Rathaus Saalfeld/Saale, Town hall in Saalfeld, Germany.

Rathaus Saalfeld is a three-storey corner building on the market square, erected 1529–1537 with late Gothic forms. Its four-axis plastered facade centres on a projecting octagonal stair tower with a keel-arch entrance; a balcony with tracery balustrade dated 1538 sits above. A polygonal corner oriel and a rectangular oriel bear the Saxon electoral coat of arms dated 1534.

A town hall in Saalfeld is first documented in 1363; the Lower Town Hall in the Saalgasse burned down in 1517, and the Upper Town Hall at the Kirchplatz was sold in 1543 once the new building made it redundant. The present three-storey corner house was built between 1529 and 1537, showing early Renaissance forms alongside late Gothic elements. It was renovated repeatedly in the 17th and 18th centuries and last in 1978/1979.

The building's name origin is practical: it has housed Saalfeld's council since the 16th century, and the second floor originally held a cloth loft (Tuchboden) where merchants traded. On the left side of the entrance, a 56.6 cm iron measure of the Saalfeld ell is fixed to the wall so traders' measuring rods could be checked against it.

The building is accessible during regular office hours for administrative matters or guided tours. Visitors should inquire beforehand whether particular rooms are open during visits or if ongoing municipal business affects access.

On the left side of the entrance hangs a standard measure of the Saalfeld ell, 56.6 cm long, used to check the measures traders used. In the courtyard stands the so-called Hutschachtel, a round tower built 1857–1859 by Carl Rudolf Tröger to house the town's official prison; since 1973 it has held the archive.