Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz

Gdańska Street in Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz
Polish: Ulica Gdańska w Bydgoszczy
File:Bdg Gdanska D-S 2 07-2013.jpg View in the vicinity of Freedom Square
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Former name(s)	Danzigerstraße (Danziger Chaussee) - Gdańska St. - Adolf-Hitler-Straße - Aleje 1 Maja
Namesake	City of Gdańsk
Owner	City of Bydgoszcz
Length	7.3 km (4.5 mi)
Width	26 m (85 ft)
Area	Downtown Bydgoszcz
Location	Bydgoszcz
SW end	Theatre Square
NE end	Armii Krajowej Street

Gdańska Street is one of the main street of downtown Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Initially, the street was used as a thoroughfare, but in the second half of the 19th century, it turned into a more residential area. It ran from the Brda river to Bydgoszcz northern part of town an has gradually become the city center of trade and entertainment. During the interwar period, Gdańska street was the third longest street in Bydgoszcz with a total length of 3.19 km.

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View of Gdańska street on a picture from C.W. Bellacha, ca 1835

The street connects the Old Town with the northern areas of Bydgoszcz agglomeration. The southern part is the real "spinal column" of Bydgoszcz downtown and the most architecturally representative, while the northern part - from the Municipal Stadium to the northern boundaries of the city- is bordered by Forest Park of Culture and Leisure and the Gdańsk Forest. Very rich architecturally, Gdańska Street has got many buildings listed on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage list.

History

Topography

Gdańska street was laid in the 1820s, following the old route leading to Gdańsk (parallel to Pomorska street). The creation of the street is associated with the expansion of the city to the north, which happened after 1816, when the city bought the land east of the route to Gdańsk. The thoroughfare has been designed as a straight line, 26 meters wide: the land on both sides was then divided into plots, which became the property of individuals. At the beginning suburbs were limited to the area delimited by the bridge on the Brda River, Gdańsk Gates, Carmelite Church (now Theatre Square) and the Old Church of the Holy Spirit (now Poor Clares' Church). The area has been the place where downtown townspeople used for their annual shooting competition, awarded by the "Golden Hen" badge". The first intersection in Gdańska street - with Dworcowa street and Pomorska street - is located at the medieval road fork leading to Koronowo.

The pace of urban center development to the north-west has increased from 1850 on, after the construction of Railway Main Station in Bocianowo district which became city area. Gdańska street quickly became a central representative thoroughfare, and developed as a new city (German: Neue Stadt).

Inextricably linked with the development of the street was the construction of cross and parallel streets, enabling Gdańska street to connect to:

• Downtown district (on the other side of Brda river),
• Bocianowo district to the west,
• Grodztwo, Bielawy and Forest ((Polish) Leśne) districts to the east.

This network of adjacent streets was created between 1850 and the early years of the 20th century. The only surviving old streets lattice, dating back to the Middle Ages, consists of Focha, Jagiellońska, Dworcowa and Pomorska streets.

Important milestones in the evolution of Gdańska street were the setting up of Freedom Square (German: Weltzienplatz, Polish: Plac Wolności) in 1854, and Adam Mickiewicz Alley in 1903, since they particularly influenced sections of Gdańska street in these areas. On Freedom Square has been established:

• in 1876 an Evangelical parish church;
• in 1893 an equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I;
• in 1904 a monumental fountain.

After 1854, in the western part of the street -between Artyleryjska street and Powstańców Warszawy street- was created a training and shooting area, which resulted in the development of the so-called "Barracks area". In 1861, the newly built Warsaw-Bydgoszcz railway line crossed Gdańska street at Artyleryjska street, cutting off those military areas and putting a provisional end to the northern extension. It was only in the 1930s, after a level crossing had been established, that further developments towards Forest district could resume.

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View at the corner with Krasinski street, ca 1899

Street attractiveness declined after World War II. After 1996, a gradual revitalization began. In 1998, initial sections of the street (from downtown to Freedom Square) had their car traffic significantly reduced. In 2002–2007, a modernization of the pavement was performed, as well as roads and streetcar railways, and stylish lighting has been installed. Continuous work is also underway to restore buildings facades and interiors. In 2005 and 2006, two sculptures by Michał Kubiak were unveiled: "The Wanderer" and "Marian Rejewski on a bench".

Naming

Since Gdańska Street was formed in two steps, it had originally two names. Its primary section - from Brda river to Dworcowa street - dating back to the 14th century, was called Gdańska street (German: Danziger Straße), while the extension that started in 1820 was named Road of Gdańsk (Polish: Szosa Gdańska, German: Danziger Chaussee). Later, with urban development, Gdańska street was the denomination of subsequent extensions (in 1879 it stretched to Warsaw Uprising street intersection). In 1977, the street reached its current administrative length and borders, and therefore "Gdańska street" indicates now the road leading from Bydgoszcz Old Town up to the northern boundary of the city.

Successive street names are the following in the historical section:

• 1820-1920 – Danzigerstraße / Danziger Chaussee
• 1920-1939 – Gdańska street
• 1939-1945 – Adolf-Hitler-Straße
• 1945-1990 – 1 May Avenue
• since 1990 – Gdańska street

Tract division

Once Gdańska street set up, the land situated on both sides has been divided into plots and sold to individuals. Probably most of the plots all the way to Świętojańskia street, has been drawn around the 1850s and their limits are still the same today. The parcelling process of properties on Gdańska street and their numbering was finally completed in February 1931, followed by the administrative imposition for even-numbered (eastern side) and odd ones (on the west). Between 1879 and 1931, 169 numbers were registered and since 1931, 190 are in use in total. Following adjustments were related to the further development of the street to the north, especially on the eastern side. Currently, the highest administrative number is 260, corresponding to the Forest district ("Myślęcinek") area.

