Ratusz
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A Ratusz (Polish pronunciation: city hall which may or may not have any specific architectural compositions, ratusz (rathaus) always consisted of a building with a tower.
Ratusz was primarily designated as a
seat of local government, frequently it is separated from the contemporary city government, the administrative building housing the town council, and often serves as a museum of local history (for example in Ivano-Frankivsk and Tarnów among many others).[2]
History
Prominent examples of a historic ratusz can be found in at least 82 Polish cities.Polish Gothic architecture.[9]
A considerable number of heritage city halls became historical museums in the 20th century, including the ratusz in Toruń (
Chopin division, in Lublin (Muzeum Okręgowe), Siedlce (Muzeum Okręgowe), Białystok (Muzeum Podlaskie), Gdańsk (Muzeum Historii Miasta), Sandomierz (Muzeum Okręgowe), and Szczecin (Muzeum Historii Miasta Szczecina). Others still serve as seats of local government, and sometimes also as civil wedding halls and art galleries, restaurants, and cultural centres. These include Zamość, Kielce, Zielona Góra (also a civil wedding hall, restaurant, and winery), Kętrzyn (also a wedding hall and cultural centre), and Kołobrzeg (also a wedding hall, cultural centre, and gallery of modern art).[2]
Etymology
The Polish word ratusz to describe a city hall is derived from the German burmistrz (burgomaster, or mayor), derived from the German bürgermeister.
Since 1980, the Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society (
PTTK) offers a badge for tourists interested in organizing group excursions across the country with the aim of visiting the maximum number of ratusz towns and cities. The PTTK hands out a special booklet where stamps can be collected for the gold badge awarded for visiting a minimum of twenty ratusz outlets.[4][5]
Prominent examples
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City hall in Hamburg (Rathaus)
References
Look up Ratusz in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Town halls.
- ^ Jolanta Adamczyk, Ratusz. Regional Muzeum of Tarnów.
- ^ a b c Wykaz ratuszy z Polski (Compendium of Poland's ratuszes) History and photographs. JakTrafic.org.
- ^ a b Janusz Rosikoń, Ratusze w Polsce Rosikon Press
- ^ PTTK
- ^ a b Elżbieta Zagłoba-Zygler, 20 lat rajdu motorowego PTTK "Ratusze w Polsce" "Gosciniec" Polskiego Towarzystwa Turystyczno-Krajoznawczego, PTTK
- ISBN 1400017513.
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- ^ Kamil Janicki, Co się stało z krakowskim ratuszem? Ciekawostki turystyczne.