The Jablonec Town Hall will celebrate its 90th anniversary next year and will offer guided tours

Jablonec nad Nisou - The functionalist building of the town hall in Jablonec nad Nisou will celebrate its 90th anniversary of completion and commissioning next year. The city leadership, therefore, wants to work with the municipal company Kultura Jablonec to make the interiors more accessible to the public. It will offer guided tours, with the first one taking place on Wednesday, February 1, and tickets can be secured in advance already now, said Radana Schaeferová from Kultura Jablonec today.

Guided tours are currently planned for every first Wednesday of the month from February until December 6, with the exception of the holiday months and September. "However, interested parties will not miss out on tours even in the summer, as we have daily tours to the observation deck on the town hall tower starting at 10:00, which are combined with a tour of the town hall; people love them because they can also ride the paternoster," added Schaeferová. Interested parties can now reserve a tour of the town hall interiors via the Kultura Jablonec website, through the portal e-vstupenka, or at the Eurocentro reception.

"We prefer purchasing tickets in advance, so the interested party secures their spot on the tour and guarantees that the tour will take place. Online pre-sales always end 24 hours before the event starts. Coming without a ticket will be risky, as the tour group may be full," stated Schaeferová. According to her, there are 40 tickets prepared for each tour, the tour costs 60 crowns, and the price includes an annual tourist card.

The Jablonec town hall is an important building of Czechoslovak interwar architecture. It was built between 1931 and 1933 and is the most significant and well-known work of Karel Winter. The architect not only designed the appearance of the building and its layout, but also detailed the town hall down to the last detail, including the lighting and doorknobs. During the implementation, Winter created about a thousand drawings. The interiors, including furnishings, were designed in the spirit of interwar modern architecture, reflecting influences of constructivism and functionalism. The council first convened in the assembly room on February 10, 1933.

In recent years, the city leadership has invested tens of millions of crowns in the restoration of the heritage-protected building to restore its original splendor. Thanks to detailed drawings, elements that were not funded during its construction, such as the lanterns in the vestibule, have also appeared in the building. The assembly halls underwent the most visible changes, which have been worked on since 2016. The formica paneling that concealed some original elements has been removed. Missing furnishings, such as tables, chairs, and lighting, were replaced with replicas made according to Winter's original designs.