Clocks on Municipal Office / Hodiny na mestském úrade - Doksy (North Bohemia)
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Depicted four Classicist clocks, with white dials, black Roman numerals and hands, are located on clock tower of the Town hall (Municipal Office / Mestský úrad) in Doksy (North Bohemia).
Waymark Code: WM12BNY
Location: Liberecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/21/2020
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Depicted four Classicist clocks, with white dials, black Roman numerals and hands, are located on clock tower of the Town hall (Municipal Office / Mestský úrad) in Doksy (North Bohemia).
Current clocks were installed in the end of the 20th century, original clockwork from the 19th century is displayed as a historic exhibit inside the town hall building.
The Town Hall in Doksy is located in the southwestern corner of today's Republic Square (Námestí Republiky). The original old wooden Town hall built at the beginning of the 17th century was burnt down during a great fire in 1750. Vincent count of Wallenstein, owner of Doksy demesne, then built a stone building and donated it to the village as a Town hall. After the fire in May 1842, only the walls of the Town hall remained as the roof burned down and the ceilings collapsed. The Town hall was not restored until 1852-1863, when it was rebuilt in Classicist style. A new tower with clock of a clockmaker from Podebrady Karel After the fire in May 1842, only the walls of the town hall remained as the roof burned down and the ceilings collapsed. The town hall was not restored until 1852-1863, when it was rebuilt in Classicist style. During this principal reconstruction was also added clocktower.