In the Name of the Law - Hamburg's Legal History. A Walk Through Justice, Power and Jurisdiction in the Hanseatic City

This city walk takes you to the key sites of Hamburg's legal history - from the Town Hall and the Trostbrücke to the imposing courthouse buildings along Holstenwall.

Discover how law was administered, enforced and overseen across the centuries: from early forms of council justice and open-air courts to the modern judiciary. Along the way, the lesser-known sides of the city's past come into view - imprisonment, persecution and the darker chapters of Hamburg's history.

Historic locations such as city courts, former prisons and significant administrative buildings bring the evolution of justice and penal practice vividly to life.

A compelling walk about power, order and social change - and about how the legal system continues to shape Hamburg today.

Schedule: every Friday at 16:00, from 1 May to 30 October
Start: Town Hall, in front of the main entrance
End: Oberverwaltungsgericht at Sievekingplatz
Duration: approx. 2 hours