The Sibiu County Prefecture (Prefectura Județului Sibiu) is the historic headquarters of the Romanian Government’s representative in Sibiu County, occupying a late-19th-century administrative building on Strada Andrei Șaguna in Sibiu.
The building was reconstructed in 1879-1880 by Franz Szallay, who owned the property before selling it to the Hungarian government in 1883. It then became the Casa Comitatului, or County House, serving the administration of Sibiu County under Austro-Hungarian rule. An additional wing followed in 1884, establishing much of the form the building retains today.
Following the union of Transylvania with Romania, the building became the seat of the Sibiu County Prefecture in 1919. That same year its large ceremonial hall hosted sessions of the Great Romanian National Council, the legislative body that operated alongside the Transylvanian Governing Council during the transition to Romanian administration. The hall subsequently continued to host political, professional and cultural gatherings during the interwar period.
The prefecture was abolished under the communist system, and the building was instead used by the District Court and Tribunal. After the institution of the prefect was restored following the fall of communism, the building returned to its earlier role in 1992 and has remained the headquarters of the Sibiu County Prefecture since then. Its symmetrical historicist façade, combining neoclassical and eclectic details, still reflects the monumental character expected of a major county administrative building in the late 19th century.
