New Town Hall in Prostějov

Plans to build the New Town Hall, which is now a dominant feature of T. G. Masaryk Square, were developed between 1909-11. Its author was Karel Hugo Kepka, a professor of engineering from Brno. The construction began right in the last mentioned year and was completed in 1914. The entire building was created by the decision of the city council with the assistance primarily of the builders from Prostějov, Rudolf Konečný and Josef Nedělník, sculptor Josef Bernauer, the author of the stucco work is Vladimír Pleský, and the furniture was supplied by Robert Kořalka.
Looking at the town hall, one is struck by its design with a tower, asymmetrically positioned to the right of the entrance. It has a height of 66 m, a copper dome, and contains an astronomical clock. Originally, the tower was supposed to be in the middle; the reason why this is not the case is that before the town hall was built, only two houses and their plots were purchased, where the town hall now stands. The tower and the left wing were constructed. The right wing could not be completed because the third house, where the wing was supposed to stand, could not be purchased.
Around the main staircase, rich decorations can be seen, as well as in the representative rooms on the first and second floors. The walls are mostly adorned with wood, torgament, or artificial marble, and the fireplaces are made of Carrara marble.
On the entrance side of the town hall, there are memorial plaques dedicated to Edmund Husserl and Matěj Rejsek.