[de ] Costing 10 million marks, the New Town Hall was erected on 6,026 beech piles by architects Hermann Eggert and Gustav Halmhuber.

[2] "Ten million marks, Your Majesty – and all paid for in cash", the City Director, Heinrich Tramm, [de ; ru ] is claimed to have announced when the New Town Hall was opened in the presence of Emperor Wilhelm II.

In honour of Tramm the public space in front of the building was named Trammplatz (lit.

As of 2022[update], the New Town Hall is still "the residence of the Mayor and CEO, the head of the municipal administration.

The lift climbs the 50-metre (160 ft) shaft at an angle of up to 17° to the gallery of the dome, where the Harz mountain range can be seen when visibility is good.