Development of buildings and means of communication

The origins of road construction dates back to 1448, when were erected the buildings of the Old Church and Hospital of the Holy Spirit (now Poor Clares' Church), just on the immediate northern side of the river. In 1615, the Church of Rome took over the Order of Saint Clare, which had a significant impact on the Poor Clares' Church architecture: until the mid-17th century, the building was redesigned in the late Gothic - Renaissance style and the sublime monastery's cloister connected with the temple. At the end of the 18th century, there were several residential buildings along Gdańska street: in addition to the Church, an inn was standing at the crossroads with the road to Koronowo and Świecie. In 1816, Gliszczyński family established another inn at the location of the current Hotel "Pod Orlem".

The rapid development of building frontage along the entire length of Gdańska street took place after 1835. Around 1860, edifices extended up to the crossing with Śniadeckich street, then in 1870 up to the Świętojański street, while basic, core building across Kamienna street -where there was a level crossing- was established in 1890.

After 1900 were built the first large buildings in the northern part of the street:

- Water Supply station (1899-1900);

- War College building (1913-1914);

- buildings within the newly created Forest dictrict (Polish: Osiedle Leśne) after 1933, like houses at N°208 to 238.

In the 1950s, new buildings in Osiedle Leśne have been constructed, such as the "Zawisza" WKS sports complex.

In 1860, the street began to be illuminated with gas lanterns, and with electric lights since 1900. Street on the entire length of the road had paved surfaces, separating curbs, along with a tree line. The sidewalks were laid from granite boards. On May 18, 1888, was launched a horsepowered tram , along the so-called "Red" line (from Theatre Square to Dworcowa street) and in 1892 a second line, "Green", has been launched (along the entire length of Gdańska street to the artillery barracks). Trams were electrified in 1896, and in 1937, in connection with the creation of the district Forest, a bus line has been launched.

In 1932, with the construction of Polish Coal Trunk-Line, a viaduct has been built over the railway (named after J. Święcicki), has been rebuilt in 1968 and 2006, and the level crossing was closed. In 1989, a viaduct was built for the tram and a tram terminal set up in the immediate vicinity of the Forest Park of Culture and Leisure, at the intersection with Rekreacyjna street. In 2012 first contraflow lanes for cyclists have appeared in Gdańska street.

St Peter's and St Paul's Church (left), Pomeranian Arts House (center), Emil Bernhardt tenement (right)

St Peter's and St Paul's Church (left), Pomeranian Arts House (center), Emil Bernhardt tenement (right)

Architecture

The architectural landscape of Gdańska street has remained unchanged for over 150 years. Be that as it may, the lengthy construction process made the ensemble of the whole street much diversified. Adjacent houses, hence, generally come from different eras, with different scales and styles.

Originally sections up to Świętojańska street consist mainly of tenements for rent, and further north were reserved plots for construction of grander buildings with front-garden. Between 1890 and 1914 a significant increased number of grandiose buildings were constructed:

- nine grand habitation houses, at N°16, 27, 30, 34, 51, 55, 63, 62 and 95;

- several reconstructed or built villas for rich industrialists and bureaucrats, like at N°48 & 50, with dominant architectural importance.

Until the end of the 19th century, the predominant style was Neo-Classicism: tenements were built with simple, symmetrical facades and usually modest decoration. In the last quarter of the 19th century, classicism forms were tinged with Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Gothic and Neo-Baroque elements.

Between 1885 and 1898, Bydgoszcz's architect Józef Święcicki built 21 edifices along Gdańska street, and associated Eclecticism with different new styles: some of his projects permanently etched the street landscape with Neo-Baroque designs, such as N° 14, 36, 63, or Freedom Square N°1. Best instance is Hotel "Pod Orlem" at Gdańska street N°1 which is now a real showcase of Bydgoszcz's architecture.

At the beginning of the 20th century, houses were built following German Historicism, pioneering architecture style. As such, specific architects possessed their own characteristics:

- Fritz Weidner represented the picturesque current;

- Rudolf Kern, the German Secession;

- Alfred Schleusener and Paul Sellner the early Modern Architecture.

Houses built in the 1930s in the northern part of the street follows so-called International Style with simple cubic lumps, like Jan Kossowski's works. After WWII, building architecture was styleless, as displayed in the features from this period: Supermarket "Ryval" (1971-1973) at N°47 or three typical houses at N°23, 53 & 76.

Three new edifices have been erected between 1990 and 2005 in Gdańska Street, N°121, 125 & 139, none of which fits into a proper style regarding the surrounding buildings.

At the eve of the 20th century, several architecturally interesting buildings, referring to Eclecticism and Art Nouveau, rose in the network of adjacent streets buildings. Such realizations can be found mainly in following places: Krasinski St., Słowacki St., Adam Mickiewicz Alley, Cieszkowski Street, Paderewski St., Weyssenhoff Square, 20 January 1920 St. and partly in buildings around Świętojański St., Zamoyski St. and Chodkiewicz St.

Social Role

The role of Gdańska Street, till 1850, was principally that of a means of communication; after this date, it became a representative, bourgeois area and the expanding axis of downtown Bydgoszcz.

The buildings giving onto the street have been housing a mix of wealthy representative officials, manufacturers and traders of different professions, whereas craftsmen and laborers lived in the outbuildings and more modest homes. Habitation ground floors were generally designed to house commercial or catering service.

The area of Gdańska Street soon experienced a booming trade expansion: craft workshops developed -20 tailors and 25 shoemakers were referenced in the street at the end of the 19th century, as well as small industry and gastronomy. Nonetheless, the street did not suffer from any rapid industrialization process: very few companies (with the exception of G. Rady's factory of artistic metalwork in 1896) did build typical factory buildings on this axis. The only companies operating in the area were quite modest and housed in buildings backyards.

