[1] It was the city's administrative hub and seat of the great council, magistrate, and mayor from the 14th until the early 19th century.

Of the building, only the Town Hall Tower remains, serving as prominent example of the Polish Gothic architecture in the city.

[1] The building was situated next to the Kraków Cloth Hall in the south-western part of the Main Square.

The construction and reconstruction periods stretched across centuries, with various parts of the building enlarged and remodelled.

The Town Hall was demolished in 1820 under the Austrian Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth when the Main Square was also rebuilt, with only the tower being saved following public protests among prominent Cracovians.