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completely destroyed the building. After the rubble was removed, the property remained undeveloped for a few years. The central area of the building was occupied by temporary buildings for the fair office and later for a travel agency. In 1963/1964 a new building was built based on the design of the
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In 1820 the weighing business was moved to the front of the city centre. Opposite the Hallisches Tor, to the north, a new public weighbridge building and a customs office were built (both no longer preserved). That's why the building in the city center was now called Alte Waage (Old Weigh House). It
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Leipzig architect Wolfgang Müller (1932–1992). The entire structure, including the facade facing Katharinenstrasse, is a new modern building. Only the south gable after the market was modeled on the historic Renaissance building, although as before without a stair tower.
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AG - Society for entertainment and education" (MIRAG) was temporarily established in some rooms. On 1 March 1924, radio stations in Germany began broadcasting with the transmitting antenna on the New Johannishopital in Leipzig.
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The basement housed the council bar and the first floor housed the men's dining room. From 1558 to 1638 the escort was based here, responsible for road safety in exchange for an
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Stadt Leipzig (II.Theil), Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen
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in front, the house had two upper floors and attic and two floors above the cellar and the ground floor.
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Hallisches Tor (1846) with the customs office (left) and the new weigh house (right)
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Das tausendjährige Leipzig. Von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts
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was now used as a commercial building, but until 1862 the Leipzig city guard (
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post office of Leipzig was located here, which was then moved to the
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flakes were previously found in this place. Behind the four-tier
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From the beginning of 1965 the building was used by the
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Stadt Leipzig, Dezernat Planung und Bau, ed. (1996).
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Weigh House
Saxon Renaissance
Markt
Leipzig
Germany
Coordinates
51°20′28″N 12°22′30″E / 51.341245°N 12.374956°E / 51.341245; 12.374956
Hieronymus Lotter
English
Markt
Leipzig
Katharinenstrasse
Hieronymus Lotter
Saxon Renaissance
saffron
gable
sundial
stair tower
Leipzig Trade Fair
tariff
territorial lord
escort fee
Electorate of Saxony
St. Thomas Church
Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk
an air raid
GDR travel agency
fast food
Alte Waage around 1850

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