Długa street in Bydgoszcz

Długa street

Bydgoszcz
Polish: Ulica Długa w Bydgoszczy
File:Bdg Dluga 1 07-2013.jpg View of the street
File:Map dluga.jpg Location of Długa Street in Bydgoszcz
Part of	Bydgoszcz Old town district
Namesake	Long ("Długa") street
Owner	City of Bydgoszcz
Length	650 m (2,130 ft)
Location	Bydgoszcz

Długa Street is the longest street of Old Town district in Bydgoszcz, the most important historically. It stands next to Gdańska Street and Dworcowa Street as one of the most important avenue of downtown Bydgoszcz.

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View on the street at N°22

Location

The street is located in the heart of the Old Town. It extends approximately on an east-west axis, from the Zbożowy Rynek ("grain market") near southern tip of Bernardyńska Street to Coton Market square ((Polish) "Wełniany Rynek"). It is approximately 650 m long.

Naming

The street in its long history has borne the following names:

• 16th century – first half of 18th century, "Platea Longa"
• 1774–1800, Lange Gasse
• 1800–1816, Langestraße
• 1840–1920, Friedrichstraße
• 1872–1920, for the eastern part, Kornmarktstraße
• 1920–1939, Długa street
• 1920–1931, for the former Kornmarktstraße section, Szpitalna
• 1939–1945, Friedrichstraße
• From 1945, Długa street.

History

Period before the First Partition

Długa street was laid out in the middle of the 14th century, at the time of the creation of the chartered city of Bydgoszcz. Until the beginning of the 19th century, it was the longest and the busiest street in the city, connecting two city gates : the Kujawska Gate to the east and the Poznan Gate to the west. The street was flanked by two parallel running axis: Pod Blankami street on the south and Zaułek street on the north. Both streets were to carry supplies for horses in local stables. The first residential buildings in Długa Street were made of wood, according to the wattle and daub technique. Brick houses appeared no earlier than 15th century. The first written mention of Długa Street dates back to the middle of 16th: in the years 1559–1561, it was known as known as "Longa platea" or "Longa platea Civili" (Latin for "long civilian street"). In these sources, the numerous references are made to brick buildings, homes, dwellings, empty squares and breweries located in the street. Preserved entries from the 16th to the 17th century bear witness of a lively environment. Around 1619–1622, mention is made of 18 brick houses standing on the street. The owner of one of them was a city bailiff. Habitations along the street were housing many craftsmen, such as shoemakers, tailors, masons, locksmiths, as well as representatives of the nobility.

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Postcard view of Dluga street ca 1901

Archaeological studies in the Old Town of Bydgoszcz could not determine exactly where are located today the old basements from the 16th and 17th centuries, most of them dating back to the end of the 18th century, and the oldest being from 1623. However, 2008 archaeological excavations have allowed to identify 16th century brick remains at Długa 52, and basement from the end of the 17th century at Długa N°9. Many of the cellars searched have been built between the 18th and the 19th centuries

In the first half of the 16th have been built in Długa street a wooden city water supply for the citizens. Archaeological discoveries revealed the entire length of the street timber water pipe extending 0.6 to 1.5 m deep.

One of the most interesting discoveries associated with the history of Długa Street happened in March 2004. In the process of the demolition of the building at N°9, a decorative wooden ceiling from 1730 has been exposed. It bore the initials of the landlord, "Maciej Rychlicki", councilor and bailiff of the city: ceiling beams are now exposed in the restaurant Browar Pub now occupying the premises.

The oldest buildings front of Długa Street have been destroyed, mainly in the end of the 18th century and the turn of the 19th century.

Period of the Prussian occupation

The passage of Bydgoszcz under the authority of Kingdom of Prussia in 1772 marked a new step in the history of Długa Street, especially in its architectural appearance. According to a survey for a map of the Bromberg realized in 1774, 45 of the 95 properties in the street renamed Friedrichstrasse were at that time newly built up.

Until 1820, the street remained one of the only city's main thoroughfares with Gdańska Street and Dworcowa Street. At the end of the 18th century, there were inns in Długa street, Hotel de Pologne and Hotel de Varsovie, both multi-storey buildings covered sloping roofs, built in the second half of the 18th century.

