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das Rathaus (Rathäuser)
   city hall, town hall

Das Rathaus ist rechts um die Ecke.
The town hall is to the right, around the corner.
Vor dem Schöneberger Rathaus sprach Kennedy seine vielleicht berühmtesten Worte: "Ich bin ein Berliner".
In front of the Schöneberg city hall [in Berlin] Kennedy spoke perhaps his most famous words: "Ich bin ein Berliner."

Related:
der Ratskeller restaurant in a city hall
das Bezirksamt district town hall/administrative offices (in a large city)
der Rathausplatz town hall square
der Stadtrat town council

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