The most important building in the marketplace is and has always been
the City Hall - the seat of municipal authorities. It was first
mentioned during the last quarter of the 1 th century. The building,
presumably made of wood, burned down in 1600 and was rebuilt after the
conflagration already as an edifice made of bricks. It was soon
destroyed once more by the fire of 1625 and rebuilt in the late
Renaissance style. This was a one-storey edifice on a square-shaped
plan with arcades and multilevel cellars. In 1776, the City Hall was
occupied by Austrian soldiers and held military workshops. In the
middle of the 19th century, the city authorities repurchased the
building from the State and executed a complete reconstruction. A
second storey was added as well as a tower and neo-gothic facades were
constructed - they were then changed at the end of the century to
Neo-Renaissance elevations crowned with an attic. At the beginning of
the 20th century, on the eastern side, a one-storey outbuilding was
added. Later on, a reconstruction and extension took place in the
western direction. We can admire this Neo-Renaissance style of the City
Hall today.
