Liberec Town Hall — Attraction in okres Liberec

This might the best looking Town Hall (City Hall) of all time. The city hall was built in the Neo-Renaissance style with elements of the transalpine Renaissance in 1888–1893. It was built according to the design by the Viennese architect Franz Neumann. It replaced an earlier structure, which was built in 1599–1603.2

The building has three towers; the highest of them is 61 m (200 ft) high.[4] The city hall is similar to the more famous Vienna City Hall. Its silhouette resembles a Gothic cathedral.[5]

The building has a richly decorated façade, integrated artwork and rare stained glass windows. Above the entrance portal is a sculptural relief by Viennese sculptor Theodor Friedl, showing the establishment of the old and new city hall. At its centre is a female figure symbolizing the city; on the left side, figures associated with the original city hall, and figures associated with the emergence of a new city hall on the right, including the architect Neumann.[2]

The front of the building is a bronze monument in the shape of a tank strip, commemorating nine victims of the invasion of the Warsaw Pact armies in August 1968.

From 1958, the city hall was protected as a cultural monument. Since 2024, it has been protected as a national...

Unlike Prague, Liberec is not a city with a reputation for sublime architecture and has only a smattering of outstanding buildings. But climb up the atmospheric Ul Prazska to the city’s main square, Benesovo namesti and you will immediately feel yourself miniaturized in front of such a grand and imposing building. The stately building in front of you is neither a majestic cathedral nor a royal palace of old. It is the city’s Town Hall, a monumental lofty edifice that dominates one side of this impressive square. Sit at one of the several cafes that surround the square and admire the magnificent architecture of this outstanding monument. The symmetrical lines of the facade, so elegant and appealing impart to the building an air of finery; the pencil-thin colonnaded twin side towers constitute a delicate example of neo-Renaissance architecture while the more robust middle tower with three balustraded viewing platforms and a clock completes the picture. The city’s tourist office occupies a room within the building and so you’ll probably end up inside to ask for information. But, if possible, try to be here on a Saturday afternoon when the Town Hall becomes the venue where newly-weds sign the marriage documents and later pose for...

I give 2 stars not because of the building itself,but how bad the excursion was. Literally, do not waste ur money on that: the girl was speaking English and Czech, however she basically didn't say anything about the history of the building. She just showed us the ceremonial room and rooftop, and said " well here sometimes we make weddings " or " sometimes we honor some people here" . She was saying the same thing in Czech,so it's not the language barrier. The staff is not prepared to do that. The only nice thing about it was the rooftop view, otherwise we could have just seen the...