The late-gothic Town Hall in Zielona Góra and its remodelings in the 16th and 17th centuries

Stanisław Kowalski, Czesław Lasota, Andrzej Legendziewicz

Abstract

The town hall in Zielona Góra is located in the middle of the elongated market square. Its present shape is defined by of a few buildings of different sizes erected at different times; it has a dominant tower topped by a neoclassical spire and its elevations indicate its Gothic origin. The town hall has three wings of which the middle single-storied one, whose façade features neoclassical decorations, is its oldest and main part (Figs 1, 2).

Until the 19th century, one of the characteristic features of Silesian towns was concentration of commerce and administration in the buildings around the market square which created structures divided by passages. At first, different products were sold from wooden sheds and benches grouped in rows. In bigger towns, the first masonry buildings were the town hall and the merchants’ house – the cloth hall.

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