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

The town hall in Loket is a Baroque building erected from 1682 to 1687 on the foundations of an older Gothic burgher house, on the southwest edge of the square at the corner of Radniční street. A six-storey tower with an onion dome and lantern projects from the centre of the two-storey facade, which is divided by pilasters. Vaulted ceilings from the Gothic house survive in the basement.

The original town hall stood on the opposite side of the square; the present building was rebuilt in Renaissance style in 1639, decayed during the Thirty Years' War, and from 1680 the council met at Loket Castle. The Prague architect of German origin Abraham Leuthner prepared two plans, and the council chose the second, on the south side of the square where Andreas Pleyer's house stood. Construction ran from 1682 to 1687, the interior was finished in 1696, and a 1913 rebuilding plan was never carried out.

The building still houses the Loket municipal office and the town library. Above the entrance, a stone town coat of arms from the earlier town hall carries the date 1686, an armoured hand gripping a sword and a lion with a symbolic key to the Kingdom of Bohemia.

The town hall stands at the south-western edge of Loket's square, at the corner with Radniční street, in the historic centre. The building houses the municipal office and the town library, so it is entered during office hours rather than as a sight. The tower with its onion dome and lantern rises from the centre of the facade.

The stone town coat of arms above the entrance, dated 1686, was moved here from the earlier town hall that stood on the opposite side of the square. It shows an armoured hand gripping a sword and a lion holding a symbolic key to the Kingdom of Bohemia.