The legend about the Torun's Town Hall..

In 1466, after the Thirteen Years' War had finished, the Chelminska Land and Torun with it, returned to Kingdom of Poland. From that time, years of peace and prosperity began. Major of Torun, Henryk Stroband, after meeting with City Council, decided to build up the most important building in the city - the Old Town City Hall. It was the place were the most important events took place: meeting of the City Council, all festivities and also that was the place, were merchants had their shops.

Antoni von Obberghen was offered to make the reconstruction. He agreed and was very happy, although this work wasn't easy. He was supposed to make from the City Hall the most exceptional and astonishing building. Mr Obberghen set to work and rebuild the City Hall so that it was possible to find a calendar in it:

there was one tower as one year, four smaller towers as 4 seasons, 12 larger rooms as 12 months, and 52 smaller as 52 weeks during a year. Whole building had 365 windows, as days during a year. During the leap year, a bricklayer was hiring, to built a room, as a symbol of the 29th of January. When such year was ending, the room was walled up. From that times, the City Hall was rebuilding very many times, and it is hard to find nowadays this calendar, made by master Antoni. There is still one big tower, four smaller but if there is so many windows as days during a year, it is hard to say. Maybe, when visiting City Hall you will count by yourself.