Mentioned for the first time in the weavers’ document from 1373. In 1394 the Town Hall tower was built as a symbol of independence and wealth of the town. It remained until the present day after some redecoration. At the top of the tower there are the figures of knights and rulers, e.g. the King of the Czech Republic Wacław IV, Prince Bolko II the Little and his brother Prince Henryk II. The tower had a number of functions. It was a vantage point, the only clock in the town measuring the passing time. It was also a treasure, archive and a prison. The building of the Town Hall was rebuilt twice: in 1617 and in 1846. In 1895 it was completely destroyed by fire, the only element that remained was the tower. Within the years 1895-1897 it was actually built anew to the design of an architect from Berlin H. Guth. On November 22, 1897 solemnly a brand new Town Hall was presented and given to the town in a neorenaissance style. Inside there is the Councillors’ Hall with the biggest stained glass windows in a secular building in Lower Silesia. They were made in 1897 in the Stained Glass Institute in Berlin.

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