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Current view to the west end of the street

In the 19th century, the following hotels were located in Friedrichstrasse:

• "Rio's hotel" (then from 1932 Hotel Rio) at Długa 31 – Friedrichstrasse 53, built in the late 18th century. Closed in 1939;
• "Hotel Garni" at Długa 22 – Friedrichstrasse 29 E, built in the early 19th century;
• "Hotel Lengning" at Długa 37 – Friedrichstrasse 56, opened in 1882. Now Hotel Ratuszowy;
• "Hotel de Rome", at the junction of Długa street with Podwale Street and Kościeleckich Square, built in early 14th century. Closed in 1869.

Between 1815 and 1840, Prussian authorities started to demolish a number of derelict urban buildings, most of them from the 16th century. Among others, this operation removed:

• the Old Town Hall (now under the Main Square);
• St. Mary's Church (Carmelites), St. Stanislaus Church, Old St. Trinity Church and Old Holy Cross Church;
• fragments of the city walls;
• Kujawska Gate (1817) and Poznan Gate (1828) which were closing each end of Długa street.

Since the middle of the 19th century, Jews have settled in the middle section of the Street (from Jan Kazimierz street to Stefan Batory street). They had their shops and most of their habitation houses. In 1834, a synagogue was built in Pod Blankami street, as well as a Jewish school building. In 1882, the old synagogue was extended to accommodate the rapid growing community. Alfred Cohn, of Jewish origin, who lived 19 years in a house at the corner with Jan Kazimierz wrote a book about his memories of the period around the turn of the 20th century in this street. This book accurately depicts shops and premises of the small Jewish quarter, in Długa street in the early 20th century, such as:

• the Seat of the local Polish newspaper "Dziennik Bydgoski" at N°52 from 1908;
• Coffee shop Nachtigall, later Berend (till 1945);
• the seat of the Masonic lodge;
• Restaurant "Falstaf II" (1907);
• Hotel Rio's;
• Hotel Lengning;
• Police station and seat of the Mayor of Bydgoszcz (N°41).

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The street at the level of N°43

Since 1888, tram network -initially horsecars and from 1896 electrical powered- have run in the area.

Between WWI and WWII

As Bydgoszcz returned to motherland's territory in 1920, the street took back its original Polish name "Długa" and in 1931, the renumbering of the street was carried out. It was also extended towards the east, to include the old Hospital street were has been standing St. Stanislaus Church and its hospice from 1583 to 1817.

The address book of Bydgoszcz registered in 1934 in Długa street 21 stores (e.g. good products, haberdashery, food, etc.). In addition, there were here 12 tailors, 11 warehouses, 7 shops for menswear, 6 furniture stores, 4 offices writing applications, 4 restaurants, 3 stores for stationery paper and a butcher.

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Monument to Leon Barciszewski at Coton Market square

Period after 1945

By mid-20th century, the street had a successful mercantile and commercial nature, mainly with craft workshops and gastronomy. In 1945, after the reconstruction of the bridge over the Brda river connecting the old town with Theatre square, tram service resumed in Długa street. In 1969, the streetcar traffic was stopped in the western part of the street, and in 1973, the rest of the network in the Old Town has been disbanded, giving priority to the pedestrian zone. At the same time (1976–1982), restoration started for some the houses of Długa.

In the 1990s, after heavy works between Wełniany Rynek and Jan Kazimierz street, the streets were transformed into a promenade, closed to traffic. Modernization works occurred also in 2005 between Jan Kazimierz Street and Podwale street. In 2007 has been unveiled the "Autographs alley", displaying signature plaques of famous personalities embedded in the street pavement. In June 2008, at the intersection with Jan Kazimierz Street has been a historic tram car, acting as a Tourist Information Centre and reminding of the gone streetcar activity in the area.

Since 2005, and the completion of Długa street renovation, has been initiated the "Feast of Długa street" ((Polish) Święto ulicy Długiej), taking place in June each year. In the following years, other commercial events happened in the street, like the "Długa st. Fair", the "Easter Fair" or the "Christmas Market". In 2009, has been achieved the reconstruction of the western end of the street, the "Wool Market" ((Polish) "Wełniany Rynek"), with the setting of a monument to Leon Barciszewski, Mayor of Bydgoszcz from 1932 to 1939.