The shop on Gdańska street which has the longest history is the pharmacy "Under the Swan", located at N°5 since 1853. At the beginning of the 20th century department stores began to appear: - in 1910, Modehaus Bromberg lasted a couple of years; - in 1911, Department Store "Kaufhaus Conitzer & Söhne"; - in 1919, Boniface Cyrus shop. At the beginning of the 20th century, the street was also the address of 5 banks seat.

Gdańska Street had also an important role in catering and entertainment business. During the 19th century and first half of the 20th century, it was the venue of restaurants and cafés for wealthy people, locations for modest retailshops, brasseries, as well as concert halls, hotels, theaters, cinemas. The street also housed the first seat of Provincial and Municipal Public Library at N°27.

Street Festival

Each September, since 2002, the "Gdańska Street Festival" ((Polish) Święto Ulicy Gdańskiej) is the time for outdoor events, concerts and competitions held in different places and buildings along the street. The main organizer of the event is Bydgoszcz's branch of Gazeta Wyborcza.

Gdańska Street panorama, Paul Storz Tenement (left), and Otto Riedl Tenement (right)

Gdańska Street panorama, Paul Storz Tenement (left), and Otto Riedl Tenement (right)

The street today

Features

Gdańska Street is 7.3 kilometers long, with a 2 km long stylish houses section, and 1.5 km away to the north the city's barracks and the forest district. In fact the 3.8 km long stretch of road located north of the railway viaduct has a completely different character from the urbanized one, between Gdańsk forest and the Culture and Leisure Forest Park.

On the northern outskirts of the city, the street climbs up the 45-meter high Fordoński rising.

Along Gdańska street one will find:

• Three churches;
• Four museums (District museum, Pharmacy museum, Museum of the Army and Sports museum);
• Concert halls (Academy of Music, "Club Mózg") and the seat of Radio PIK;
• The oldest hotel of the city (Hotel "Pod Orlem");
• One of the oldest department stores, the Department Store "Jedynak" built on the like of Berlin and Paris department stores at the beginning of the 20th century;
• Landscape architecture, including "Marian Rejewski on a bench" and "The Wanderer", as well as two sculptures created with dead trees ( Woman in pigeons at N°30 and As soon as we play at the intersection of Gdańska St. and Słowacki Street. A third sculpture, "The Awakening elves", can be found right in Jan Kochanowski Park near Adam Mickiewicz Alley;
• A modern shopping mall;
• 5 villas and about 145 houses, 50 of which have richly decorated facades in styles referring to the Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Gothic, Neo-Baroque, German Historicism, Secession and Modern architecture;
• A monumental military school building, the headquarters of Pomeranian Military District, the building that housed NATO Training Center from 2004 to 2010 and the Inspectorate for Logistic Armed Forces;
• An old water supply station from 1900;
• A group of military barracks from the second half of the 19th century;
• The largest sports complex in the city;
• The largest leisure city park in Poland (city park "Myślęcinek");
• The Honorary Consulate of Ukraine (at N°76).

Architecture

A walk through Gdańska Street and nearby areas gives an overview of styles and trends of last two centuries construction style. One-storey houses (representing suburban housing type) mix with two and three story tenements (close to 100 of them), as well as urban four and five story buildings and monumental buildings.

More than 90% of the building in Gdańska Street dates back from before 1920. Half of them have been built or rebuilt in the years 1890-1914, when wealthy Bydgoszcz inhabitants put proudness in architecture, fashioning different styles, from Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Gothic, Neo-Baroque, to Secession and early Modern architecture.

Buildings along Gdańska Street are realizations of Bydgoszcz/Bromberg's most prominent architects, such as:

• Joseph Święcicki, 21 buildings (20 still left);
• Fritz Weidner - 8 buildings;
• Rudolf Kern - 7 buildings;
• Karl Bergner - 5 buildings;
• Alfred Schleusener - 3 buildings;
• Carl Rose - 2 buildings;
• Paul Sellner - 2 buildings.

Some of them were architects from Berlin, like Heinrich Seeling, Otto Walther or W. Hildebrandt.

In side streets, there are a large number of tenements constructed before 1914: over 30 tenements by Joseph Święcicki, 19 from Rudolf Kern, 14 from Fritz Weidner and a number of them by other builders (i.e. Karl Bergner, Paul Böhm, Erich Lindenburger).

Monuments

In 2007, 27 buildings located on Gdańska street were registered on the Pomeranian Heritage List.

The oldest preserved building is from the end of the 16th century - beginning of the 17th century: the Church of the Poor Clares. However, the vast majority of monuments comprises stylish townhouses have been built between 1880 and 1914.

Panorama of Gdańska Street in the vicinity of N°27

Panorama of Gdańska Street in the vicinity of N°27

Main edifices

Poor Clares' Church, Gdańska Street N°2

Main article: Poor Clares' Church, Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601229 Reg.A/209, 31 March 1931

1582-1602 & 1618-1645

Gothic-Renaissance-Baroque

The oldest building in Gdańska Street, it has been used as a warehouse and a fire station during Prussian times.

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  View from Theatre square

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  View from Jagiellońska street

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  View from Gdańska Street

Max Zweininger Tenement, Focha Street N°2

Main article: Tenement Max Zweininger Bydgoszcz

1901-1902, by Karl Bergner

Vienna Secession

The house was built between 1901 and 1902 for Max Zweininger, the owner of a famous hat manufactory in Bromberg, located on the square. In 1940, arcades have been added on a design by Jan Kossowski.

