Chemnitz
Special feature worth seeing
The question is justified: Which one is which? Quite simply: the old one looks newer. The New Town Hall was spared during the air raids in 1945, but the Old Town Hall and the Jakobikirche behind it were not. The treasures inside the double town hall, such as the famous mural "Work - Prosperity - Beauty" by Max Klinger or the painting "The Weighing Up" by Neo Rauch, can be explored on a tour of the town hall and tower, as can the High Tower.
In addition, the town halls each have a carillon, which can be heard at certain times in the city center. The tower carillon in Chemnitz's New Town Hall, also known as the Carillon, is played by hand with its 48 bells. The carillon can be heard on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 am to 10:30 am and on Fridays from 4:30 pm to 5 pm. In the Old Town Hall, on the other hand, there is a figurative carillon with six bronze figures accompanied by 25 bells. The figures symbolize stages in Chemnitz's history and rotate daily at 11 am, 4 pm and 7 pm to the melody of the bells.