Architecture

Długa Street in Bydgoszcz comprises almost entirely built stylish houses. This fact reflects its importance as a representative, a trade thoroughfare in the Old Town. Most frontages have been built in 18th and 19th century, in different architectural styles: neoclassicism, eclecticism and Italian or Northern European Neo-Renaissance. Many frontages are influenced by ancient architecture. Facade in Długa street mark an architectural difference in comparison to styles one can notice in the other parts of Bydgoszcz such as

• Neo-Baroque and Historicism, characteristics of downtown buildings (i.e. Gdańska Street, Dworcowa Street, Cieszkowski Street, Adam Mickiewicz Alley in Bydgoszcz),
• Art Nouveau,
• Modernism.

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Długa street with night public light

Older buildings have generally a rough shape, a limited decoration with a mixing of styles ( eclecticism), characteristic of the second half of the 19th century. Facades are generally horizontally by cornices, especially on the top of buildings. They are often decorated with classical ornaments such as: astragals, cymatia, meanders, palmette friezes and triglyphes. Vertical façade articulations are realized through columns, pillars and pilasters. Some houses are adorned with pediments including tondi or allegorical statues. Columns and pilasters also appear in window frames and door openings, usually topped by a frontage and more rarely with decorated friezes.

Edifices constructed or rebuilt in the 1870s have richer decorations, mainly with a Neo-Renaissance style. Classical architecture decorative elements have been combined with elements of Renaissance origin and bossage or railings. Among such houses, those at N°32 and N°35 stand out. Neo-Renaissance style has been popular in these houses from the end of the 19th, as it was at the time in the German Empire, France and throughout northern Europe. Facades display red or yellow bricks, contrasting with bright, plastered detail, stone-like decoration. Compositions are dominated by symmetry and horizontal divisions. Roofs are generally Mansard roofs, with peaks embellished with volutes, completed by pinnacles or figures: it is the case in houses at N°12, 24, 34 & 46).

Many houses on Długa Street were also rebuilt in the second half of the 20th century: some were even dismantled before being reconstructed again. Between 1976 and 1982, houses from N°13 to N°21 have undergone such process, another stage of thorough restoration has occurred after 2000. In 2014, Bydgoszcz's Mayor has begun to issue administrative orders to landlords compelling them to carry out renovation works: such was the instance for houses at N° 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 58.

Many properties had been recognized as historical monuments. In 2015, in the heritage list of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship 12 sites located on Długa Street were listed.

Most significant buildings in the street include:

• Tenement at Długa street N°52, seat of the Provincial Administrative Court,
• Tenement at Długa street N°41, seat of the Provincial and Municipal Public Library,
• Hotel Ratsuszowy ("City Hall Hotel") at N°37.

Revitalisation

Over the 1990s, the street experienced difficulties to attract and develop of a network of shops, with customers' tendency to leave downtown district. The association "Bydgoszcz Old Town" (Bydgoska Starówka), located at N°32, initiated the project of revitalisation of Długa street: it organized events popularizing the area, and thus improved the image of Długa street. Officials helped for the renovation of the houses, for fairs organization and the development of a network of galleries and cafes. The pavement after renovation now integrates old gates outlines, Kujawska's and Poznan's. In recent years, the street received an increasing amount of tourists, also attracted by the Old Town and Mill Island's area.

"Autographs alley"

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Lech Walesa, 2008

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Rafał Blechacz, 2007

Bydgoszcz Autographs alley is a collection of relief signature embedded into the pavement of Długa street, between the streets Jan Kazimierz and Stefan Batory streets. These granite plaques display Polish meritorious men and women. This theme avenue is the result of a competition run in 2007, aiming at creating new attractions in Bydgoszcz. The competition gathered 123 proposals, the City Hall council settled the contest in November 2007: the author of the winning idea of Bydgoszcz's Autographs alley was Halina Piechocka-Lipka, director of the cultural department of Bydgoszcz. Local artist Michał Kubiak designed the plaques, nominated names are chosen by a committee comprising among others municipality members and university officials.

The first autograph has been unveiled on December 6, 2007 and the following have traditionally respected the same date, the day of Saint Nicholas, patron of the city. Most famous people's signatures are:

• Rafał Blechacz, pianist (2007),
• Zbigniew Boniek, football player (2007),
• Jerzy Hoffman, film director (2077),
• Adam Sowa, pastry cook (2007),
• Irena Szewińska, sprinter (2007),
• Tomasz Gollob, speedway biker (2008),
• Kazimierz Karabasz, documentary filmmaker (2008),
• Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, pianist (2008)
• Lech Wałęsa, Statesman and politician (2008),
• Irena Santor, singer (2009),
• Radosław Sikorski, politician and journalist (2009),
• Leonard Pietraszak, actor (2012),
• Robert Sycz, rower (2012).

