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Zygmunt Krasiński Street

Bydgoszcz
View of the street
Location of Krasiński Street
Native name	Ulica Zygmunta Krasińskego (Polish)
Former name(s)	Frönerstraße
Namesake	Zygmunt Krasiński
Owner	City of Bydgoszcz
Length	300 m (980 ft) Google maps
Area	Downtown district
Location	Bydgoszcz,  Poland
Construction
Construction start	End of 19th century.
Completion	1908

Zygmunt Krasiński Street or Krasińskiego Street is an avenue of Bydgoszcz, in downtown district (Polish: Śródmieście).

Location

Śniadecki Street is oriented east-west and provides a link between Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz in the west and May 3rd street to the west. It is the continuation of Śniadecki street east of Gdańska Street. It crosses Gimnazjalna and Libelta streets and ends at Leszek the White Square .

Appellation

Through history, this street had the following names:

• Until 1920, Frönerstraße;
• 1920-1939, Zygmunt Krasiński Street;
• 1939-1945, Frönerstraße;
• since 1945, Zygmunt Krasiński Street.

Current patron of the street is Zygmunt Krasiński (1812– 1859), a Polish nobleman traditionally associated with Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki as one of Poland's great Romantic poets who influenced national consciousness during the period of Poland's political bondage.

History

The street is not mentioned on maps before the second half of the 19th century. In 1876, a map by Paul Berthold Jaekel features a start of a west-east oriented axis in the vicinity of today's N0.10, without interception of Gdańska street to the west.

In 1900, Fröhnerstraße is displayed on a city map, starting at Danzigerstraße in the west and ending at Hempelstraße to the east, where land is not urbanized yet. On this map, the only building mentioned is at Nr.10 (House for blind children - German: Blinden-Anstalt).

In 1908, a physical education hall (German: Gymn-Turnhalle) is referred to on a map at Nr.7.

Main edifices

Oskar Ewald Tenement, at 30 Gdańska Street, corner with Krasiński Street

1895-1896, by Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism

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

• View from Gdańska Street
• Detail of the avant-corps
• Detail of a window decoration

Tenement at 2, corner with Gdańska Street

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

1912, by Franz Julius Knüpfer

Modern architecture

The house originally housed large commercial premises on the ground floor.

• Corner view
• Facade onto Krasińskiego Street

Tenement at 3

1899-1900

Historicism (art)

The first owner of the tenement at then Fröhnerstraße 13, was F. Sandmann, a merchant of upholstery who had his warehouse there, until the beginning of World War I. The plant was the predecessor of the haberdashery "Pasamon, located at 117 Jagiellońska street.

All the facade decoration has been lost with time. One can make out the bay window topped with a balcony, numerous arched windows and two shed dormers. It has been entirely rebuilt in the 1920s.

• View from the street

Tenement at 4

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.729691, Reg.A/1550/1-2, February 2, 2010

1899-1900

Eclecticism in architecture

The first owner of the tenement at then Fröhnerstraße 14, was Mr Weiß, a master mason. In the 1980s, a stained glass shop (Polish: Witraze) was located at this place, who stayed there till the outbreak of World War I. The building underwent a full renovation in 2019-2020.

This large house is close by its concept to those realized by Fritz Weidner, such as Cieszkowski Street Nr.13/15, Gdańska Street 79 or Śniadecki Street 29. Facades are marked by glass panes, several architectural details break the symmetry of the ensemble (bay windows, many different gables or bartizan). At some places, timber framing is visible. The entrance still possesses a delicate wrought iron fence with floral motifs.

• The tenement post-renovation
• Renovated entrance yard
• Renovated facade on the street
• Wrought iron fence

Otto Bloch Tenement, at 5

1899-1900

Eclecticism in architecture & Neo-Baroque, elements of Neo-classicism

The first owner of the tenement at then Fröhnerstraße 12, was Otto Bloch, a pharmacist, who lived there until the 1920s. Pediments above second floor windows bear caducei, as a reminder of Otto Bloch's activity.

