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IOil Fireplace Room

IOil Gobelin
Room

A Statue of Roland on the Market
Square in Bremen

A Fa~ade
The original Gothic building was clad
with a magnificentWeser Renaissance
fa ,a de designed by LOder von Bentheim
in 1595-1612.

IOil Theludgment
of Solomon

The Judgment of Solomon >-
The 16th-century mural of
Solomon's court in the Upper
Hall is a reference to the room's
dual function as a council
chamber and a courtroom.

Golden Chamber>-

THE MUSIOANS OF BREMEN
On the northern side of the Town
Hall is a bronze statue of the four
animals-a donkey, dog, cat, and
rooster-immortalized in the
Grimm Brothers' fairy tale of The
Musidans of Bremen. It was cast
by Gerhard Marcks in 195 1.

Upper Hall>-
IOil Golden Chamber
The lower room of the tvvo-story
GOlden kammer offers exquisite
examples of Jug en dstil (German
Art Nouveau), created during a
makeover by the artist Heinrich
Vogeler (1872- 1942) in 1905.
The gilded leather wallpaper
IOil Ornamental Gable dates from the 17th century. Fireplace Room Y
The architect LOder von Adjoining the Gobelin Room,
Bentheim gave the TCM/n the elegant Fireplace Room
Hall ta,.ade a local touch by owes its name to a high,
adding a decorative Flemish- French marble fireplace.
style stepped gable that is
five stories high.

Gobelin Room>-
This room derives its charm from a
large, e xquisitely wrought tapestry
produced by the 17th-century
Gobelin workshop in Paris.