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Reconstruction of the Old Town after the devastating town fire of 1706 began the very same year. The provision of free timber from the municipal forest and tax exemptions contributed to the fact that a large proportion of the housing stock could be re-erected within an astonishingly short period of time.

The plans for the reconstruction of the Old Town were drawn up by margravial chief engineer Gottfried von Gedeler. The New Town, founded in 1686, whose symmetrical and regular design corresponded to contemporary ideas of an ideal urban development, served as a model. Part of the facades facing Martin-Luther-Platz and the street layout were adjusted considerably, meaning that plot boundaries also had to be changed. Houses were rebuilt in the style of the two-storey terraces of the New Town, but had more individualised designs.

Between 1709 and 1726, the present-day Dreifaltigkeitskirche ('Church of the Holy Trinity', also known as 'Old Town Church') was built in place of the smaller church that had burned down. The Altstädter Rathaus ('Old Town Hall'), which before the fire had been situated in the north-west corner of Martin-Luther-Platz, was rebuilt in the centre of the eastern side of the square as a representative three-storey building in the style of a noble townhouse.

The old medieval centre became the baroque town we see before us today. Today, older structures remain visible only in a few places across the cityscape.