The Hauptwache
![Die Hauptwache auf dem Domplatz](/microsite/en/Discovering/hauptwache.php.media/18500/HRW_10_hoch_b_PJA_4160.jpg.scaled/301ea2f50e445f75ccd760569a93559e.jpg)
The Hauptwache, or the main guardhouse, was built in 1861, an example of late classical style from Wetzlar’s Prussian period. From 1862 to 1877 it was used as a guardhouse by the 8th Rhine Infantry Battalion. Afterwards it housed a local police station until 1972.
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