The elevation features a large bay window and two grand Corinthian order columns balancing the other side of the facade. The frontage keeps many Neo-Baroque details: putti on corbels, balustrade on the first floor, delicate motifs on the main double door, numerous floral and vegetal motifs on pilasters, on window pediments and a row of corbels topping the ensemble.

• Renovated main elevation
• Stuccoed motifs details
• Putti as corbels above the gate
• Renovated entrance gate

Building at 6

The plot at Nr.6 is the location of the sporting area of Bydgoszcz's Gymnasium Nr.1. The edifice was originally created as a sport building for the L. Braille special educational centre for blind children.

• Building viewed from the street
• Main entry

Tenement at 9, corner with Libelta street

1896, by Karl Bergner

Eclecticism, Historicism

The first landlord at then Fröhnerstraße 10 was Anton Czarnecki, a rentier and merchant, who moved there in 1898 and stayed till the early 1920s. At the end of 2017, the building was added a Mansard roof.

The present one displays eclectic architectural details, a ground floor underlined by the arched entry gate flanked by pilasters, topped by a mask, the ensemble being overlooked by a bay window with bossages. The first floor is the most decorated, mainly with the effort put in the window framings. Each of them is ornamented with accuracy by pilasters, columns, balustrade on the bottom and pediments on the top. The variety of shapes, forms and motifs could even be labelled as Neo-Baroque influence. The upper level is crowned by a corbel table shaped in animal figures.

• The tenement on a 1908 postcard
• View from Krasiński Street
• Stucco details
• Main gate
• Bay window

L. Braille special educational centre for blind children, at 10, corner with 3 Maja street

1872, Fritz Müller

• View from the street

Tenements at Nr.13/15/17

1894

Eclecticism & Neo-classicism

These tenements at then Fröhnerstraße Nr.6/7/8 were owned by the municipality. Around twenty tenants were living in these Bromberg city apartments (German: wohnungsverein gehörig).

The U-shape of the building recalls classical architecture patterns, creating an inside courtyard off the street. Renovated in 2012 with brio, one can underline the perfect symmetry of the ensemble, from the location of the doors (the main gate at Nr.15 is mirrored by an arched stone frame without door), to the pediment design above the windows, to the successive avant-corps and topping large triangular pediment emphasizing the axis of symmetry of the edifice.

• View from the street
• One the wings
• Avant-corps and pediment
• Gate at Nr.15

Tenement at 19

1895-1896

Eclecticism & Neo-classicism

The first landlord at Fröhnerstraße 5 was Heinrich ßietsch, a tailor. Among his tenants was a teacher for blind children, August Fleig, working at the Specialized school on the other side of the street.

Recently refurbished, the facade displays perfect Neo-classic symmetry. Worth noticing are the two avant-corps arranged with loggias and the numerous shed dormers on the roof.

• Main elevation
• Loggia

Tenement at 21

1895-1896

Eclecticism & Neo-classicism

The first landlord at Fröhnerstraße 4 was Robert Böhme, a gardener, who rented the place but did not live there.

The building is one of the first to have been built in the street after the construction of the Specialized school for children in 1872. The facade, although less adorned, echoes the neighbouring one at Nr.19, with Neo-classic features such as the two avant-corps.

• Main elevation
• Main gate

Tenement at 23

2010, by Budlex

Modern architecture

The plot at then Fröhnerstraße 3 was first owned by Robert Böhme, also landlord of tenement at Nr.21. At the end of World War I, the area has been left abandoned until a first theatre, Paw, was built. It opened on Sunday 8 November 1929 with an 800-seat capacity. It became cinema Appolo in 1931. During World War II, Nazi authorities changed its name to Bidegast. The theatre was renamed Polonia in 1945: it welcomed movies till March 31, 2003.

Since the building's destruction, the plot houses a brand new habitation complex, Rubinowy Dom (Ruby House), since 2010.

