Rathaus, Former town hall in Fechenheim, Frankfurt, Germany

The Rathaus Fechenheim at Pfortenstraße 1 is a neo-baroque, ten-axis building with a T-shaped plan; its north side forms the show façade. Above the main entrance a balcony with a pierced stone balustrade, relief and lion with shield spans three window axes. Two curved ornamental gables, one timber-framed, and an octagonal roof turret with viewing gallery and lantern crown the dark slate roof.

Fechenheim had three smaller predecessor town halls from the 17th century; the first burned down on 20 June 1689. After the population and industry grew in the 19th century, an architectural competition drew 168 designs. The Düsseldorf firm Krämer & Herold won with "Klein aber fein", and the new building was inaugurated in 1902 at a cost of about 300,000 marks. The old parsonage was demolished to create Rathausplatz.

The building is still used as a branch office of Frankfurt's Bürgeramt, so residents come here for official business. Its 1977 millennium plaque, designed by sculptor Siegfried Schugar, shows the Fechenheim coat of arms; a cassette with a book by Helmut Busenkell, a Fechenheimer Anzeiger, the village chronicle, coins and toy figures was walled in behind it.

The Rathaus stands at Pfortenstraße 1 in Fechenheim, its north side along the street forming the show facade. The west gable lines up with the neighbouring Volksbank building and a food shop, while the south-facing gable of the inner wing stands free. It now serves as a branch office of Frankfurt's Bürgeramt.

A sandstone plaque on the building commemorates Fechenheim's 1000th anniversary in 1977; behind it, sculptor Siegfried Schugar had a cassette walled in holding a book by Helmut Busenkell, an issue of the Fechenheimer Anzeiger, the village chronicle, coins and toy figures.