Old Town: Marktkirche & Old Town Hall
Altstadt mit Marktkirche und Altes Rathaus
A 14th-century brick Gothic market church and an elaborately gabled Old Town Hall, surrounded by reconstructed half-timbered streets.
The Marktkirche is the symbol of Hanover's Old Town. This 14th-century North German brick Gothic church has a 97-metre tower that visitors can climb at set times, and its interior holds a 15th-century carved altar. Next to it, the Old Town Hall, built around 1410, is covered with glazed brick decoration and relief friezes, and is a leading example of secular North German brick Gothic architecture. Walking south to the Kreuzkirche and the Holzmarkt area, you will find half-timbered houses rebuilt after the war and a reconstructed façade of Leibniz's birthplace. On Saturdays, the Leine riverbank hosts one of Germany's oldest flea markets. In December this is the most atmospheric Christmas market in the city. The church is free to enter, about a five-minute walk from Kröpcke Square.
Opening hours
Quarter open all day; market church about 10:00 am–6:00 pm
Nearby sights
- Museum August Kestner
- Aegidienkirche Ruin
- New Town Hall
- Nanas at Leibnizufer
- Lower Saxony State Museum
- Red Thread
- Sprengel Museum
- Maschsee