Old Town Hall, Szombierki Explained

Stary Ratusz w Szombierkach
Building Type:	Town hall
Location:	Bytom, Poland
Map Type:	Silesian_Voivodeship
Coordinates:	50.3373°N 18.893°W
Completion Date:	1913
Renovation Date:	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 (19451951).^[1]

Memorial of the Casualties of the First World War

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]

Notes and References

1. Przemysław Nadolski: Szombierki. In: Dzielnice Bytomia na starych fotografiach, pocztówkach i planach. Bytom: Towarzystwo Miłośników Bytomia, 1998, s. 42–43.
2. Iwona Sobczyk: Szombierki odzyskają ratusz, plac się zazieleni. Gazeta Wyborcza Katowice, 2009-08-30.