Main places and buildings

House at N°1

End of 19th century

Neoclassical architecture

The main elevation has been renovated in 2014.

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  Main facade before restoration

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  Facade after restoration

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  Detail of window and pediment

House at N°2

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°760204,Reg. A/1595 (September 8, 2011).

1892

Neoclassical architecture

The building has been housing a bakery for more than 80 years. Actual baker, Józef Erdmann, still owns in his shop an oven from World War I.

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  General view from Długa street

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  Main elevation

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  Facade

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  Ornamented window

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  Detail of the gate portal

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  The 80 years old bakery at N°2

House at N°3

Middle of 19th century

Neoclassical architecture

The main elevation has been renovated in 2014/2015. In 1900, a hardware store ("Victoria droguerie") was standing there, at "Wollmarkt 17".

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  Main facade before renovation

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  Facade after renovation

House at N°4

1775

Neoclassical architecture

The tenement house is located on the corner with Pod Blankami street. In the basement are gothic vaults from the 15th century. The Neo-Baroque facade has lost its features during the restoration led by Stefan Klajbor in 1967–1969. The place housed for a long time the "Bydgoszcz Scientific Society" ((Polish) Bydgoskie Towarzystwo Naukowe).

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  Main facade

House at N°5

19th century

Neoclassical architecture, fragments of old motifs

The tenement has been rebuilt in 1925–1930.

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  Facade before renovation

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  Main facade today

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  Ornaments on top of the facade

House at N°6

Middle of 19th century

Neoclassical architecture, elements of Eclecticism

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  Main elevation

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  Details of the facade

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  Cartouches with owner's initials

House at N°9

Middle of 19th century

The basement of the house dates back to the 17th century. In the middle of the 18th century, the landlord was a city councilor, bailiff and treasurer, Maciej Rychlicki. His son Wojciech rebuilt down to the ground the tenement in 1784–1802. In 2004, during a demolition has been discovered a profiled ceiling from 1730: it is fragmently exposed in the actual renovated shop, the "Browar Pub".

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  Main elevation

House at N°10

18th-19th century

Neoclassical architecture

It housed the winery "Goerdel" from 1892 to WWI at "Friedrich Strasse N°35".

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  Advertising for Goerdel Firm ca 1936

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  Main facade

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  Detail of one gate

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  Detail of the other gate

House at N°11

19th century

Neoclassical architecture

The house was inhabited during almost a century by the Lebenheim family (Amalie, Jacob, Wilhem) who worked in the leather business, when the address was "Friedrich Strasse 43". This tenement is at the intersection with Przyrzecze street.

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  View from Długa street

House at N°12

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°601280, Reg. A/1114 (October 8, 1993)

1866–1872

Northern Europe Neo-Renaissance

The house has been rebuilt in 1879 following a design by Carl Stampehl: the roof has an attic topped by a pinnacle. In Bydgoszcz, Carl Stampehl also designed :

• The House at N°24 in the same street in 1885,
• Emil Bernhardt tenement at Gdańska Street N°16 in 1884,
• Tenement at Gdanska street 22 in 1875,
• Villa Carl Blumwe at Nakielska street N°53 in 1893.

The house has been owned sine 1916 by the family Stryszyk. During the Greater Poland Uprising, premises served as infirmary for wounded insurgents, with the heroic help of Dr. Jan Biziel and thanks to the kindness of Stanislaw Stryszyk. Another member of the Stryszyk family, Alojzy Stryszyk aka "Ali", merchant and sports activist, lived there. He was murdered by the Germans in May 26, 1942. Both men, Jan Biziel and Alojzy Stryszyk, are honored by plaques at N°12.

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  Facade on Długa street

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  Detail of the attic

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  Ornamented gate

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  Second ornamented gate

House at N°15

1775–1783

Northern Europe Neo-Renaissance

The facade, renovated in 2014, displays a sculpture of a soldier or a hunter with his sword, surrounded by a winegrape vegetation. At the tip of the elevation, the gable is topped by stylized pinnacles. From 1903 till WWI, a restaurant, "Zum Falstaff", owned by Max Schulz was located here, at "Friedrich strasse 45".

