On the 30th April 1953, the roof-tree timbers were put in place at Gråsten Town Hall and a ceremony was held to mark the occasion. The construction of the Town Hall had long been in the pipe line, once it had been agreed that the old town hall office in Ringgade was no longer large enough to accommodate all the staff.
In 1941, the municipality bought a plot in Jernbanegade, but the building work was never started. Building work only began after the municipality had bought Kraags Hotel on the Town Square. At the ceremony, a document, decorated with painted oak leaves, was embedded into one of the walls in the entrance hall.
On 5th May 1954, almost a year after the roof timber ceremony, the Town Hall was inaugurated. The Chairman of the Town Council, Johannes Koch, opened the first public meeting of the new Town Hall, and this meeting was followed by a reception and other celebrations.
The new Town Hall was an expression of and a symbol for the growth and development that the town of Gråsten had experienced over the years.*
The building served as the official Town Hall until Denmark’s municipal reform of 2007. At this time, Gråsten became part of the municipality of Sønderborg.
Until the summer of 2015, the Town Hall still served as an administrative centre for approximately
60 employees, who moved to other workplaces in the municipality when the building was sold.
The Town Hall has since undergone extensive renovation and has been restored to its former glory of 1954.