• Corner view
• View from the square
• Facade on Krasińskiego street

See also

• Bydgoszcz
• Józef Święcicki
• Bydgoszcz Architects (1850-1970s)

References

1. ^ kronika_Bydgoska 1970. p. 162.
2. Plan der Stadt Bromberg 1876, Paul Berthold Jaekel
3. Strassen-Plan von Bromberg, 1900 (A. Fromm.)
4. ^ zabytek|kujawsko-pomorskie|issued=1.03.2014
5. ^ Jasiakiewicz, Roman (24 April 2013). Uchwala NR XLI/875/13. Bydgoszcz: Miasta Bydgoszczy. p. 94.
6. Adressbuch, nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von (1900). "Alphabetische Verzeichnter Nachweis". Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr. Bydgoszcz. p. 31.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
7. Derkowska-Kostkowska, Bogna (30 May 2020). "Pracownia Dziedzictwa Kulturowego KPCK". facebook.com/pracownia.dziedzictwa.kulturowego.kpck. Bydgoskie Centrum Informacji. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
8. Książka Adresowa, nebst Miasta Bydgoszczy (1926). "Alfabetyczny spis ulic". wydana w roku 1926. Bydgoszcz. p. 86.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
9. Adressbuch, nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von (1901). "Straßen". Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr. Bydgoszcz. p. 32.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
10. Kalendarz Bydgoski, 1989
11. Adressbuch, nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von (1901). "Straßen". Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr. Bydgoszcz. p. 14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
12. "Kolejny budynek przy ul. Gimnazjalnej w remoncie". Wyborcza.pl. Gazeta pl. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
13. "Bydgoszcz - róg ul. Krasińskiego i Libelta". pictures-bank.eu. pictures-bank. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
14. Adressbuch, nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von (1896). "Straßen". Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr. Bydgoszcz. p. 30.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
15. ^ Adressbuch, nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von (1894). "Straßen". Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr. Bydgoszcz. p. 31.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
16. Adressbuch, nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von (1897). "Alphabetische Verzeichnter Nachweis". Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr. Bydgoszcz. p. 137.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
17. Adressbuch, nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von (1897). "Alphabetische Verzeichnter Nachweis". Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr. Bydgoszcz. p. 44.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
18. Adressbuch, nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von (1886). "Alphabetische Verzeichnter Nachweis". Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr. Bydgoszcz. p. XIX.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
19. Adressbuch, nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von (1897). "Alphabetische Verzeichnter Nachweis". Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr. Bydgoszcz. p. 29.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
20. Kalendarz Bydgoski 1970
21. Janiszewka-Mincer, Barbara (1886). "Alphabetische Verzeichnter Nachweis". Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr. Bydgoszcz. p. XIX.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
22. "Niedługo kino "Polonia" przestanie straszyć. Ruszyła budowa przy Krasińskiego 23". pomorska.pl. Gazeta pomorska. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

External links

• L. Braille special educational centre for blind children in Bydgoszcz
• Ruby House promotion webpage

Bibliography

• (in Polish) Bartowski, Krzysztof (1984). Historia szkoły Braillem pisana. Kalendarz Bydgoski. Bydgoszcz: Towarzystwo Miłośników Miasta Bydgoszczy. pp. 33–38.
• (in Polish) Dorota Okońska, Natasza Karpińska (2009). Szkoła brajlem pisana. Kalendarz Bydgoski. Bydgoszcz: Towarzystwo Miłośników Miasta Bydgoszczy.
• (in Polish) Kulpiński, Henryk (1975). Sto lat w służbie niewidomych. Kalendarz Bydgoski. Bydgoszcz: Towarzystwo Miłośników Miasta Bydgoszczy. pp. 192–196.
• (in Polish) Grzybowska, Ewa (1975). Ich drugi dom - Kronika Bydgoska VI. Bydgoszcz: Towarzystwo Miłosnikow Miasta Bydgoszczy - Bydgoskie Towarzystwo Naukowe. pp. 112–119.

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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

• Cultural heritage monuments in Bydgoszcz
• Streets and squares in Bydgoszcz
• Krasiński places in Poland