Municipal House
The house on Velké náměstí (the Great Square) has a Renaissance core, but over the centuries it went through several rebuildings – the present façade dates from the mid-19th century. Above the arcade is a cartouche with the town coat of arms and the year 1600. It used to be a first-class tavern house: whenever its turn came (the so-called pořádka), it had the right to two brews and two barrels of beer.
During the Thirty Years' War it was home to the Finsterwalder family of episcopal officials, some of whom became burgraves and mayors of the town. In 1764 the town bought the house and made it available to the commanders of the local garrison. The famous Austrian general Laudon, a military leader from the time of Empress Maria Theresa, also stayed here.
When the state rented the town hall for the newly established district authority in 1850, the municipal offices moved here. The town administration did not return to the town hall until 1963. The house still belongs to the town today; part of the municipal office is based here, with a municipal police station on the ground floor.
