There came a time, though, when even these were abandoned and a large hall-like building was constructed on a completely different alignment, which even ignored the Roman street lines.

Once he was through that, he needed only to walk across to the point that was marked front door in one of the hall-like buildings that occupied the central mass of the House.

To its north it is adjoined by a flat, hall-like building, the so-called Würmtaldächer; its ceiling is supported by cast-iron bars of the original platform hall and houses the ticket office, the newsagent and other catering establishments.