Old town hall, Cultural monument in Prachatice, Czech Republic.

The Old Town Hall is a two-storey Renaissance palace in the southwest corner of Velké náměstí, with a main wing facing the square and two shorter courtyard wings. Its five-axis facade carries corner bossage, two diorite string courses and chiaroscuro paintings of good and just government; the courtyard has Italian-type arcades and sgraffito rustication. The bossed portal bears the town coat of arms and the year 1571.

The present building was erected in 1570–1571 on the site of an older town hall, financed by the salt trade on the Golden Steig. The construction was supervised by five townsmen, including Martin Wolfart and Jiřík Kutil, and cost 2,648 kopecks 40 groschen. The design is attributed to the circle of Italian builders in Rosenberg service, possibly Baldassare Maggi. A fire in 1832 destroyed the tower and roof, which were rebuilt in the 1830s.

The facade facing the square carries a chiaroscuro painting of good government, with justice as its theme; the courtyard walls are covered in sgraffiti imitating rusticated stone. Above the first-floor windows, sgraffiti show the Rosenberg coat of arms held by two bears, flanked by biblical scenes and a court session with twelve judges. Eight virtues are painted along the cornice.

The Old Town Hall stands in the southwest corner of Velké náměstí, its main wing facing the square. The courtyard arcades, glazed after being opened in the Italian manner, were visually restored in the 1994–1995 reconstruction, which removed a 19th-century staircase addition. The building now serves administrative purposes, so interiors are generally seen only from the outside.

The facade's chiaroscuro paintings include a court session with twelve judges and the punishment of a bribed judge, modelled on Hans Holbein the Younger's Totentanz. Above the first-floor windows, two bears hold the Rosenberg coat of arms, flanked by the Judgement of Solomon and Susanna at the Bath.