Old Town Hall, Szombierki
| Stary Ratusz w Szombierkach | |
|---|---|
 The old town hall in 2018. | |
  Location within Silesian Voivodeship | |
| General information | |
| Type | Town hall |
| Location | Bytom, Poland |
| Coordinates | 50°20′14″N 18°53′35″E / 50.33731°N 18.89302°E |
| Completed | 1913 |
| Renovated | 2009 |
The old town hall, Szombierki (Polish: Stary Ratusz w Szombierkach, German: Schomberg Rathaus) is a town hall building in Szombierki (a district of the city of Bytom), Poland. It used to be as the seat of the local government of the Schomberg Municipality (Until 1945), and later the Gmina Chruszczów (1945—1951).[1]
Memorial of the Casualties of the First World War[edit]
In front of the town hall used to be a memorial for the casualties of World War I from Szombierki (then Schomberg), a Russian mortar captured in Kaunas.[1] The memorial was destroyed in 1945 and the pedestal during renovations in 2009.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Przemysław Nadolski: Szombierki. In: Dzielnice Bytomia na starych fotografiach, pocztówkach i planach. Bytom: Towarzystwo Miłośników Bytomia, 1998, s. 42–43. ISBN 83-908018-1-7
- ^ Iwona Sobczyk: Szombierki odzyskają ratusz, plac się zazieleni. Gazeta Wyborcza Katowice, 2009-08-30.