The District Court and prison in Cieszyn

In 1901, Emanuel Harbich, the chairman of the regional court, commissioned Cieszyn architect Eugeniusz Fulda for the project.

The new district court building opened on December 2, 1905, the 57th anniversary of enthronement of Emperor Franz Joseph I Habsburg.

In the past, there was a two-headed eagle and an inscription: "K. K. KREISGE-RICHT" - "Imperial-royal Regional Court" over a window on the second floor.

[2][1] The main façade of the district court building has a neo-baroque decor composed of rusticated belt plinth and windows.

The windows on the first and second floors have classic bands with keystones and are located between vertical rusticated lisens.

The lobby and a triple staircase are decorated by classicistic arcades, marble columns and balustrades.

[2] Opposite the building entrance, there is a two-metre-high (6.6 ft) statue made of a Canary marble - Iustitia, sculpted by a Viennese artist, Ernest Hegenbarth.

The lobby displays a commemorative plaque made of Swedish granite with an inscription in German: "Erbaut unter der Regierung Seiner Majestat des Kaisers Franz Joseph I.

In one of the arcades there is a portrait of the emperor Francis Joseph I in his coronation attire by Aloysius Schwinger from Gratz.

The hall is roofed by a mirror vault with semicircular lunettes and decorated by high wooden panelling, portals, a court grandstand and stair benches for the audience.

[3] In the 1980's, the prison building underwent a total overhaul that included renovation of the sewage, water and electricity systems.

The theatre project was sponsored by the University of Silesia Branch in Cieszyn and the Penitentiary Unit.

All prison cells have separate lockable sanitary corners, and are equipped with speakers of the radio broadcast center and household intercoms for contact with the officer in charge and terminals for television signal reception.