Stadtmuseum Langen im Alten Rathaus

About the museum

The Old Town Hall on Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz was built in 1826/27 in the neoclassical style, to plans by the Darmstadt state master builder Georg August Lerch. At times, the ground floor housed a court jail and the police attendant, while the municipal council met upstairs. The building served as the town hall until 1973, when the administration moved into a new building.

From 1983 the building housed the local history museum. Two years later, the former cell in the cellar was converted into a memorial room for the victims of National Socialism. Since 2012 the museum has no longer been open regularly, only for guided tours, events and special occasions.

The collection spans from prehistory and early history to the 20th century. Focal points are Wolfsgarten Palace, the Imperial era, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi era, and the everyday life of the craftsmen's and workers' community in the 19th century. There are also an office, a Biedermeier room, a general store and an Ebbelwoi room, and in the foyer the largest collection of pictures by the Langen landscape painter Hermann Bahner (1867–1938).

Highlights

• City history of Langen from prehistory and early history to the 20th century
• Largest collection of paintings by the Langen painter Hermann Bahner
• Furnished rooms: office, Biedermeier room, general store, Ebbelwoi room
• Exhibition area on Wolfsgarten Palace, hunting and church history
• Memorial room for Nazi victims in the former cell

Permanent exhibitions

• Stadtgeschichte Langens – The town's development from prehistory and early history to the 20th century, with focal points on Wolfsgarten Palace, the Imperial era, the Weimar Republic and the Nazi era.
• Hermann Bahner – Bilder aus Langen und Hessen – Landscape and town views by the painter, who died in Langen in 1938; the museum has the largest collection of his pictures.
• Gedenkraum in der ehemaligen Arrestzelle – The basement room where people were unlawfully imprisoned and mistreated in 1933 is now a memorial with panels on the crimes of the Nazi era.

Founded

1983

Operated by

Stadt Langen (Hessen)

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• Weddings / ceremonies

Civil weddings of the registry office take place in the Old Town Hall; the large hall on the upper floor is used for lectures and events.

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