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The Town Hall in Paczków is the neoclassical seat of the municipal authorities, located in the town market square. The edifice with a tower was erected in the mid-16th century from the foundation of the Bishop of Wrocław Baltazar Promnitz. Its current appearance is the result of reconstruction carried out in the first half of the 19th century. The building has three stories and a neoclassical facade decorated with Renaissance bas-reliefs. Inside there is a hall with a barrel vault and rooms with historic architectural details, including a meeting hall with 20th-century stucco decorations. The town hall performed not only administrative functions. In the years 1791-1902, until the construction of the evangelical church, the meeting hall served Protestants as a place of prayer. In the 19th century, the building housed the municipal savings bank, and in the 1920s various offices and departments: police, housing, electrification, social, and magistrate. The town hall tower, which is one of the best-preserved Renaissance towers in Silesia, is 45 meters high. Halfway up its height, there are four clock faces with a clock mechanism produced in the second half of the 19th century by Carl Weiss, a watchmaker from Głogów, and three 18th-century bells. From the observation deck on the tower, a panorama of the city and the Eastern Sudetes extends. Practical information: The facility is not open to visitors. Parking spaces directly below the facility (municipal parking zone).