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  View from Theatre square

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  View from Jagiellońska street

Building of the District Museum, Gdańska Street N°4

Main article: Building of the District Museum in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601230, reg.A/278, 22nd Jan. 1953 and 12 May 1993

1550-1618, then 1878 by Alexander Lincke

Neo-Renaissance-Mannerism

Originally part of the former monastery of the Poor Clares, the building has been used as a municipal hospital and has received an additional wing along the Gdanska street in 1878, with Renaissance Revival architecture and Mannerism style.

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  Facade onto Gdańska Street

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  Detail of the main gate

August Mentzel Tenement, Gdańska Street N°5

Main article: August Mentzel Tenement

1853-1863 and 1909 by Rudolf Kern

Vienna Secession

The ground floor of the building still houses one of the oldest pharmacies of Bydgoszcz, "Pod Łabędziem" (Under the Swan) and a Pharmacy Museum.

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  Facade onto Gdanska Street

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  The Golden Swan signboard

"Drukarnia" shopping mall, Gdańska Street N°6/8

Main article: Drukarnia shopping mall in Bydgoszcz

2007, by JSK Architects

Modern Architecture

At this location was located here one of the biggest printhouse in Poland.

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  View from Jagiellońska street

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  Main entry on Gdańska Street

Tenement at N°7

1860s

Historicism & Neoclassicism

The building has been erected for commercial purposes, especially allowing shopping room on the ground floor. Julius Musolff has been running a business since 1872 until WWI. Later on, P. Riemer was running a sports equipment shop.

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  Main facade from Gdańska Street

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  Detail of the gate

Tenement at N°9

1875-1900

Eclecticism & Neoclassicism forms

In 1868, there was housed Kreski family's store and warehouses. At the time, it contained Bromberg's largest selection of porcelain and lamps. The shop closed at the end of the 1930s. The building also housed the photography workshop of Joop Theodor, one of the largest in the city. Theodor also had studios also in Gdansk and Torun, running his own firm (Theodor Joop & Company). This workshop was later used by the photographer Lorenzo Basilius. From 1909 until to the end of the 1930s, "Centrala Optyczna", an optical shop run by Mr Zakaszewski was installed here, together with a fur shop in the 1920s. In 1945, the backyard of the tenement housed "Dekora", an art studio.

The building is adorned with two niched statues on the first level of the facade representing feminine allegories of Trade and Industry.

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  Main facade

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  Allegories of Trade and Industry on the frontage

Ernst Mix Tenement, Gdańska Street N°10

Main article: Mix Ernst tenement in Bydgoszcz

1863-1905 and 1913-1914, by Fritz Weidner

Modern Architecture

Originally a soap factory, it has, later on, housed a Department store and a movie theatre till 2003.

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  Ernst Mix tenement

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  Part of the frontage onto Gdańska Street

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  Part of the frontage onto Gdańska Street

Tenement at N°11

1875-1900, by Joseph Święcicki

Eclecticism & Neoclassicism

In 1887 the then landlord, merchant Carl Walle had the house extended with a residential wing designed by architect Joseph Święcicki. Frontage style is a continuity of adjacent building (N°9), with adorned panels, friezes of angels and meander motifs.

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  View of N°11 frontage ca 1878

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  Main facade

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  Frieze detail

Tenement at N°12

ca 1860

Historicism

The tenement is on the corner with Parkowa street.The facade has still got many preserved and diverse architectural details: delicately adorned bay window on the corner of the building, window pediments on the second floor and fake-column decoration on each side of first floor windows.

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  View on both facades

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  Gdanska street facade

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  Detail of the bay window

Tenement at N°13

ca 1850-1900

Neoclassicism

This plot near the intersection with Dworcowa Street belonged to the family Pawlikowski, who were hotelier in Bromberg in the second half of the 19th century. In 1882, Pawlikowski built an eclectic arrangement of building frontages, with reference to neoclassicism. One can notice the decoratively designed gate, the pediments above middle windows, the balcony with its adorned balustrade. The façade is crowned by a frieze with a rich decoration.

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  Main facade

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  Detail of balcony

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  Advertising for a bank in 1928

Hotel Pod Orłem, Gdańska Street N°14

Main article: Hotel "Pod Orlem" in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601295-reg.90/A, 15 December 1974

1893-1896 and 1926, 1939, 1987, by Józef Święcicki

Eclectism & Neo-Baroque

The oldest hotel in Bydgoszcz, still in business. It is now a 4-star rated facility.

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  Hotel Pod Orłem facade onto Gdańska Street

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  The eagle, emblem of the hotel set at the top of the frontage

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  Detail of the facade, with atlantes

Department Store "Jedynak", Gdańska Street N°15

Main article: Jedynak

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601296-reg.87/A, 10 December 1971

1910-1911, by Otto Walter

Modern Architecture

One of the first Department Store built in Bydgoszcz, it pioneered the use of reinforced concrete in a modern design.

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  Department Store "Jedynak"

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  Allegories on the facade

Emil Bernhardt tenement, Gdańska Street N°16

Main article: Emil Bernhardt tenement in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°735497-reg.A/1558, 30 April 2010

1882-1884, by Carl Stampehl

Eclecticism

Emil Bernhardt was the fouder of adjacent Hotel Pod Orłem at N°14.

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  Main frontage

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  Detail of hallway polychrome.

Alexander Timm House, Gdańska Street N°17

Main article: Alexander Timm House

1852, by B. Brinkmann and 1910, by O.F.W. Muller

Eclecticism & Neoclassicism

At the time of its erection, the largest habitation house in Bydgoszcz.