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  Main elevation

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  Detail of the sculpture on the facade

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  Detail of facade motif

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  Gate detail

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  1903 advertising for the restaurant "Zum Falstaff"

House at N°16

Second half of 19th century

Neoclassical architecture, elements of Eclecticism

Almost no architectural motifs survived today.

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  Main facade

House at N°17

Middle of 19th century

Northern Europe Neo-Renaissance

The main elevation has been renovated in 2015. At the top of the building are allegorical reliefs depicting woman figures in a sitting position symbolizing Literature and Painting.

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  Main elevation

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  Colored adornements on the facade

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  Allegories on the gable

House at N°18

Middle of 19th century

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  Main facade

House at N°19

1776th century

Neo-Renaissance, elements of Eclecticism

Main elevation is Neo-classic style, the gable is ornamented with many sculptural details, such as a mascaron.

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  Main elevation

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  Facade detail

House at N°20

First half of 19th century

Northern Europe Neo-Renaissance.

House was designed by A. Jenisch and Scheithauer. The facade mirrors the neighbouring one at N°19, until the gable which is less decorated here.

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  Main Facade

House at N°21

First half of 19th century

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  Main elevation

House at N°22

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°735492, Reg.A/1561/1 (May 11, 2010)

First quarter of 19th century

Eclecticism

The front elevation the current building has been built in 1834, the rest of the building till Pod Blankami street has been constructed in 1876. In 1933, the Bydgoszcz branch of Polish Historical Society, in consultation with other organizations decided to unveil a plaque in the facede of the house celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Vienna. This object in honor of John III Sobieski and Stephen Báthory was, however, placed on the wall of Church of the Poor Clares, and finally destroyed by Nazis in 1939.

There is also circumstantial evidence that in 1794 and 1807, the building has been used as headquarters of General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski. Jan Dąbrowski left Bydgoszcz on January 23, 1807, to prepare a military action on Gdańsk. After Dąbrowski, the house has served as headquarters of French Marshal Lefebvre for a short period of time.

In June 8, 1813, was born in this house Polish painter Maksymilian Piotrowski. He came from a Polish bourgeois family, studied in German, French and Italian schools, and died as rector of the German Academy of Fine Arts in Kaliningrad. After his death, his body was returned to Bydgoszcz where he was buried, in the Starofarny cemetery.

In the 19th century, the building belonged to a foundation, "Father Kiełczyński", dedicated to the training of young theologians. On the ground floor was the oldest Polish bank, and warehouses and workshops of Polish industrialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a well-known wine merchant, Carl Ardt. During interwar period, Henryk Kaszubowski, a jeweller was installed on the ground floor. On November 26, 1950, on the front wall of the building was unveiled a commemorative bronze plaque honoring Maximilian Piotrowski, founded by Society of Friends of Bydgoszcz, and designed by Piotr Triebler.

The house is a two-storey town building with an attic. The overall shape is a closed quadrangle with a courtyard in the middle, between the Długa and Pod Blankami streets. The building has a vaulted, two-level basement, built probably at the end of the 18th: 6 meters high cellars were probably used to store wine.

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  Main elevation

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  Zoom on the attic windows

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  Top pinnacle

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  Plaque in memoriam of Maximilian Piotrowski

House at N°23

1776

Corner house with Jezuicka street.

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  Main elevation of the corner

House at N°24

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°601281, Reg. A/744 (December 18, 1981)

1770

Northern Europe Neo-Renaissance

This tenement has been rebuilt in 1885, following a design by Carl Stampehl. In Bydgoszcz, Carl Stampehl also designed :

• Emil Bernhardt tenement at Gdańska Street N°16 in 1884,
• Tenement at Gdanska street 22 in 1875,
• Villa Carl Blumwe at Nakielska street N°53 in 1893,
• House at N°12 in Długa street in 1866.

The triangular peak gable is adorned with pinnacles and a figural allegorical composition comprising industry theme. It houses today, among others, a pub, "Zamek".

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  Main elevation

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  Detail of first level decoration

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  allegories on the gable

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  Wrought iron gate

House at N°25

1776

Corner house with Jezuicka street, it mirrors with the same style the house at N°23. One can notice the preserved wrought iron balcony.

