CITY HALL

The emblem of the city and the pride of its inhabitants, is the town hall, completed in 1912 on the main square to the designs of Budapest architects Marcell Komor (1868-1944) and Dezső Jakab (1864-1932). It is a huge red and white building in a typical Hungarian Secession style, a synthesis of Hungarian architectural and decorative elements mixed with contemporary architectural solutions. It is 76 m high and forms a square of 105 m by 55 m, and can be seen from all parts of the city. The sandy ground had to be reinforced with tree trunks and a concrete slab was placed under the main tower.

The interior of the town hall is very revealing of local life. In the entrance hall, there are motifs of everyday life in Vojvodina; on the second floor, there is a room with massive Hungarian furniture, with folkloric ornaments. The Baroque stained glass windows visible today had remained hidden for forty years: they honored Hungarian history too much and were removed in 1918. During the Second World War, the Hungarians put back the stained glass windows, which the communists removed in 1945. In 1970, the communists put them back in. The work was carried out by the same workers in charge of the stained glass windows of the Budapest Parliament. They represent, gathered around the person of Franz Joseph, illustrious men of Hungarian history, such as the poet Rakoci or the national hero Kossuth. The whole is inspired by the symbolism of Transylvania (Hungarian at the time).