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District Court, Wrocław / Agencja Gazeta
District Court
This stylish red-brick building with some interesting details of sandstone and yellow brick was designed as a Neo-Gothic fortress and was a part of former Exercises Square (Wolności Square at present). It was originally to be a prison according to the plans of 1835, however it was decided to use it a as court. The building was erected between 1845 and 1852, then it was enlarged twice. At present the complex consists of two parts linked with each other: the 3-wing building of the court, placed between the streets of Sądowa, Podwale and Muzealna, and the prison built on a Greek cross plan. After World War II the building remained unchanged. In 1945 the first Magistrate Court in Wroclaw was open, then District Court. The first trial took place there on 28 June 1945 and the first Polish court sentence was announced then. Currently there are 11 adjudication departments, 6 branches of court administration, Press Spokesman's Office, National Penal Register information point, Internal Audit, Centre of Land Register Migration, District Pedagogical Supervisory Body, District Chief Education Officer and Family Consultative and Diagnostic Centre.