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  Main elevation of the corner

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  Facade onto Dluga street

House at N°26

1780

In the entrance stands a preserved rococo gate from the 2nd half of the 18th century.

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  Main elevation viewed from Długa street

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  Ornamented gate

Houses at N°27 and 28

1780, N°27

1833, N°28

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  N°27, main elevation and entrance to the backyard

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  N°28, main elevation

House at N°29

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°702033, Reg.A/1261 (December 28, 2006)

1778

Neo-Renaissance

The tenement has been rebuilt in 1865.

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  Main elevation

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  Detail of an adorned framework window

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  Detail of an adorned framework window

House at N°30

1783

Neo-Renaissance

The tenement has been rebuilt in the 19th century.

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  Main elevation

House at N°31

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°723988, Reg. A/1402 (December 18, 2008)

End of 18th century

Italian Neo-Renaissance

The building stands at the corner with Stefan Batory street. It has been rebuilt in 1862 in order to establish "Hotel Rio": the edifice gained one floor and a hall party on the second, in the corner, which gave this characteristic tower, trendy at the time in British hotels. The hotel stood there until 1939. Corner windows are adorned with stylized Corinthian pilasters, while last floor corner openings have semicircular windows. The whole façade is crowned with a profiled frieze and a cornice supported by ornamental consoles. The arrangement of the facade refers to renaissance palace architecture, with some monumental character.

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  Advertising For "Rio restaurant" ca 1936

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  Main corner elevation

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  Windows with pilasters

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  Detail of the upper frieze

House at N°32

1792

Neoclassical architecture and Neo-Renaissance

The house has been built according to a design by Carl Stampehl, as were houses at N°12, 24 and 46. It has been reconstructed in 1877–1878.

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  Main elevation

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  Detail of the facade

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  Detail of the decorated top of the column

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  Winged head detail

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  Adorned gate

House at N°33

1782

Neoclassical architecture

The building stands at the corner with Stefan Batory street. It has been deeply renovated in the 2010s.

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  The house before restoration

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  After renovation in 2014

House at N°34

1860

Northern Europe Neo-Renaissance

This tenement has been rebuilt in 1878 on a design of Carl Stampehl, together with houses at N°12,24,35 and 46.

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  Facade giving onto Długa street

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  View of the corner

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  Architectural decoration detail

House at N°35

1783

Neo-Renaissance & Neoclassical architecture

This tenement has been rebuilt in 1877–1878 on a design of Carl Stampehl, together with houses at N°12, 24, 34 and 46.

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  Facade onto Długa street

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  Facade after renovation

Hotel Ratuszowy at N°37

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°A/374/1 (October 10, 1993)

1830

Neoclassical architecture & Eclecticism

The current edifice erected between 1830 and 1833 was designed to be an out building for the administrative purposes benefit of the Town Hall. Inside were planned a large and a small session hall, the mayor's office together with municipal offices. The building had originally two-story, with an attic covered with a mansard roof. As the city grew, the building's area turned out to be insufficient despite numerous conversions. In 1879, the new city hall moved to the former Jesuit College on the Old Market, much larger and the existing building was sold the same year to a hotelier, Julius Lengning. He soon started the reconstruction and renovation of the building in order to adapt it to its new function. Main builder was master bricklayer Gustav Weihe and master carpenter Heinrich Mautz. The former had designed in 1876 a house at Dworcowa Street N°61. Hotel erection, completed 1881, encompassed the addition of a third floor, the reconstruction of the interior on the ground floor and upgrading the arrangement of the facade. On the hotel's ground floor, a large entrance hall, shops, guest rooms and "business" rooms were made, the rear part of the hotel being reserved for residential space. The rooms were equipped with toilets and facilities with hot and cold water. In the hotel yard, at the back of the building, stood a large restaurant, underneath were a kitchen and a utility room. Facade decorations were of neoclassical style, much richer than the surroundings with meanders motifs under the windows of the attic and friezes crowning the cornice.

