Romer (Town Hall) is one of Frankfurt’s most historic buildings. Located in the west side of the Romerberg, this building is an actual combination of three different structures. Now known as the three Gothic step-gables of Frankfurt’s Town Hall, Alt Limburg (Old Limpurg), Romer (The Roman), and Loewenstein (Lion’s Stone). Today it is custom to group the three-gabled façade under the single name Roemer. The building was constructed between the 15th and 18th century in Gothic style.
The central building is known as “Zum Romer” and this refers to all the Roman settlers who existed long before the city of Frankfurt was founded. The Town hall was used back then for political and commercial business.
The building unfortunately was damaged during World War 2 and had to be reconstructed after 1944. Today you'll find there are 11 houses now connected to each other, after the ongoing work to the building dating back to the end of World War II.
In Romer (the centre building) you'll find a civil registration office for marriages, as the building is not actually used as a museum, the wedding rooms are located in the first and second floor of the Haus Lowenstein off the main building of Romer.