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Mariensztat
Mariensztat () is a historic neighbourhood along the Vistula river in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Situated between the riverbank and the UNESCO-protected Warsaw Old Town, Old Town, Mariensztat is part of the larger Warszawa-Śródmieście, Śródmieście (Downtown) borough and is one of the city's smallest neighbourhoods. History Most of contemporary Mariensztat was once beneath the water level, however, as the waters in the Vistula shifted eastward, more land on the river's western bank emerged and became available for settlement. The historical neighbourhood was officially established in 1762, when local nobleman Potocki, Eustachy Potocki married Maria Kątska and received the parcel of land as part of Kątska's dowry. He established a ''jurydyka'' (an administrative self-governing exclave of the city) and named the settlement ''Maryenstadt'' after his wife, adding the German language, German suffix ''stadt'' to please the Augustus III of Poland, Saxon king of Poland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariensztat 1949
Mariensztat () is a historic neighbourhood along the Vistula river in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Situated between the riverbank and the UNESCO-protected Old Town, Mariensztat is part of the larger Śródmieście (Downtown) borough and is one of the city's smallest neighbourhoods. History Most of contemporary Mariensztat was once beneath the water level, however, as the waters in the Vistula shifted eastward, more land on the river's western bank emerged and became available for settlement. The historical neighbourhood was officially established in 1762, when local nobleman Eustachy Potocki married Maria Kątska and received the parcel of land as part of Kątska's dowry. He established a ''jurydyka'' (an administrative self-governing exclave of the city) and named the settlement ''Maryenstadt'' after his wife, adding the German suffix ''stadt'' to please the Saxon king of Poland. After World War II, the spelling "Mariensztat" was adopted, though with a different pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariensztat Market Square
The Mariensztat Market Square () is an urban square in Warsaw, Poland. It is located in the neighbourhood of Powiśle within the Downtown district, between Mariensztat, Krzywopoboczna, Źródłowa, and Garbarska Streets. It is a central part of a small residential neighbourhood of Mariensztat. The square was originally formed in 1843, as a small marketplace, eventually becoming a major retail location around 1865. It was developed in its current form in 1949. History After 1843, the Warsaw city hall bought an area in the neighbourhood of Mariensztat, forming there a small marketplace. It was expanded in the following years, for example, in 1853, when several houses at Garbarska Street were deconstructed.Jarosław Zieliński: ''Atlas dawnej architektury ulic i placów Warszawy. Tom 10. Mackiewicza-Mazowiecka''. Warsaw: Biblioteka Towarzystwa Opieki nad Zabytkami, 2004, pp. 104–105. ISBN 83-88372-28-9. (in Polish) Around 1865, it formed an urban square, and also became the main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powiśle, Warsaw
Powiśle (; literally ''along-the-Vistula'') is a neighbourhood in Warsaw's borough of Śródmieście (Downtown). It is located between the Vistula river and its escarpment. Historically, it is composed of three neighbourhoods: central Powiśle, Mariensztat to the north (just below the Warsaw's Old Town) and Solec to the south. In the 17th and 18th centuries the area was mostly inhabited by the poor. Little changed in the 19th century when the neighbourhood became slightly industrialized. It retained the character of a city slum until its almost complete destruction during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. It was inhabited by the unemployed and craftsmen of all types, factory and port workers, smiths, coalers, sand vendors, fishermen and prostitutes. As such it was similar in character to London Docklands. After the war, the area became partially rebuilt and the area of Mariensztat became the first neighbourhood of Warsaw to be reconstructed. Currently there are plans to turn the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pancer Viaduct
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Praga Północ
Praga is a district of Warsaw, Poland. It is on the east bank of the river Vistula. First mentioned in 1432, until 1791 it formed a separate town with its own city charter. History The historical Praga was a small settlement located at the eastern bank of the Vistula river, directly opposite the towns of Old Warsaw and Mariensztat, both being parts of Warsaw now. First mentioned in 1432, it derived its name from the Polish verb ''prażyć'', meaning ''to burn'' or ''to roast'', as it occupied a forested area that was burnt out to make place for the village. Separated from Warsaw by a wide river, it developed independently of the nearby city, and on 10 February 1648 king Władysław IV of Poland granted Praga with a city charter. However, as it was mostly a suburb and most buildings were wooden, the town was repeatedly destroyed by fires, floods and foreign armies. Currently the only surviving historical monument from that epoch is the Church of Our Lady of Loreto. Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kierbedź Bridge
