The building was erected in 1826/27 on the site of a previous building from 1608 (see the date on the cellar gate) in the former “Kirchgasse” (today “An der Burgkirche”). The hipped roof building has a gable-crowned middle part and a clock-tower with a clock and weather flag, added in 1837. Below the balcony the date 1827 can be seen. This is the most important classicistic town hall in Rheinhessen.
The initial use as a town hall and courthouse for Ober-Ingelheim lasted until the three old Ingelheim village communities were merged in 1939. In 1994 it was transformed into a Kindergarten.
The most important old and new streets radiate from the densely built market place, which belongs to the core of the old settlements
The war memorial of 1870/71 which took the place of the former well was transferred to the Burgkirche in 1970. Since 2009 a new well, created by the Wiesbaden artist Benedikt Solga, decorates the square. It presents Ingelheim as the city of wine, asparagus and cherries.
Every year the new red wine queen is crowned on the balcony of the old town hall of Ober-Ingelheim and the popular red wine festival is opened.
