Grodków Town Hall - a town hall built in the Classical architectural style in 1840, designed by architect Philippi, using the tower of the former town hall. Currently, the building is the seat of the

Grodków Grodków (; ; ) is a town in Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship in Poland, the administrative seat of Gmina Grodków. It is located in the Silesian Lowlands of the Oder basin, in the historic Upper Silesia region, about south of Brzeg. In the nort ...

City Council and other institutions.

History

The first town hall in

was raised at the turning point of the fourteenth and fifteenth-centuries, after which the building was damaged by fires and rebuilt. In 1577 the existent tower was raised, which in 1668 was capped by a

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. In the years of 1833 and 1836, under the custody of master

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s J. Fleischer and F. Plander the tower was renovated. In 1833 the building burnt down in a large fire which engulfed the town. The current town hall was built in 1840, designed by architect Philippe from

Opole Opole (; ; ; ) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of ...

, using the remaining tower. After they year of 1945, the building was renovated numerous times.

Gallery

File:SM Grodków ratusz(1) ID 609916.jpg, Grodków Town Hall from the southern side of the Market Square (Rynek). File:SM Grodków ratusz(2) ID 609916.jpg, Grodków Town Hall from the northern side of the Market Square (Rynek). File:Ratusz w Grodkowie 03 - fotopolska.eu.jpg, Grodków Town Hall with a fountain.

References

Brzeg County City and town halls in Poland {{Poland-struct-stub