Town Hall in Sławków

The town hall in Sławków stands in the central part of the market square and, together with it, forms the centre of the town's urban layout. The first building was erected in the second half of the 18th century, and its present form is the result of a thorough modernisation, after which it was brought into use in 1905. It is still the seat of the town authorities.

From a single-storey house to a town hall with a tower

The original town hall was a masonry, plastered single-storey building under a broken roof with a ridge turret above the ridge. The eaves were supported by columns, forming arcades on all sides of the building. Its form matched the rest of the buildings around the square, for example the Sławków inn, which stands a few dozen metres away. Photographs from around 1900 show the building before its extension; today it is distinguished by a clock tower.

Plaques and a memorial by the entrance

On both sides of the entrance hang plaques commemorating important events in the history of the region, among them the founding of the Sławków Republic. Next to the town hall also stands a marble memorial from 1985 in the form of an open book, bearing the names of residents of Sławków who fell or were murdered in 1939-1945.

The square and surroundings

From the square it is not far to the castle of the Bishops of Kraków and the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross and St Nicholas. The town hall is a monument entered in the register in 2022.

Practical information

• Address: Rynek 1, Sławków.
• The building is a working office, so you view it from the outside; the plaques and the memorial are by the entrance.