Bolesława Chrobrego Street

Street, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 19th-20th century

Bolesława Chrobrego Street in Bydgoszcz
Construction
Westward view
Chrobrego street highlighted on a map
Native name	Ulica Bolesława Chrobrego w Bydgoszczy (Polish)
Former name(s)	Schleinitz Straße
Part of	Śródmieście district
Namesake	Bolesław I the Brave
Owner	City of Bydgoszcz
Length	350 m (1,150 ft)
Width	ca. 10m
Location	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Construction start	Early 1870s

Chrobrego Street is an avenue located in downtown Bydgoszcz. Its frontage carries tenements which present a character of uniformity in their architectural features, several of them being listed at the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list.

Location

The street is laid parallel to Śniadeckich street, stemming from Pomorska street in the east to Piastowski Square in the west. On its way, it crosses Henryka Sienkiewicza Street.

History

Like most of the thoroughfares in the area, Chrobrego street came to existence in the early 1870s, boosted by the development of the city in the second half of the 19th century, thanks to the rising of the industrial and railway activities. The axis counted only 5 built plots during the 1870s, then slowly reached 10 houses in the 1880s.

During its existence, the street had the following names:

till 1920, Schleinitz Straße, after Alexander von Schleinitz (1807-1885), Prussian Foreign Minister from 1858 to 1861 and minister for the royal household from 1861 to 1885;
1920–1939, Ulica Bolesława Chrobrego;
1939–1945, Schleinitz Straße;
Since 1945, Ulica Bolesława Chrobrego.

The current name refers to Bolesław I (967-1025), known as Bolesław the Brave (Polish: Bolesław Chrobry), who was Duke of Poland from 992 to 1025 and the first King of Poland in 1025. He was also Duke of Bohemia between 1003 and 1004 as Boleslaus IV

Within time, the house numbering in the street changed several times, either to account for the extension of the axis (in the mid-1880s and in 1900) or adapt the horse shoe system to the Polish rule (in 1920).

Main areas and edifices

Tenement at 29A Pomorska Street, corner with Chrobrego street

1999

Modern architecture

Reconstructed at the end of the 20th century, the building mimics the brick edifices of the previous century, exposing a bay window. The plot has been built since 1895 but was registered under 19 Rinkauerstaße (today's Pomorska street).

View from street crossing
Facade on Chrobrego street

Tenements at 2/6

1890s: 1895 (Nr.2), 1893 (Nr.4 and 6)

v t e Streets and squares in Bydgoszcz
Stare miasto district (transl. Old town)	Czartoryskiego street Długa street Farna street Grodzka street Jezuicka street Podwale street Przyrzecze street Stary Port street
Śródmieście district (transl. Downtown)	Cieszkowskiego street Chrobrego street Dworcowa street Focha street Gdańska street Gimnazjalna, Libelta and Szwalbego streets Jagiellońska street Kołłątaja street Konarskiego street Kopernika street Kordeckiego street Zygmunt Krasiński street Kwiatowa street Marcinkowskiego street Markwarta street Mazowiecka street Adam Mickiewicz avenue Obrońców Bydgoszczy street Ossoliński avenue Piotrowskiego street Pomorska street Mikołaja Reja street Sielanka street Sienkiewicza street Piotra Skargi street Słowackiego street Staszica and Paderewskiego streets Jan and Jędrzej Śniadecki street Świętego Floriana street Swiętej Trojcy street Świętojańska street 3 Maja street Doktora Emila Warmińskiego street Warszawska street Wileńska street
Wilczak district (transl. Wolfdog)	Nakielska street Seminaryjna street
Wzgórze Wolności district (transl. Freedom hill)	Bernardyńska street
Bocianowo district	20 Stycznia 1920 street Bocianowo Street Chocimska street Chodkiewicza street Gdańska street Kościuszki street Adam Mickiewicz avenue Paderewskiego street Pomorska street Sienkiewicza street Zamoyskiego street
Okole district	Garbary street Królowej Jadwigi street Grunwaldzka street
Skrzetusko district	Chopina street Krakowska street
Szwederowo district	Szwederowo district
Bielawy district	Chodkiewicza street
Babia Wieś district	Babia Wieś street Bernardyńska street Toruńska street
Main squares	Stary Rynek Plac Wolności Kościelecki square Piastowski square Theatre square Wool Market square Józef Weyssenhoff square Nowy Rynek

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