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  Facade onto Gdańska Street

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  Detail of architectural motifs

Pomeranian Arts House, Gdańska Street N°20

Main article: Pomeranian Arts House in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601297-Reg.A/1116, 18 November 1993

1886-1887, by Gustaw Reichert and 1908, 1965

German Historism

The building has housed successively German cultural associations (1887-1939), Polish unions, Bydgoszcz Opera Music Theatre (1945-2006), the National School of Fine Arts (till 1982). Since 2006, it is owned by the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.

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  Facade on Gdańska Street

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  Main avant-corps

St Peter's and St Paul's Church, Freedom Square

Main article: St Peter's and St Paul's Church in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601297-Reg.A/1116, 18 November 1993

1872-1878, by Friedrich Adler

Eclecticism, Neo-Gothic & Neo-Romanesque

It was a Protestant church until 1945.

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  Main frontage

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  Back view

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  Main portal

Tenement at Freedom Square N°1

Main article: Tenement at Freedom Square 1, Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601429-Reg.A/1041, October 20, 1990

1896-1898, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism & Neo-baroque

One of the most iconic buildings in downtown Bydgoszcz by Józef Święcicki.

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  View from Gdańska Street

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  Architectural detail

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  by night, frontage onto Freedom Square

Tenement at N°22

Main article: Tenement at Gdanska street 22, Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601298-Reg.A/987, May 28, 1991

1850-1875, by Carl Stampehl and 1883, 1911 by Rudolf Kern

Eclecticism

A renovation was conducted by architect Rudolf Kern from 1910 to 1911.

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  Main frontage

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  Detail of the motifs on a 3-pane window

Tenement at N°24

1906-1907, by Rudolf Kern

Eclecticism

Today, although devoid of architectural motifs and decoration, the highly simplified shape of the building is a remnant of the one erected in the early 1900s by architect Rudolf Kern, on an order from investor Julius Berger. Originally, this five-storey tenement possessed rich Art Nouveau architectural details but has been heavily destroyed by a fire in 1945. The building housed the first Music Conservatoire of Bydgoszcz, founded in 1904 by Arnold Schattschneider.

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Carl Meinhardt Tenement, Gdańska Street N°27

Main article: Tenement Carl Meinhardt Bydgoszcz

1908-1909, by Alfred Schleusener and 1974, 2003

Modern architecture

In 1934, a statue adorning the summit of the façade fell and killed two people. A major restoration of the building has been carried out in 2003.

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  Main frontage

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  Detail of statues

Thomas Frankowski Tenement, Gdańska Street N°28

Main article: Thomas Frankowski Tenement (Bydgoszcz)

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°748678-Reg.A/1582, February 16, 2011

1897-1898, by Fritz Weidner

German historicism

The house was commissioned by landlord Thomas Frankowski, a rentier. Architectural style displays forms of German historicism, in a transitional phase between the eclecticism and secession.

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  Detail of loggias

Tenement at N°29

1880s

Eclecticism

The left part of the facade is adorned with a two-story bay window enclosed in pilasters and columns with Corinthian capitals. The building is topped by a cornice supported by massive corbels. At the end of the 19th, George Sikorski ran its barber business there.

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  Detail of the facade

Oskar Ewald Tenement, Gdańska Street N°30 - corner with Krasiński Street

Main article: Oskar Ewald Tenement in Bydgoszcz

1895-1896, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism

The top floor housed originally Oskar Ewald's photographic studio.

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  View from Gdańska Street

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  Architectural detail

George Sikorski Tenement, Gdańska Street N°31

Main article: George Sikorski Tenement in Bydgoszcz

1902-1903, by Fritz Weidner

German Historicism

This building was commissioned by George Sikorski as a habitation house.

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Hermann Berndt Tenement, Gdańska Street N°32

1880s, and 1910-1911 by Erich Lindenburger

Eclecticism & Neo-Renaissance

Hermann Berndt, a master carpenter owner of the plot had the original house built around 1881. He commissioned, in 1899, an expansion to the south, adding the gate and bay windows with loggias. The house was refitted again in 1910-1911, on a design by Erich Lindenburger, as requested by new landlord Leo Venske.

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  Detail of corbels and cartouche

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  View of upper floor decoration

Tenement at N°33

Main article: Tenement at Gdanska street 33, Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601300-Reg.A/742, January 15, 1986

1876-1878

Eclecticism & Neo-Baroque

The facade is highly decorated, echoing in a way the facing building.

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  Detail of motifs

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  Detail of balcony

Tenement at Krasiński St.2

Main article: Tenement at Krasiński street 2, Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601371-Reg.A/1090, December 15, 1993

1912, by Franz Julius Knüpfer

Modern architecture

The house originally housed commercial premises on the ground floor.

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  View from the intersection with Krasiński street

Fritz Weidner tenement, Gdańska Street N°34

Main article: Fritz Weidner tenement in Bydgoszcz

1906, by Fritz Weidner

German Historicism

The very house of the architect Fritz Weidner from 1912 on.

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Julius Grey house, Gdańska Street N°35

Main article: Julius Grey house in Bydgoszcz

1887, by Hermann Lewandowski and 1909, by Rudolf Kern

Eclecticism

Until 2003, the Cristal café with a typical Art Nouveau décor has been located here.

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  Facade from Gdańska Street

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  Detail of an architectural motif

Theonia Reichhardt House, Gdańska Street N°36

Main article: Theonia Reichhardt House in Bydgoszcz

1875, by Józef Święcicki, then 1898

Eclecticism & Neo-baroque

In one of the cartouche above a balcony of the second floor, a letter R (for Reichhardt family) is apparent.

