Lwówek Śląski Market Square

The Lwówek Śląski Market Square is the central square of the Old Town, laid out in the 13th century at the meeting point of nine streets, today officially named plac Wolności.

Shape and division of the square

The Market Square occupies the central part of the town, founded under Magdeburg law, and has the shape of a tapering rectangle measuring about 200 by 60 metres, giving an area of nearly 11,919 m². Before the Second World War the square was formally divided into the Upper Market to the west, covering the area around the Town Hall tower, and the Lower Market to the east, by the Cloth Merchants' Fountain. Today this division survives only informally.

The town's communication route

The King's Road, or Via Regia, the main communication route of the medieval town, once linking distant regions of Europe, runs through the Market Square.

Scale within the region

The Lwówek Śląski Market Square is one of the largest market squares in Lower Silesia. Only the squares in Wrocław, Legnica, Chojnów and Głogów are larger, while the market squares in Wałbrzych, Jelenia Góra and Lubin are somewhat smaller than it.

Heritage sites around the square

Important heritage sites of the town stand on the square and in its immediate vicinity, including the Town Hall, the Agate Tenement House, the former Shoemakers' and Bakers' Benches building, the Clothiers' Fountain in Lwówek Śląski, the Lion Fountain and the tenement houses within the square.

Nearby

A few hundred metres from the Market Square are the Lubań Gate Tower and the Museum of Lower Silesian Brewing, and a little further on lies the area of Szwajcaria Lwówecka.

Practical information

• Centre of Lwówek Śląski, Lwówek County, officially plac Wolności
• The square is accessible at all times, free of charge
• It is worth planning a walk with stops at the town hall and the fountains on the square