Rathouse and town hall
Rathouse and town hall is a general codex entry in Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Codex entry
The Rathaus is the seat of the Bailiff and the Council. Originally it was an ordinary town house, gradually transforming into the local government office or Town Hall. In Bohemia the first Town Hall was established at the end of the 14th century. The buildings were usually of masonry, at least in the lower floors, many rooms having vaulted ceilings. The ground floor of the municipal building hosted shops, a tavern, the site of the public scales, a sentry room and an armoury. The room housing the public scales (which set the standard for all other scales in shops) had a cubit length measure set in the wall and samples of other small measures and weights, which were universally valid throughout the town’s administrative domain.
On the first floor of the Town Hall was the Council Hall, the chapel (in an oriel), the scribe’s study and residential chambers. The upper floors served as a granary or warehouse. In the cellar there was a jail and a goods store.
The Council Hall hosted the meetings of the City Council and its armoires contained documents, deeds, charters and privileges and the town archive.
In KCD there is only one example of a Town Hall, on the square in Rattay.
Notable Rathouses
- Rathaus of Rattay.
- Rathaus of Pribyslavitz.