Germany.
Rathaus Marzahn is a cubic steel-frame building on Helene-Weigel-Platz, clad in large concrete panels patterned with split-clinker brickwork. Designed by Wolf-Rüdiger Eisentraut with Karla Bock and Bernd Walther, it was built in Plattenbau style and opened on 10 January 1989. A planted foyer sits inside; the building has served district departments since the 2001 merger of Marzahn and Hellersdorf.
Rathaus Marzahn was built from 1986 to 1988 in precast concrete panel construction to designs by Wolf-Rüdiger Eisentraut, Karla Bock and Bernd Walther of the Ingenieurhochbau Berlin collective, and opened on 10 January 1989. It was originally planned for the Marzahner Promenade. It briefly served as office of SED mayor Gerd Cyske, then of SPD mayor Andreas Röhl and his PDS successor Harald Buttler. After the 2001 merger of Marzahn and Hellersdorf it became a service building for district departments.
The town hall functions as a meeting point for residents handling everyday administrative matters and shapes the face of Marzahn's city center. It stands as a focal point of daily life in a district that has grown steadily over decades.
The building stands on Helene-Weigel-Platz near the Springpfuhl S-Bahn station, part of the civic centre built around that stop. Since mid-2025 it has been undergoing a fundamental renovation, so some departments and services may be relocated or reachable only by other routes; check the current arrangements before travelling.
It is one of the few town halls built specifically as such in the GDR, and its individuality earned it listed-monument status in 2008. The building was originally planned for the Marzahner Promenade, not for Helene-Weigel-Platz.
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