In 1908, Julius Lengning sold the property to a wine tradesman from Olsztyn, Antonow Kretschman who carried out a modernization of the hotel: in 1909, central heating was installed, the attic furnished with additional rooms, a wine cellar and a beer hall opened. After World War I, three other owners succeeded to Antonow Kretschman. Until 1945, the hotel kept its name, "Hotel Lengning", unchanged, despite ownership shifts. After 1945, the building housed the dormitory of the Technical School of Electrical Engineering -a plaque on the wall commemorates it- until 1965, when it resumed its hosting role, under the actual name, Hotel Ratuszowy ("City Hall Hotel"). The hotel has been recently rebuilt, changing the appearance of the facade, especially at ground floor level.

The building is erected according to a rectangle footprint, with small inner courtyards. The ground floor is decorated with a bossages. The windows of the first and second floors have a rich, architectural settings. Initially, the main entrance was located in the middle of the facade, giving wayto a monumental staircase. The cellars under the building have three levels, some of them display arches, but not open to the public.

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  Facade onto Długa street

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  Detail of the decoration on the facade

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  Friezes and cornice

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  Detail of a window

House at N°39

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°601282, Reg. A/984 (February 4, 1992)

Second half of 19th century

Neoclassical architecture

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  Facade onto Długa street

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  Detail of facade window decoration

House at N°40

1778

Neoclassical architecture

The tenement has been recently renovated.

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  Facade onto Długa street before restoration

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  Renovated facade

City Public Library at N°41

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°601283, Reg.A/985 (February 4, 1992)

1798

Neoclassical architecture

Main article: Bydgoszcz Municipal Library

or Wojewódzka i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna w Bydgoszczy

The tenement, rebuilt in the second half of the 19th century, stands on the corner of Jan Kazimierz street. It housed the court between 1798–1905, and the police headquarters in 1907. It is today one of the building of the Provincial and Municipal Public Library, along with the one standing at Stary Rynek 24. Between library buildings runs the narrow Zaułek street. To unite the architectural ensemble, a covered passage called the "Bridge of Sighs" ((Polish) most westchnień), has been built in 1920, over Zaułek street.

Since the 1920s, the Municipal Library owns the edifice. The outbuilding on the first floor harbours a collection of antique books called the Bibliotheca Bernardina. These precious volumes come from the Bernardines library installed in the 16th century in Bernardyńska Street. The building at Długa N°40 has "L" shape with an side outbuilding and the main entrance on the south elevation. It is covered with a mansard roof displaying eyelid dormer. The facades are divided by vertical pilasters and horizontal cornices. The vaulted cellars are still preserved.

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  Elevations of the building

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  Facade onto Długa street

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  Pilasters and eyelid dormer on the mansard roof

House at N°42

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°728853, Reg.A/1538 (September 1, 2009)

Last quarter of 18th century

Neoclassical architecture

The house has been rebuilt around 1875–1900.

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  Facade onto Długa street

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  Facade onto Długa street

Houses at N°45 to 51

1783, N°45

Last quarter of 18th century, N°46 & 50

1865, N°47

18th century, N°48

End of 18th century, N°49 & 51

Northern Europe Neo-Renaissance

The house at N°46 has been rebuilt in 1879 on a design of Carl Stampehl, together with houses at N°12, 24 and 34.

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  Facade of N°45

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  Main Facade of N°46

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  Facade of N°47

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  Facade of N°48

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  Main facade of N°49

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  Elevation of N°50

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  Main facade of N°51

House at N°52

Last quarter of 18th century

Eclecticism

The building is delimited by streets Długa, Jan Kazimierz and Pod Blankami. It houses the seat of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Regional Administrative Court. The origins of the building are not well documented, but it is known that in this place stood brick or wattle and daub buildings in the 15th century. In 2008, archaeological research estimated the remains of a brick building of N°52 dating back between the 16th to the 18th centuries. The outline of the current building, appears on city documents in 1876. At the beginning of the 20th century, the tenement housed several shops: Blumenthal paper shop, hairdresser and butcher Kaschika Josel, then Rose and Gertrude Wolff selling kosher meats. On the first floor officiated a lawyer Mr Jakobsohn, the second was the tailor establishment of Mr Ludwig, and on the third level Miss Seifert gave piano lessons. These shops and craft were at that time mostly owned by people of Jewish origin. From 1909 to 1920, the ground floor has housed the set of "Dziennik Bydgoski" (The Official of Bydgoszcz), established by journalist Jan Teska. It was the most important Polish newspaper in Bromberg during the Prussian era and the most popular in the city during interwar period. On the façade of the building onto Długa street, a commemorative plaque commemorating Jan Teska as a mainstay of Polish in the first decades of the 20th century in Bydgoszcz has been unveiled in 1996. In 2002, the Regional Supreme Administrative Court, renamed in 2004 the Provincial Administrative Court, moved to this building. For this occasion, a complete renovation has been carried out as well as an adjustment of interiors to the needs of the judiciary activity.

