Gdansk, Town Hall

Gdansk Gdansk, Pomorskie In its present form, the Gdańsk Town Hall was built during the blessed reign of the Order High Master Winrich von Kniprode in the years 1379 - 1384. But during a full century, it was continued to work on it. The four-sided body of the building ascended on five floors with no special decoration, crowned on the front facing the market with two corner turrets and the low parapet surrounding the flat roof. Above all, however, the large town hall tower, which in an elegant swing reaches a height of 75 m, draws our attention. The weathervane is a gold-plated figure of King Sigismund August, whose flashes can be seen in the sunshine for a while in the surrounding area. In the 4th open floor of the tower pyramid is housed an artificial chime, which quarterly sounded its harmonious sound from there over the city Gdansk, Poland, Former eastern territories of Germany, West Prussia, Europe, travel, 1910s, 1920s, 20th century, archive,, history, historical old city, city hall, town, hall, belfry, tower, architecture, houses, flag, people, passers-by, city