Town hall in Polička, Baroque town hall in Polička, Czech Republic

The town hall is a baroque administrative building with stone walls, a central bell tower, and a baroque chapel. The structure contains offices and exhibition spaces that are open to visitors.

The original town hall arose in the 14th century after Charles IV's 1360 privilege strengthened Polička's burghers; its Gothic tower survives. Permission for a new building was granted in 1731 by royal chamberlain Leopold of Rottal, and construction ran from 1739 to 1744. No archival document confirms the architect, though František Maxmilián Kaňka is presumed. A town-wide fire damaged the hall in 1845; the tower's onion dome was restored in 1916 and the mansard roof in 1942.

The building occupies the main square and shows how the town organized its public spaces. Visitors can see how baroque and medieval architecture work together to shape the appearance of the plaza.

The town hall stands as a free-standing building in the middle of Palackého náměstí, with its main entrance and balcony on the east facade. The Municipal Museum and Gallery has occupied the building since 1994, and a branch of Komerční banka is on the ground floor. The square was reconstructed in 2010, when the foundations of the original Gothic town hall were uncovered.

The Gothic tower at the centre of the building is older than the Baroque structure around it: it survives from the 14th-century town hall and was simply enclosed by the new building in 1739-1744. Its copper finial is a rotating Czech lion, installed in 1936 to a design by Prague Castle architect Karel Fiala; from 1845 to 1919 an Austrian lion had stood there.