OSTRÓW-WIELKOPOLSKI
A county town situated ca. 120 km south-east of Poznań, by the road to Katowice.
The town hall was erected in the Market Square’s centre between 1824 and 1828, owing to the sponsorship of Duke Antoni Radziwiłł, as designed by J.-H. Haerbelin, architect from the circle of Karl-Friedrich Schinkel. A 1862 redevelopment removed a passageway set through the inner courtyard. The reconstruction after the wartime destruction, completed 1948 after the plans of architect Kazimierz Ulatowski, has ended up in an entirely altered appearance of the building. Restored in 1977 to 1987.
The building has three storeys and is founded upon a square plan, with a small re-canopied inner courtyard. Its flat roofs are covered by an attic adorned with pinnacles. There is a turret towering over the façade, with a pseudo-baroque cupola equipped with two lanterns. The chiming clock comprised within it dates to 2nd half of 19th century. The town’s coat-of-arms is featured below the clock’s face. The elevations, adorned with a rustication mo on the ground-floor level, are topped by a distinct crowning cornice. The main entrance leads you through an arcade bearing a balcony with a stony balustrade.
A Regional Museum and Wedding Palace are housed in the building.
Address:
Rynek-Ratusz
63-400 Ostrów Wielkopolski
Tel. +48 62 592 80 52
