Town Hall | Wroclaw, Poland

[OlekD]

A one ot the most splendid examples of a Gothic-Renaissance building in Europe
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[Jarmo K]

Great building!!!
Could you tell me when it was built and how tall it is?

[9.0/10]

[vytauc]

10!!! Just beautiful :angel1:

[OlekD]

Town Hall
The first structure erected on this site in the 13th century was the Merchants’ Hall, used for commercial purposes. Built on a rectangular plan, it had two aisles, an entrance at the east end, and a tower at the west end. It also served as the seat of the local government. At the turn of the 14th century, new parts were built at the north-east end: the Headman’s Room and the Councillors’ Room (1328). In the 15th century, an extension was added to the west of the Councillors’ Room to accommodate the Town Scribe. These developments reflected both the growing importance and size of the council and Wroc³aw’s rising economic status. During the annual burghers’ meetings eleven councillors and eight aldermen were elected. The 1570s saw the beginning of remodelling works that would give the Town Hall its present-day shape. It was expanded by adding a third aisle on the south side; numerous decorative elements – including bay windows, buttresses, and spires – were added to give the building a new splendour. In 1580, a huge astronomical clock was installed. During the renovation works carried out between 1884 and 1892 under the supervision of K. Lüdecke, some unfortunate errors were committed; for instance, certain damaged elements were replaced by Neo-Gothic ones. Those, however, were removed during the 20th-century conservation works supervised by M. Bukowski.
Today, the Town Hall entrance is at the west end while the oldest part is the three-aisle Burghers’ Hall located on the ground floor, adjacent to the Headman’s Room, Green Room, and Mayor’s Room, facing the south, as well as the Councillors’ Room and the Chancellery. The grandest room on the upper level is the three-aisle Council Hall, also called the Great Hall or Refectory, where the official functions take place much as they did in former times. Also on this floor there is the Dukes’ Hall. Initially a chapel, it then became the Silesian dukes’ assembly hall. Since 1968, the Town Hall has housed the Museum of History.

[Mantas]

Nothing special for a townhall :ohno: 6.

[OlekD]

Originally posted by Mantaz

Nothing special for a townhall :ohno: 6.

Nothing special ??? What are you talking about??? It is a pearl of gothic architecture and one of the best examples od Townhall in Europe. I think it is really unjust to rate this building in this way!!!

[Mantas]

Originally posted by OlekD

Nothing special ??? What are you talking about??? It is a pearl of gothic architecture and one of the best examples od Townhall in Europe. I think it is really unjust to rate this building in this way!!! Life is unfair ;)

[OlekD]

Originally posted by Mantaz

Life is unfair ;)

Ok , Life is unfair , but you should be a little bit fair ;). I think You might have argued your rate!!!

[Mantas]

Originally posted by OlekD

Ok , Life is unfair , but you should be a little bit fair ;). I think You might have argued your rate!!! Maybe I don't understand art, but I still think, that it is worth 6 and not more :|

[Jarmo K]

:rofl:

[OlekD]

Originally posted by Mantaz

Maybe I don't understand art, but I still think, that it is worth 6 and not more :|

You certainly dont understand art at all ;)

[Vertigo]

I like it! 8/10 Wroclaw is a very pleasent city, BTW.

[John]

One of the world's most beautiful town halls :) 10/10

[blimey]

10/10 totally

Btw i dont seem to notice many similarities between Vilnius churches and Polish ones. Vilnius doesnt have many red-brick churches which is the type of churches that seem to dominate in Poland (Warsaw, Krakow, etc.), at least that's the impression i get from photos in this forum.

:?

[John]

Blimey, that's because there are no many real gothic churches remained in Vilnius (unfortunately) St.Ann's and St.Nicholas are the most noticeable ones, as we know our gothic buildings (just as in Poland) were usually built of red bricks. There are plans to rebuild one such church tower in Vilnius (it's not tall but still it's old red brick gothic).

[Phobos]

Great Town Hall of one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
8.5/10

[OlekD]

Originally posted by John

Blimey, that's because there are no many real gothic churches remained in Vilnius (unfortunately) St.Ann's and St.Nicholas are the most noticeable ones, as we know our gothic buildings (just as in Poland) were usually built of red bricks. There are plans to rebuild one such church tower in Vilnius (it's not tall but still it's old red brick gothic).

I guess Vilnius is the city of Baroque rather than Gothic .

@ Blimey

Warsaw has got more non-red-brick churches than red-brick.

[SoboleuS]

9/10 - because Town Hall of Poznan is better IMO ;) (maybe I will create a thread about it, but later ;))

[intervention]

One of my favourite buildings in Poland. 9

[boogy]

ewww.... this is the ugliest building i've ever seen! Less then 3 for this ugly duckling! :down:


Ooooppss.. I accidently pressed 10... ;)
:D

[OlekD]

Originally posted by boogy

ewww.... this is the ugliest building i've ever seen! Less then 3 for this ugly duckling! :down:


Ooooppss.. I accidently pressed 10... ;)
:D

lithuanians :devil: :D

[lukay]

Really like this one, i have to visit Wroclaw some time, havent been there yet. 9

[WanKenobi]

ewww.... this is the ugliest building i've ever seen! Less then 3 for this ugly duckling! :down:


Ooooppss.. I accidently pressed 10... ;)
:D
thanks meeen
:cheers:

[Fabio]

8/10

beautiful building

[newreality]

Not bad for an old building. I gave it an eight.

[Ellatur]

9/10

[Valia]

Nice City Hall and had respected the town planning into the square 8,5/10

[forvine]

8/10

[Sinjin P.]

8.5/10

[marpa]

exquisite building

9,5/10

[gliwiczanin]

great 9, (cuz townhall in Gdansk 10..)

[Moren-o]

Nothing special for a townhall :ohno: 6.
You're right, this isn't a great townhall in European Terms. There are much better ones.
6.5/10

[Reflex]

9.5/10. :drool:

[Mosaic]

8/10

[delmaule]

9/10

[gutooo]

8,5/10

[cklo]

perełka miasta czemuż tak nie doceniany??:(10/10

[(((myx)))]

9.5 great!

[kamil.bukowski]

10/10 Because I'm from Poland :D

[Kelsen]

Great! 9/10.

[Posener]

One of the best Townhall in Poland so 9,5/10

[Vlad000]

Good German architecture 7/10

[Hansel]

Good German architecture 7/10

Actually, Wroclaw ranks among the largest centers of Polish Gothic, and I believe this is one such piece, perhaps even a Silesian flavor of Polish Gothic.

[Arpels]

beautiful 10/10

[DamienK]

8/10

[Sbz2ifc]

8.5/10

[Dreamlıneя]

9/10

[jackseg]

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[billyandmandy]

7,5/10

[shctaw]

9.5/10 Majestic.

[Gregor]

8,5/10

[ya'akov]

10/10

[LMCA1990]

10/10

[silesius]

Essence of Silesia. In the heart of his Capital.

[kaczmar119]

11/10 ;) beautiful

[Fundador]

i love the colors 9/10

[Popiel]

9/10 :)

[BlackLukes]

7.5/10

[Nikkodemo]

9/10

[W!CKED]

10/10

[stasiua]

8,5/10