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Świętej Trójcy street is a historical street of downtown
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Location

Świętej Trójcy street follows a quarter of a circle arc, with one tip facing south and the other facing west. It connects Poznańska street to Kruszwicka street and brushes through the area of Mill Island (), crossing Kordeckiego street.


History

Located very close to the old town and its walls, the street is mentioned in early documents from the 1850s. It then developed to actual arc shape, linking at the time ''Pozener Straße'' (Poznańska street) to ''Canal Straße'' (today's Nakielska street). At that point, the path crossed the
Bydgoszcz Canal Bydgoszcz Canal (; ) is a canal between the cities of Bydgoszcz and Nakło nad Notecią in Poland. It is 24.7 km long and connects the Vistula river with the Oder river, through the Brda (river), Brda and Noteć rivers (the latter ending in ...
and extended westward, as ''Berliner Chaussee''Uebersichtstplan der Gemarkung Stadt Bromberg, 1880 (today's Grunwaldzka street). At the turn of the 20th century, an establishment of leisure with a concert hall called ''Patzer Etablissement'' set up nearby the canal, in a green environment. In 1913, the Church of the Holy Trinity in Bydgoszcz, located at then Nr.24 (today Nr.26) has been inaugurated. A
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line has run in Świętej Trojcy street from March 1898 to September 1970. Through history, the street bore the following names: * 1870s-1920,
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er Straße; * 1920–1939, Ulica Świętej Trojcy; * 1939–1945,
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er Straße; * Since 1945, Ulica Świętej Trojcy (Świętej Trojcy Street). The current namesake refers to Holy
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, hence the patron of the only church in the street.


Main edifices


Tenement at 1, corner with Poznańka street

Early 1850s & 1980s
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The earliest address book mentioned in 1855 the landlord of then ''Posener Straße 337E'' (later Nr.26) to be Mr Cords, then his widow Bertha in 1864. In the late 1880s, property moved to a merchant and to a vet doctor. In 1910, the new owner, a carpenter, had the house rebuilt: his name was August Kneiding, living at ''Korn Markt 9'', today's Długa street 65. His family possessed it and later lived there till the outbreak of
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. During the war, a restaurant, the ''Gaststätte Wendel'' was located there. The old Kneiding's house was torn down in the 1980s so the current modern building could be erected. File:Ul Poznanska 20 Sw Trojc1 1940.jpg, Kneiding's house with restaurant Wendel, ca 1940 File:Bdg Lotto 1 6-2015.jpg, Current building at the corner of Świętej Trojcy


Factory building at 2

Early 1950s
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The plot was initially one of the production site of the confectionery firm Jutrzenka. The edifice has been housing the firm "Modus", one of the largest companies in the country, specialized in sewing official and military
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. The company was founded in 1945 as a state-owned ''Zakłady Przemysłu Urządzowego "Modus"'' () in Bydgoszcz. The plant had 12 branches, scattered in downtown old buildings. In the time of the
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, the quality of products was not always high, but buyers were easily found. In 1992, in the realities of the market economy, the company was divided into four independent entities: * "Modus" Clothing Company in Bydgoszcz; * "Modina" Clothing Company in
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; * "Mikon" Clothing Company in
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; * "Piła" Clothing Industry in
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. On August 1, 1994, the company in Bydgoszcz was transformed into a
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and by 2000, the company was restructured by selling redundant real estate, reducing employment. Eventually, in 2005, "Modus" focused on the production and sale of uniforms for the police, the military, fire departments and other services. "Modus" was awarded the 2016 the ''Forbes Diamond title'': it ranked 27th in
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with a 41% increase of its value between 2012 and 2014. File:Modus Byd1.jpg, Current building at the corner of Świętej Trojcy