The building has a horseshoe footprint. The tenement has a cellar, two-storey and an attic. The ground floor is decorated with bossages. on the facade, floors are separated with cornices, with a grander one on the top. The windows of the first and second floors display architectural detailed decoration.

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  Dziennik Bydgoski advertising ca 1929

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  View from Pod Blankami street

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  Facade onto Długa street

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  Plaque in memoriam of Jan Teska

House at N°53

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°706927, Reg.A/1325/1-2 (July 12, 2007)

1777

Neo-Renaissance

The building has been reconstructed in 1870. The rear annex building, opening onto Zaułek street, has been used as a granary during the second half of the 19th century.

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  General view from Długa street

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  Detail of the ornaments on the facade

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  Facade of the rear building onto Zaułek street

Houses at N°54, 55, 56 & 58

1767, N°54

1877, N°55

Last quarter of 19th century, N°56

Second half of 19th century, N°58

Neoclassical architecture

The house at N°56 had its second floor, with a new loft, rebuilt by architect Anton Hoffmann. At the beginning of the 21st century, these houses have been rebuilt. According to Joseph Święcicki, in 1907, a restaurant, "Twardowski", stood there.

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  Facades of N°54 (right) and 56 (left)

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  Main facade of N°55

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  Facade of N°58

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  Figure on N°58 facade

House at N°62

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage list N°601284, Reg.A/343/1-2 (February 24, 2005)

Middle of 19th century

Neo-Renaissance

The building has a second entry through Pod Blankami street 57. The cellar located under the courtyard is also listed on the heritage list.

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  General view from Długa street

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  Detail of the ornaments on the facade

Houses at N°72 & 74

1778, N°72

1894, N°74

Neo-Renaissance

Both houses have been reconstructed during the second half of the 19th century.

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  Facades of N°72 (right) and 74 (left)

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  Facade of N°74

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  Detail of the gable at N°74

House at N°76

1870

Neoclassical architecture

The house has been according to a design by Friedrich Meyer. One can notice the pilasters as part of the avant-corps, as a reference to Roman architecture. The facade lower levels display Doric style, higher ones follow Corinthian style. Friezes delineate the facade, additionally decorated with floral motifs. The whole elevation is topped with a triangular Pediment with a tondo displaying a figure of a baby's head.

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  General view

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  View from Długa street

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  Detail of the pediment and the upper facade

See also

• Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz
• Dworcowa Street in Bydgoszcz
• Podwale Street in Bydgoszcz
• Grodzka Street in Bydgoszcz
• Bernardyńska Street in Bydgoszcz
• Jagiellońska street in Bydgoszcz
• Stary Port Street in Bydgoszcz

Bibliography

• (Polish) Derenda Jerzy red.: Piękna stara Bydgoszcz. Tom I z serii: Bydgoszcz miasto na Kujawach. Towarzystwo Miłośników Miasta Bydgoszczy. Bydgoszcz 2006. ISBN 83-916178-0-7, 978-83-916178-0-9, 83-916178-5-8, 978-83-916178-5-4, 83-916178-1-5, 978-83-916178-1-6
• (Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza, Daria: Przegląd stylów występujących w bydgoskiej architekturze drugiej połowy XIX i początku XX stulecia
• (Polish) Jastrzębska-Puzowska, Iwona: Od miasteczka do metropolii. Rozwój architektoniczny i urbanistyczny Bydgoszczy w latach 1850–1920. Wydawnictwo MADO. Toruń 2005. ISBN 83-89886-38-3, 978-83-89886-38-5
• (Polish) Umiński, Janusz: Bydgoszcz. Przewodnik, Regionalny Oddział PTTK "Szlak Brdy" Bydgoszcz 1996
• (Polish) Jurkiewicz Zenon: Dom przy ul. Długiej. [w.] Kalendarz Bydgoski 1994

External links

• Hotel Ratuszowy in Długa street
• (Polish) Bydgoszcz page about "Autographs alley"