Town hall in Vidnava, Gothic Revival town hall in Vidnava, Czech Republic
The Vidnava town hall is a two-storey corner Gothic Revival building at the corner of Mírové náměstí and Radniční street, with a five-axis facade facing the square and a six-axis facade on the side street. A square clock tower with a copper-clad pyramidal roof sits at the corner. The facade is rusticated, and the pointed-arch portal is topped by a crocketed gable with a finial.
The first town hall stood in the middle of the square and was completed in 1551 with the support of Bishop Balthasar von Promnitz; around 1750 it was depicted with a polygonal wooden tower topped by an onion dome and lantern. It burned down in 1867, the ruins were demolished, and builder Franz Grögler erected the present Gothic Revival town hall using plans by Albert Franke for the conversion of the police station building. It was rebuilt again in 1883, when the tower was raised.
The 1551 memorial plaque with the coat of arms of Wrocław bishop Baltazar of Promnice, kept inside, and the portal moved from the original town hall recall the Renaissance building that stood in the square. The wedding hall was repaired in 2010 and is still used for ceremonies.
The town hall stands at the corner of Mírové náměstí and Radniční ulice, no. 80, in Vidnava. The exterior can be viewed from the square at any time; the corner clock tower with its copper-clad pyramid roof and the pointed-arch portal with crockets are best seen from the square side.
The original town hall, completed in 1551 with the help of Bishop Balthasar von Promnitz, stood in the middle of the square. Inside the present building, a memorial plaque bears that bishop's coat of arms and the year 1551, and a portal was moved here from the old town hall.
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