Tenement at 3

1910 German
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In the 1850s the area of ''Berliner Straße 2'' and its surroundings was occupied by an iron foundry factory established in 1846 by Friedrich Eberhardt in Jakob Straße (today Grudziądzka Street). In 1904, a piece of the whole plot was built for Agnes Wiechert the wife of a veterinary surgeon, as Nr.1a. On March 1, 1923, the building housed the seat of the nascent company Eltra established by Stefan Ciszewski, an engineer from
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. In 1992, a wall plaque was unveiled near the porch, to commemorate World War II clandestine armed groups that fought in 1942–1945. Codenamed "3x3", the cell was led by Lieutenant Colonel and intelligence officer Józef Gruss. Józef Chyliński was arrested by communist security organs in 1945, and after two years spent in prison, he moved to Canada, where he died in 1985. Józef Gruss was captured by the Gestapo but escaped in January 1945. Arrested after the war by the secret police, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy activities in the Armed Forces. After his release, he lived in this tenement until his death in 1969. In late December 2017, a fire broke out in the attic, destroying most of the
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gabbles. The building is an example of German historicism, with a mix of early
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elements (curved shapes, round
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s, floral
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motifs on the
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) and more ancient styles (
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building,
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with peak). The most recent renovation (September 2016) restored the gate
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and its transom light. File:Bdg SwTrojcy3 1 07-2013.jpg, Main elevation File:Sw Trojcy 3 (1).jpg,
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File:Sw Trojcy 3 (3).jpg,
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and
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Wilhelm Kopp's dye house, at Nr.4/6

1903
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The first dye house owned by Bydgoszcz industrialist William Kopp was established in 1878 in a nearby street. The company employed just two workers. In 1883, the owner significantly expanded its activity by purchasing a facility in Poznańska street. In 1893, the plant accidentally burned down, due to the misuse of gasoline, which was then used as a cleaning agent. After 10 years using a temporary place downtown, Wilhelm Kopp had to build a new plant in 1903, on Świętej Trójcy Street, then ''Berliner straße 33''. Clothes were coming from several regional office branches to be washed in special washing machines, using
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as a detergent that could remove coffee, tea, beer and wine stains. After washing and drying, clothes were ironed and packed. The plant experienced a period of prosperity at the beginning of the 20th century, setting up service points in the city ( 11 Gdańska street, 12 Mostowa street or 2 Wełniany square) but also in several other cities (
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. From 1904 to 1910, the company grew from 32 workers, of whom 26 were women, up to 60 people. When William Kopp died in 1919, company ownership moved to his two daughters and six sons. In practice, only three sons (Rudolf Wilhelm Albert, Julius Otto Friedrich and Felix Ernst Max) ran the business. The plant successfully operated, under Kopp Family management, through the
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and past the German occupation period. After World War II, the factory was nationalized and taken over by state company "Pralchem" but eventually ceased business in the 1990s. In 2006, the question of rebuilding the dye house into luxury apartments has been raised: such a project would have created around 30
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houses, an indoor swimming pool and a winter garden overlooking Mill Island, with a 300 m2 service center on the ground floor. However, the plan has never been realized. In 2011, a new owner suggested another project for a 126 rooms hotel with a restaurant, a conference room, a wellness center and a winter garden on the roof to be completed by the end of 2013. This project is currently on hold. The building has five storeys and an ancillary section. It was constructed in bricks, following the industrial architecture characteristic of the late 19th century. At the lower level were placed dye machinery and steam engine boilers. The upper floors housed laundry facilities, gasoline sewage, ironing area, expedition and housing. File:Bdg farbiarnia 14 07-2013.jpg, The old dye building File:Bdg stara farbiarnia 03-2013.jpg, The old dye building File:Kopp N 4 6.jpg, View from the street


Tenements at Nr.5,5A,7,9,11

1885
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The area of ''Berliner straße 2'' and its surroundings was in the 1850s occupied by an iron foundry factory established in 1846 by Friedrich Eberhardt in Jakob Straße (today Grudziądzka Street). In particular, it produced in 1857 the steam machine of nearby August Franke's spirit refinery located on Mill Island. After Friedrich, his son Richard, then his wife Amelie took over the lead of the company. In 1900, a sibling, Fritz Eberhardt, was in command of ''F. Eberhardt'' company. Buildings at Nr.5/5A have been designed in the 1930s by Jan Kossowski. In Bydgoszcz, this architect also realized, among others, the
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and houses at 5
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and 7 Plac Wolności. The factory worked until the end of World War II. After the war, the plant was nationalized in 1960. It closed eventually in 1994 and was torn down in 2002–2003. Today, a few brick buildings still recall the industrial past, lost among
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edifices. File:Fabryka Maszyn i Kotlow Parowych 1943.jpg, Map of Eberhardt factory, ca 1943 File:Bdg ŚwTrójcy szachulec 01-2014.jpg, Old building factory File:Sw Trojcy 5 (2).jpg, Facade at Nr.5 File:Sw Trojcy 5 (1).jpg, Facade at Nr.5A File:Sw Trojcy 7.jpg, Building at Nr.7 File:Bdg ulSwTrojcy 10 07-2013.jpg, Building at Nr.11


