Rathaus Schöneberg is the city hall of the Tempelhof-Schöneberg borough in Berlin, on Rudolph-Wilde-Platz. The article says its sandstone building was constructed between 1911 and 1914 to replace the old town hall of Schöneberg, which was then an independent city. It names no architect, client or style.
Nazi authorities added war murals by Franz Eichhorst to the interior in 1938. Allied bombing and the Battle of Berlin severely damaged the building, and it was only barely repaired after the war. From 1949 it housed the West Berlin state senate and the Governing Mayor's seat, and in 1950 the U.S.-donated Freedom Bell was installed in the rebuilt tower.
John F. Kennedy spoke on its steps on June 26, 1963, saying Ich bin ein Berliner, and the square was renamed John-F.-Kennedy-Platz. The exhibition hall has shown Wir waren Nachbarn, on Jewish witnesses from Schöneberg and Tempelhof, since 2005.
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