Old Town Hall (Brno)
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The Old Town Hall with its striking town hall tower is one of the oldest and most famous buildings in the old town of the Moravian city of Brno . It is famous for the Brno dragon , which is located in the passage to the inner courtyard. For reasons of space, the administration of the city of Brno has been located in the new town hall since 1935. The old town hall is currently a cultural and information center.
history
The core of the current building and the 63 meter high tower were built around 1240 after Brno was granted city rights. In 1424 a chapel was added. The late Gothic entrance portal with the Brno coat of arms and the statue of Justitia was created by Anton Pilgram at the beginning of the 16th century . Council meetings took place here from 1343 to 1935.
Legends
portal
At the entrance portal of the town hall, the first thing you notice is the crooked middle turret. According to legend, the builder of the portal Anton Pilgram did not agree to the payment, and after his request for an improvement was not met, he built the turret crooked.
Brno dragon
According to legend, a dragon lived near Brno , which terrified the citizens of the city and devoured the farm animals. The city council therefore offered a reward for killing the dragon, but no one succeeded until a shrewd knight had an idea. He wrapped unslaked lime in a cow skin and laid it out as bait for the monster. Then he waited until the dragon devoured the bait and had a drink. When the lime was now slaked, the dragon burst and was thus killed.
In reality, it is in the "Brno Dragon" to a crocodile of Brno by the Hungarian King Matthias II. , Who with his brother, the Emperor Rudolf II. , In the dispute over the throne of the Holy Roman Empire was, in 1608 was given as a gift. Matthias tried to attract the Moravian estates and towns to his side with small gifts.
Brno wheel
The “Brno Wheel”, which is located like the dragon in the passage to the inner courtyard, is said to be the result of a bet. The bet was that a wheelwright (Wagner) would build a bike by twelve noon - without a single nail - and also roll this bike 54 km to Brno. According to legend, the carpenter Georg (Jiři) Birk from Eisgrub ( Lednice ) created the bike on May 14, 1636 and rolled it 54 km to Brno on the same day.
Another legend tells of a Wagner from Brno who was falsely imprisoned because his guild accused him of not really being a wheelwright. As proof of his innocence, he made the bike from the bank in his cell that night.
Walled-in councilor
There is a stone face on the western outer wall of the town hall. It is intended to mark the place where a councilor was walled up in this wall during the Hussite Wars in 1424 . The city of Brno sided with Emperor Sigismund during the war , but according to legend, the councilor tried to open the city's gates to the Hussites.
photos
The "Brno Dragon"
The crooked turret
The Brno Wheel
Walled-in councilor
Stained glass window
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Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 35 ″ N , 16 ° 36 ′ 30 ″ E