Eberhardt tenement, at 8

1850s
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This town house was located initially at ''Berliner straße 424E'' then ''Berliner straße 31'', and was ordered by Friedrich Eberhardt in the 1850s for his personal use. It was ideally situated just across the street, a few meters from his plant producing cast iron and steam powered machines. The edifice then housed successive family members who ruled ''F. Eberhardt's factory'': * Friedrich's son Richard and his widow Amelie in the 1890s; * Fritz Eberhardt in 1900; * Marie Eberhardt before
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; * Jan Eberhardt during
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period. The edifice is an example of
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architecture. The three-storey building, based on a triangular footprint, displays two different brick and
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facades, with a
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in the corner and a
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. The house is characterised by two peaks with
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s, one of which has a metal forged
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. File:Bdg SwTrojcy8 2 07-2013.jpg, View from the street File:Kamienica narożna ul Świętej Trójcy Bydg 2008.jpg, Corner view File:Bdg SwTrojcy8 1 07-2013.jpg, Main elevation File:Sw Trojcy 6 8 (3).jpg, Corner
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File:Sw Trojcy 6 8 (2).jpg,
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File:N8 finial.jpg, Top
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s


Tenement at 10

1888
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The plot at then ''Mauß Straße 8'' has long been a place for an industrial building related to the nearby foundry complex ''F. Eberhardt''. In 1888, the Eberhardt family had this house erected, for renting purposes, although several members of the Eberhardt family lived also there till the outbreak of World War II. Recently renovated, the facade displays symmetry and simplicity in its neoclassical features. One can notice the entry porch, underlined on the first floor by two round top windows, flanked by
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s. File:Sw Trojcy 10 (2).jpg, Main facade on the street File:Sw Trojcy 10 (1).jpg, Detail of the
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gate


Tenement at 12, corner with Czartoryskiego street

1890s
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The tenement at ''Berliner straße 30'', was the property of Wilhelm Baesler a smith master, who moved to
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in the mid-1860s. The following landlord was also a smith, Julius Schmiede; his son Erich, a smith master, moved out in the mid-1920s, but lived in Bydgoszcz until the start of World War II. Both elevations on the street have arc
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ed windows, and the facade on Świętej Trojcy also displays
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s on its ends. A
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gate parts the building, giving access to a backyard on Czartoryskiego street. File:Bdg ulSwTrojcy 11 07-2013.jpg, Corner house from the street File:Sw Trojcy 12 (2).jpg, Elevations on the street File:Sw Trojcy 12 (1).jpg,
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gate, with Franke's spirit refinery building in the background


Tenement at 13

1860s
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The plot of ''Berliner straße 3'' was built on in 1885 by the new owner, Marie Gawe, the widow of a locksmith. In the 1890s, it moved to the hands of another locksmith, Ernst Dittmann. File:Sw Trojcy 13 (2).jpg, View from the street File:Bdg ulSwTrojcy 9 07-2013.jpg,
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gate File:Sw Trojcy 13 (1).jpg, Entry door


Tenement at 18

1870
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''Berliner straße 27s first indication dates back to 1872, where the building is mentioned to have Hermann Jacobi, a merchant, for landlord. In 1890, it moved to the ownership of a baker, Friedrich Rosenau, living at ''Berliner straße 5'' (today's Nr.17), just across the street. He later moved to a house at Nr.18. At the turn of the 20th century, a carpenter Stanislaw Tylewski became the new owner. File:Sw Trojcy 18.jpg, Main elevation on the street


Gustav Weihe house at 20

1869
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The plot bore successively the numbers 441, then 16 and 26 at ''Berliner straße''. Gustav Weihe, a mason, was its first landlord. Anna Fricke, the widow of another mason, took possession of the house in 1890. The edifice remained in the hands of the Friske family until World War II. This large house has a low
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roof and its huge
neo-baroque Neo-Baroque may refer to: * Neo-Baroque music * Neo-Baroque painting, a painting style used by Christo Coetzee and others *Baroque Revival architecture * Neo-Baroque film *the Organ reform movement The Organ Reform Movement or ''Orgelbewegung'' ...
wall
dormer A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a Roof pitch, pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the ...
facing the street. File:Sw Trojcy 20.jpg, View from the street