The Kierbedź Bridge was the first steel bridge over the Vistula River in Warsaw. It was designed by Stanisław Kierbedź and built between 1859 and 1864. The bridge had six spans and was 474 m long. History The bridge was built at the initiative of the Society of Russian Railways. It was first planned to be a railway bridge connecting the Petersburg train station (now Warszawa Wileńska station) with the Vienna train station (Dworzec Wiedeński, which was demolished in 1944). These plans were abandoned with the bridge built solely for road transport (with tracks for horse-drawn trams). A railway bridge north of it, Citadel Rail Bridge, was built a few years later at the Warsaw Citadel. Although Kierbedź Bridge was the first permanent bridge since the Sigismund Augustus Bridge in the 16th century, and the construction of the permanent bridge had been passed in parliament, construction was barely mentioned by the press. The total cost of construction was 2.7 million rub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Orgelbrand
Samuel Orgelbrand (1810 – 16 November 1868) was a Polish-Jewish printer (publisher), printer, bookseller, and publisher. He is best known as the initiator, organizer, and publisher of the ''Encyklopedia Powszechna'' (Universal Encyclopedia), or "Orgelbrand's Encyclopedia", the first modern Polish encyclopedia. Biography Samuel Orgelbrand was born in 1810 in Warsaw.Samuel Orgelbrand diapozytyw mirror [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bednarska Street
The Bednarska Street in Warsaw, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ..., is a street in Warsaw's Śródmieście borough, . The street received its current name before the year 1743, stemming from its upper part consisting of houses inhabited by artisans, probably mainly by coopers (''bednarz'' being the Polish word for cooper). Officially, the name was given in 1770. Notes Streets in Warsaw Śródmieście Północne Powiśle, Warsaw {{Poland-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congress Poland
Congress Poland or Congress Kingdom of Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It was established when the French ceded a part of Polish territory to the Russian Empire following France's defeat in the Napoleonic Wars. In 1915, during World War I, it was replaced by the German-controlled nominal Regency Kingdom until Poland regained independence in 1918. Following the partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century, Poland ceased to exist as an independent nation for 123 years. The territory, with its native population, was split among the Habsburg monarchy, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Russian Empire. After 1804, an equivalent to Congress Poland within the Austrian Empire was the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, also commonly referred to as " Austrian Poland". The area incorporated into Prussia initially also held autonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a Warsaw metropolitan area, greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 6th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises List of districts and neighbourhoods of Warsaw, 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is classified as an Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Alpha 2, alpha global city, a major political, economic and cultural hub, and the country's seat of government. It is also the capital of the Masovian Voivodeship. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solec, Warsaw
Solec () is a neighbourhood along the Vistula river in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is situated east of Frascati, Warsaw, Frascati on the southeastern edge of Śródmieście, Warsaw, Downtown and south of the Powiśle, Warsaw, Powiśle suburb. Solec was a self governing settlement and town from 1675 until its incorporation into Warsaw in 1791. The name "Solec" is derived from the Polish word for salt – sól – which was extensively traded and transported through the neighbourhood since the late Middle Ages. However, contemporary Solec is mostly occupied by residential tower blocks and commercial buildings. History Middle Ages–1700s The village of Solec was first documented in 1381 and in 1382 Janusz I of Warsaw, Janusz I the Old, Masovia, Duke of Masovia, granted the settlement autonomy, which included trade privileges. Archaeological examinations and excavations have revealed the existence of a medieval port at which barges transporting salt would moor. These barges tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw 07-13 Img23 View From StAnne Church Tower
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a Warsaw metropolitan area, greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 6th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises List of districts and neighbourhoods of Warsaw, 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is classified as an Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Alpha 2, alpha global city, a major political, economic and cultural hub, and the country's seat of government. It is also the capital of the Masovian Voivodeship. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