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  Second level balcony, with the R cartouche

Tenement at N°37

1853, by Friedrich Meyer

Eclecticism

The building originally had only one storey at midsection, hence the presence of decoration on this level: rosette adornements with trefoil motifs. Before the building in 1924 was set a petrol station run by SA Gasoline in Lviv. The house underwent a thorough renovation in 2015-2016.

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  View from Krasinski street

Tenement at N°38

ca 1905, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism

The architect Carl Rose, owner of the house around 1906, may have taken part to its design. The building shows atypical arrangement on the lower part of the facade, with high Corinthian half-columns and semicircular small balcony with a decorative wrought iron Latticework. The plot was used initially as a hothouse for the gardener of Stanisław Miaskowski, landlord of N°40.

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  Detail of facade motifs

Marian Rejewski Square, crossing with Śniadecki Street

2005

This small green area has been named after Marian Rejewski, a eminent mathematician born in Bromberg on August 16, 1905. In 2005, Bydgoszcz municipality unveiled a memorial in this square to celebrate the centennial of Rejewski's birth. It resembles the Alan Turing Memorial in Manchester unveiled in 2001.

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  Marain Rejewski memorial

Stanisław Miaskowski House, Gdańska Street N°40

Main article: Stanisław Miaskowski Tenement in Bydgoszcz

1852, by Trieb

One of the oldest preserved in its original form on Gdańska Street.

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  Main frontage on Gdańska Street

Max Rosenthal Tenement, Gdańska Street N°42

Main article: Max Rosenthal Tenement in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601299-Reg.A/1059, August 26, 1996

1905-1906, by Fritz Weidner

German Historicism

The house has been erected following a commission from the shipping investor (German: Spediteur) Max Rosenthal.

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  Motifs details

Villa Heinrich Dietz, Gdańska Street N°48

Main article: Villa Heinrich Dietz in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601301-Reg.A/1128/1-4, July 7, 1992 and September 29, 1998

1897-1898, by Heinrich Seeling

Eclecticism & Neo-Gothic

The villa is nicknamed Villa Flora,related to rich murals adorning of the gone loggia.

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  The villa from Gdańska Street

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  Detail of the gable

Villa Wilhelm Blumwe, Gdańska Street N°50

Main article: Villa Wilhelm Blumwe in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601301-Reg.A/1128/1-4, July 7, 1992 and September 29, 1998

1900-1904, by Hildebrandt

Neo-Renaissance

On top of the building facade stood from 1901 till 1940, an urn with Carl Blumwe's ashes, the father of the owner.

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  The villa from Gdańska Street

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  Zoom on the facade

Carl Rose Tenement, Gdańska Street N°51

Main article: Carl Rose Tenement in Bydgoszcz

1903-1904, by Carl Rose

Eclecticism & Art Nouveau

The architect Carl Rose lived and worked there until 1920.

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  Main frontage onto Gdańska street

Robert Grundtmann Tenement, Słowacki Street N°1

Main article: Robert Grundtmann Tenement in Bydgoszcz

1905-1906, by Alfred Schleusener

Modern architecture

The building housed one of Bydgoszcz's most famous cafe: Cafe Metropol.

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  Facade onto Gdańska Street

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  Facade onto Słowacki Street

Tenement at N°54

1876, by Ferdinand Wiese and Joseph Stark

1926, by Paul Kuklinski

Eclecticism & Neo-Renaissance

The house was built for the gardener of Carl Berndt, owner of N°52. It has housed the Music School of Bydgoszcz from 1945 to the late 1950s.

The harmonious and symmetrical façade displays Corinthian pilasters, decorated cornice and a frieze with a stylized plant motifs and tonda decorated with the head of a boy. In 1926, the front of the building was rebuilt and adapted for commercial purposes, on a design by architect Paul Kuklinski.

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  Detail of facade

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  Detail of balcony

Chapel of the Sisters of the Poor Clares, Gdańska Street N°56

Main article: Chapel of the Sisters of the Poor Clares in Bydgoszcz

1900-1901

Modern architecture

Since February 16, 1946, a lifetime adoration has been performed in the church.

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  Facade onto Gdańska Street

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  Detail of roof elements

Aleksander Olszyński Tenement, Gdańska Street N°58

Main article: Aleksander Olszyński Tenement in Bydgoszcz

1894-1895, by Henrich Arndt

Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Baroque & Eclecticism

One can notice a preserved and rich Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque stucco decoration on the facade.

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  Main facade

Carl Meyer tenement, Gdańska Street N°60

Main article: Carl Meyer tenement in Bydgoszcz

1891-1892, by Carl Meyer

Eclecticism

A facade niche houses an sculpted allegory of Architecture and Construction.

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  Architecture and Construction Allegory

Alfred Schleusener Tenement, Gdańska Street N°62

Main article: Alfred Schleusener Tenement in Bydgoszcz

1910-1911, by Alfred Schleusener

Modern architecture

The architect Alfred Schleusener lived and worked there till 1944.

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  Main facade

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  Detail of a loggia

Józef Święcicki tenement, Gdańska Street N°63

Main article: Józef Święcicki tenement in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601299-Reg.A/1059, August 26, 1996

1895-1897, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism, Neo-Renaissance & Neo-Baroque

House of architect Józef Święcicki, where he lived with his family and ran his business.

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  Facade from Gdańska Street

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  Caryatids on the corner

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  Detail of a balcony

Eduard Schulz Tenement, Gdańska Street N°66-68

Main article: Eduard Schulz Tenement in Bydgoszcz

1904-1905, by Rudolf Kern

Art Nouveau

In 1949, in the back garden, was built the actual Bydgoszcz Polish Theatre.

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  Detail of the frontage decoration

Tenement at N°67, Gdańska Street N°67

Main article: Tenement at Gdanska street 67, Bydgoszcz

1910-1911, by Rudolf Kern

Modern architecture & Art Nouveau

The building presents characteristics of the first decade of the 20th century with early forms of modern architecture.

