The Sibiu County Council (Consiliul Județean Sibiu) is the elected county-level administrative authority of Sibiu County, headquartered in a large early-20th-century building in the historic center of Sibiu.
The building was constructed for the Austro-Hungarian Bank, which had operated a Sibiu branch since 1868 and moved into its new headquarters here around 1913. It replaced earlier buildings on the site, including premises that had once housed Sibiu’s Law Academy. Designed in an eclectic style, the new bank headquarters was given a monumental street façade with tall arched windows, richly framed upper-floor openings and a distinctive polygonal lantern tower rising above the roofline.
After the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, the bank was liquidated in Romania in 1921 and the building was taken over by the National Bank of Romania. The Sibiu branch of the national bank remained here until 1950, when it moved to its present premises on Strada Mitropoliei. The former bank subsequently housed the Investment Bank and, from the 1970s, institutions including the School Inspectorate and a housing agency.
Since 1990 the building has served as the headquarters of the Sibiu County Council, the elected authority responsible for county-level public administration and services. Unlike the Sibiu County Prefecture, which represents Romania’s central government in the county, the County Council forms part of local government and is led by an elected president and councilors.
