Paczków Town Hall is a historic town hall ('' ratusz'') built in the Renaissance architectural style and later reconstructed into

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, is located in the centre of the Market Square (''Rynek'') in

Paczków Paczków (german: Patschkau; szl, Paczkōw) is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,460 inhabitants (2019). It is one of the few towns in Europe in which medieval fortifications have been almost completely preserved.

, Poland. Currently, the town hall is the seat for the Paczków authorities.

History

The town hall was built between 1550 and 1552. The construction of the building was funded by

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Baltazar von Promnitz. Formerly, the building was made up of two rectangular buildings, with triangular sides. The town hall underwent an extensive reconstruction between 1821 and 1822, receiving its Neoclassical architectural style. In between 1911 and 1912, the interior of the town hall's Main Hall was decorated with

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Gallery

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References

Nysa County Buildings and structures in Opole Voivodeship City and town halls in Poland {{Poland-struct-stub