Town hall of Slezská Ostrava, Cultural monument in Slezská Ostrava, Czech Republic

The Town Hall of Slezská Ostrava stands at the corner of Těšínská and Keltičkova streets, on the right bank of the Ostravice below the Lučina confluence. Built in 1911–1913, the two-storey building mixes Czech Neo-Renaissance forms with other historicist elements and Jugendstil interiors; the main staircase and the ceremonial hall with its chandeliers are the most valued parts.

The new town hall was built in 1911–1913 under mayor Jan Poppe, after an architectural competition held in early 1910; the second-placed design by Viktorin Šulc of Pilsen was used in modified form, with Jaroslav Volenec, František Doležel and builder Julius Vysloužil. It replaced an 1897 neo-baroque municipal building demolished in the 1980s.

The building carries the name of the Silesian Ostrava district, reflecting the area's past as a mining and industrial region. Visitors can see this connection to that heritage expressed through the architecture and design choices.

The building is viewable from the outside, and the facade can be photographed from various angles around it. If you wish to see the interior spaces, check in advance whether these are open to visitors.

The building has no tower; its massing is a late-historicist corner block on Těšínská and Keltičkova. Around 1950, subsidence from hard-coal mining affected the whole surroundings, and a planned north-south magistral below the town hall led to the demolition of much of Zámostí.