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  Detail of the gable

Tenement at N°69

1896, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism & Neo-Gothic

The tenement has been commissioned by Ludwik Winnicki, a merchant dealing in flour, so as to get a living and commercial building. In the first version, the facade had a rich stucco decor. A later refurbishing resulted in a complete changes of the front elevation. Noticeable are the heads of dragons above the gate, supporting the central bay window.

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  Main facade

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  Detail of dormers

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  Windows decoration

Tenement at N°71, Gdańska Street N°71

Main article: Tenement at Gdanska street 71, Bydgoszcz

1906-1908, by Rudolf Kern

Modern architecture & Eclecticism

It has been the seat of the Municipal Conservatoire since 1939.

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  Detail of facade decor

Rudolf Kern Building, Adam Mickiewicz Alley N°1

Main article: Rudolf Kern Building

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601377-Reg.A/1086, November 20, 1995

1903-1904, by Rudolf Kern

Art Nouveau

House of architect Rudolf Kern, for his own use, private and business: he has lived there until 1922.

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  Main facades from Gdańska Street

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  Facade from Adam Mickiewicz Alley

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  Detail of a bay window

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  Detail of a balcony

Tenement at N°75, Gdańska Street N°75

Main article: Tenement at Gdanska street 75, Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601310-Reg.A/893, November 12, 1992

1883

eclecticism & Neoclassical Architecture

A frontispiece adorned with a Hermes's head overhangs the gate.

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  Facade onto Gdańska street

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  Detail of pediment

Ernst Bartsch tenement, Gdańska Street N°79

1898-1899, by Fritz Weidner

German Historicism

The whole facade is purposefully designed on asymmetry, which is a specific means for the architect Fritz Weidner to abandon the stucco decoration and arrangements of architectural elements.

The building shows similarities with House at Gdanska Str.91, also designed by Fritz Weidner.

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  Main frontage

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  Gable detail

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  Loggia and bay window

Paul Storz Tenement, Gdańska Street N°81

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601311-Reg.A/1056, February 26, 1997

1897

Eclecticism-Mannerism

The building was constructed in 1897, for Paul Storz, a master carpenter.

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  Decoration of the upper floor

Villa Carl Grosse, Gdańska Street N°84

Main article: Villa Carl Grosse in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601311-Reg.A/1056, February 26, 1997

1898-1899, by Karl Bergner

German Historicism

In the 1920s, rumor told mistakenly that the villa belonged to Polish Apolonia Chalupiec.

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  Villa Carl Grosse from Gdańska Street

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  View from Zamoyski street

Otto Riedl Tenement, Świętojańska Street N°2

Main article: Otto Riedl Tenement in Bydgoszcz

1911-1912, by Paul Sellner

Modern architecture

In the 1930s, Vincent Bigoński has established here a bakery that still runs today.

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  Frontages of Otto Riedl Tenement

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  Detail of gable and balcony

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  motifs detail

Tenement at N°86, Gdańska Street N°86

Main article: Tenement at Gdanska street 86, Bydgoszcz

1887-1888, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism & French Neo-Renaissance

Puttos and sirens stucco reliefs are mounted on the facade.

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  Main facade

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  Architectural detail

Villa Hugo Hecht, Gdańska Street N°88/90

Main article: Villa Hugo Hecht in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°601315-Reg.A/137, March 19, 2004

1888-1889, by Józef Święcicki

French Neo-Renaissance

In 1900-1939, the owner was Hermann Dietz, activist and social worker physician.

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  Villa Hugo Hecht from Gdańska Street

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  Ornament detail

Tenement at N°91, Gdańska Street N°91

Main article: Tenement at Gdanska street 91, Bydgoszcz

1898-1899, by Fritz Weidner

Historicism

The building shows similarity with a neighbouring one, at N°79, also designed by Fritz Weidner.

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  Main elevation

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  Detail of the roof

Hugo Hecht tenement, Gdańska Street N°92/94

Main article: Hugo Hecht tenement in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°A/269/1, August 21, 1991

1889-1892, by Józef Święcicki

French Neo-Renaissance

Marshal Józef Piłsudski has been accommodated here in June 1921 during his stay in Bydgoszcz.

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  Frontages onto Gdańska Street

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  Herms

Carl Bradtke Tenement, Gdańska Street N°93

Main article: Carl Bradtke Tenement in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°A/269/1, August 21, 1991

1895-1896, by Józef Święcicki

German Historicism & rokoko elements

The house was built for a master stonecutter, Carl Bradtke. His initials, CB, appear in a cartouche set in an upper pediment.

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  Detail of a balcony

Tenement at N°95, Gdańska Street N°95

Main article: Tenement at Gdanska street 95, Bydgoszcz

1912-1913, by Paul Sellner

Modern architecture

This tenement presents an early modernist style.

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  Main facade

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  Detail of ornaments

Stanisław Rolbieski tenement, Gdańska Street N°96

Main article: Stanisław Rolbieski tenement in Bydgoszcz

1891-1892, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism & French Neo-Renaissance

It is the last edifice of a series of six ordered by Hugo Hecht and realized by Józef Święcicki.

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  motifs detail

Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement, Chocimska Street N°1

Main article: Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement in Bydgoszcz

1885-1888, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism

Reinhold Zschiesche was a restaurateur who ran his business on the ground floor.

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  View of the corner

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  Window adornments

Carl Peschel tenement, Gdańska Street N°101

Main article: Carl Peschel tenement in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°A/11, October 12, 1999

1892-1893, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism & rokoko

The building was conceived as a renting house and commercial area.

