Town hall in Kadaň, Gothic municipal building in Kadaň, Czech Republic.
The Town Hall in Kadaň is a Gothic building that occupies Mírové Square and features a distinctive white tower rising above surrounding structures. From the tower's upper levels, visitors can observe the layout of the town and the river valley stretching into the distance.
The town hall arose after the mid-14th century in the upper floor of the town market house at the corner of the square and today's Svatých street. A representative tower was built at the corner by the early 16th century, and a town-hall chapel is documented in 1401. In 1849 the council handed the building to the state for the district authority, which used it only four years.
The first floor of the tower holds the town-hall chapel, built in the early 16th century for the mayor and councillors and used for their oaths; it served until 1794, when Jakub Roith painted it in classicist decoration, and by 1842 it housed the town archive. Four consoles close the chapel's pointed arches.
The tower has five floors linked by a right-turning staircase of 120 steps, and it is the tallest building in Kadaň at 53.75 metres. The ground floor keeps a Gothic vaulted space now used as the Josef Liesler Gallery, and the tower's spire with its gallery was repaired in spring 2014.
The tower is built entirely of stone, with no roof tile from the square up to the top. Its 53.75 m make it the tallest building in Kadaň, and a right-turning staircase of 120 steps links its five floors. A chapel on the first floor is documented as early as 1401.
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