Kaiserslautern City Hall has 25 stories above ground, of which the three uppermost ones are only used as storage room or for operational devices.
The design by the architect Roland Ostertag from Leonberg emerged as the winner in an architectural competition for the town hall on Paradeplatz in Mannheim in 1960 , but only the foundations were completed due to financial difficulties (see Mannheim town house ).
[1] The City Hall also sits right next to a palace ruins occupied by Emperor Barbarossa.
Also seen are many of the landmarks of the city, such as the Fritz-Walter-Stadium and the several massive cathedrals dotted around Downtown Kaiserslautern.
The City Hall is where the Government of Kaiserslautern functions, they are tenants to most of the building (21st to the restaurant of the same name, 1st to the lobby, and 2 floors to the basement).