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  Main elevation

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  Window decoration with herms

Rudolf Gehrke tenement, Gdańska Street N°113

1886, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism & Neo-Renaissance

In the eclectic decoration, Józef Święcicki used Neo-Renaissance details. The entrance from Gdańska Street is topped with a head figure in a cartouche. The first owner was Reinhold Zschiesche, also owner at Chocimska Street N°1.

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  Frontage onto Gdańska Street

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  motifs detail

George Sikorski Tenement (left), Tenement at Gdanska street 33 (center), Julius Grey house (right)

George Sikorski Tenement (left), Tenement at Gdanska street 33 (center), Julius Grey house (right)

Villa Fritz Heroldt, Gdańska Street N°119

Main article: Villa Fritz Heroldt in Bydgoszcz

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°A/11, October 12, 1999

1895-1896, by Fritz Weidner

Eclecticism & Neo-baroque

In the beginning of the 20th century, Polish journalist and writer Antoni Chołoniewski (1872-1924) lived here.

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  Main elevation

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  Top of the gable

Kazimierz Figurski tenement, Gdańska Street N°127

1900-1901

German Historicism

The building bears the characteristics of a picturesque architecture. Above the main entrance is placed a head of a young woman with stylish and abundant hair. Roof tops of the facade are decorated with openwork wooden structure. The shop on the ground floor displays a preserved decorative cast-iron column, part of the original design of Kasimir Figurski, merchant and innkeeper.

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  Main frontage

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  Peak wooden structure

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  Gate decoration

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  Pediment on windows

Ernst Friebel tenement, Gdańska Street N°130

1911, by Karl Gehrke

Modern architecture

The house was built by Karl Gehrke in 1911 on a commission of Ernst Friebel.

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  Facade details

Tenement at N°135

1893, by Carl Rose

Modern architecture

First owner was a cabdriver, Wincent Swirski. Above the main entrance is placed a stylized head of a woman. A major overhaul happened in 2000.

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  Facade from Gdanska Street

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  Gate detail

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  Window pediment motifs

Georg Weiss tenement, Gdańska Street N°141

1906-1907, by Georg Weiss

Modern architecture

It was the second personal house of George Weiss, a master mason, after the one he built at Libelta Street N°10.

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  Detail of the gable pediment

Military barracks, Gdańska Street N°147

1884-1914

Timber framing

Approximatively 40 barrack buildings have been were built on the compound.

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  Military Barrack

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  View of the first barrack from the street

Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Gdańska Street N°163

Main article: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium

1960, by Jerzy Hofmann and 2008

Seat of Bydgoszcz sporting club Zawisza.

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  Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium

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  Front area

Tenement at N°188

1930-1939

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Initially, the building was supposed to billet officers.

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  Facade from Gdanska Street

War College building, Gdańska Street N°190

Main article: War College building in Bydgoszcz

1913-1914, by Arnold Hartmann, Robert Schlezinger

Eclecticism & Neo-baroque

Built as the seat of the German War College, the edifice housed during WWI a military hospital.

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  War College building

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  Commander's villa

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  Main gate

Pomeranian Army Museum, Czerkaska Street N°2

1973, by Zbigniew Kortas

Functionalism

The museum presents the military history of Pomerania and Kujawy from Greater Poland Uprising (1918–19) till today. After the transformation in 2010, the museum presents additional sets of equipment and weapons. The institution inherited the tradition of a pre-war military museum operating since 1928, in the Cadet School for Non-Commissioned Officer in Bydgoszcz, housed in the War College building at N°190. Main exhibition highlights of this ancient collection were, among others:

• elements from the room of the Teutonic Order great master ind Malbork;
• a blade and firearms from 18th-19th centuries
• a diploma signed by king August III;
• a snuffbox donated by Napoleon on Elba Island;
• hair from Tadeusz Kościuszko.

All these items, scattered during WWII, have never been recovered.

The contemporary building, located at Czerkaska street has been created by architect Zbigniew Kortas in 1973 was erected on a plot that belonged to the War College since 1913. In 2007, the Museum gained the status of state cultural institution, and in 2010, it has been transformed into a branch of the Army Museum, together with museums in Torun and Wroclaw.

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  Museum building

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  Permanent outdoor exhibition

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  Permanent outdoor exhibition, a 155mm canon

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  Inside exhibit

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  Inside exhibit

Water Supply Station "Las Gdański", Gdańska Street N°242

Main article: Water Supply Station "Las Gdański " in Bydgoszcz

1900, by F. Marschall

Neo-Gothic

The water supply complex, established 1900, is still operative today.

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  Water Supply Station Las Gdański

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  Architectural details

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  Outdoor exhibition

Emil Bernhardt tenement (left), Hotel "Pod Orlem" (right)

Emil Bernhardt tenement (left), Hotel "Pod Orlem" (right)

See also

• Bydgoszcz
• Freedom Square in Bydgoszcz
• Dworcowa Street in Bydgoszcz
• Theatre square in Bydgoszcz
• August Cieszkowski Street in Bydgoszcz
• Jagiellońska street in Bydgoszcz
• Adam Mickiewicz Alley
• Ossoliński Alley in Bydgoszcz
• Zygmunt Krasiński Street in Bydgoszcz
• Jan and Jędrzej Śniadecki Street in Bydgoszcz
• (Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz

Rudolf Kern Tenement (left), Eduard Schulz Tenement (center), Alfred Schleusener Tenement (far right)

Rudolf Kern Tenement (left), Eduard Schulz Tenement (center), Alfred Schleusener Tenement (far right)

External links

• Site of the Army Museum in Bydgoszcz (Polish)
• Site of Zawisza Bydgoszcz (Polish)

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) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
• (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