Old city hall in Munich (Altes Rathaus) is the city hall in Munich before 1874, is located in downtown Munich maria square on the east side, are widely used for the city council representatives. The building was first found in literature in 1310, the famous hall (Gro to decide the er Saal) built in 1392-1394. From 1470 to 1480, the old city hall after the redesign for gothic. During the Renaissance facade change, and rebuilt in 1861-1864 for the new gothic. In 1874, the municipal organizations to move to the same of the new town hall in the square. On November 9, 1938, Joseph goebbels, in a speech in the hall, opened the prelude to kristallnacht. During the second world war severely damaged the building, its spire was rebuilt until 1971-1974.