Gdańsk: If you have more time...
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The New Town Hall - this elegant, neo-Renaissance mansion was built in the years 1898-1901 for the purposes of the General Command of the Prussian Garrison Headquarters in Gdańsk. Over many years there have been several institutions here, including the Command headquarters of the XVIII Army Corps, the headquarters of General Richard Hacking, commander of the Allied occupation forces (1920), the Office of the High Commissioner of the League of Nations, during the Free Gdańsk period, during the Wehrkreiskommando occupation and Gauleiter Forster resided here, then from 1945 until 1957 it was the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party. Then for a long time the "Zak" Students' Coast Club had its headquarters here, which is why the name of the Town Hall is the Old Zak. From 1999 to the present day, as its name suggests, it has housed the city's administration offices. There is also a wedding palace here. The entire complex, along with the stable wall and park, has been entered into the register of monuments.