Tenement at 21

1898
Neo-Renaissance Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century Revivalism (architecture), architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival ar ...
, elements of
Neo-Baroque Neo-Baroque may refer to: * Neo-Baroque music * Neo-Baroque painting, a painting style used by Christo Coetzee and others *Baroque Revival architecture * Neo-Baroque film *the Organ reform movement The Organ Reform Movement or ''Orgelbewegung'' ...
The house, initially at ''Berliner straße 5a'' was first the property of Friedrich Heise widow, who has been lived at ''Berliner straße 5'' (today's Nr.17) till the start of World War I. Afterwards, the building has been owned by a purser at the 14th (3rd Pomeranian) Infantry "Count Schwerin", Anton Dütting. In the 1920s,
Antoni Weynerowski Antoni Weynerowski (12 June 1864 – 29 November 1939) was a Prussian-born Polish entrepreneur. He was founder of the firm ''Leo'' in Bydgoszcz, renamed ''Kobra'', one of the largest shoe manufacture in Poland in the interwar period. Biography ...
and his wife lived there. The building is an architectural mix of a
Neo-Renaissance Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century Revivalism (architecture), architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival ar ...
facade with
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elements. The
avant-corps An ''avant-corps'' ( or , plural , , ), a French term literally meaning "fore-body", is a part of a building, such as a porch or pavilion, that juts out from the ''corps de logis'', often taller than other parts of the building.Curl, James Stev ...
have
pilaster In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical architecture which gives the appearance of a supporting column and articulates an ext ...
s and a curved
pediment Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns.Summerson, 130 In an ...
adorned with a
festoon A festoon (from French ''feston'', Italian ''festone'', from a Late Latin ''festo'', originally a festal garland, Latin ''festum'', feast) is a wreath or garland hanging from two points, and in architecture typically a carved ornament depicti ...
. On the elevation, there are
bossage Bossage is uncut stone that is laid in place in a building, projecting outward from the building, to later be carved into decorative moldings, capitals, arms, etc. Bossages are also rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond ...
s and a
corbel In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal keyed into and projecting from a wall to carry a wikt:superincumbent, bearing weight, a type of bracket (architecture), bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in t ...
table. The elevation on the courtyard displays an arched passage leading to the main door, protected by a
wrought iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%), or 0.25 for low carbon "mild" steel. Wrought iron is manufactured by heating and melting high carbon cast iron in an ...
gate. In addition, a tower-like element stands in the corner of the house. File:Bdg SwTrojcy21 2 07-2013.jpg, View from the street File:Bdg SwTrojcy21 1 07-2013.jpg, Main elevation File:Sw Trojcy 21 (3).jpg, Entry gate and
terrace Terrace may refer to: Landforms and construction * Fluvial terrace, a natural, flat surface that borders and lies above the floodplain of a stream or river * Terrace, a street suffix * Terrace, the portion of a lot between the public sidewalk a ...
File:Sw Trojcy 21.jpg, Courtyard entry File:Sw Trojcy 21 gate.jpg,
Wrought iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%), or 0.25 for low carbon "mild" steel. Wrought iron is manufactured by heating and melting high carbon cast iron in an ...
gate File:Bdg SwTrojcyStreet1 01-2015.jpg,
Corbel In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal keyed into and projecting from a wall to carry a wikt:superincumbent, bearing weight, a type of bracket (architecture), bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in t ...
table File:Bdg SwTrojcy21 3 07-2013.jpg,
Pediment Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns.Summerson, 130 In an ...
detail


Franz Ciechanowski Tenement, at 23

1903, by Ernst Peter
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
Franz Ciechanowski was an entrepreneur, whose building and engineering company has been thriving, with projects not only in
Bromberg Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its left-bank tributary, the Brda, the strategic location of Bydgoszcz has made it an inland ...
, but also in other parts of the
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. He bought the plot at ''Berliner Straße 6'' in 1896, and had the current tenement built in 1903–1904, by architect Ernst Peter from
Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
. The house is still owned by the Ciechanowski family. Ernst Peter typically applied Berlin
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
style: masks, heads, figures, plants and sea waves, atlantes supporting a
balcony A balcony (from , "scaffold") is a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade, usually above the ground floor. They are commonly found on multi-level houses, apartme ...
, slender female figures flanking the entry gate. On both sides of the elevation, at the first level, are scenes depicting workers activities, probably as a reference to Franz Ciechanowski's business. From the outside, the house looks like a palace, but in fact it comprises a string of different habitations. The front elevation is not aligned with its neighbors, since originally there was a small garden, separated by
wrought iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%), or 0.25 for low carbon "mild" steel. Wrought iron is manufactured by heating and melting high carbon cast iron in an ...
fence. Inside, some of the numerous
mural A mural is any piece of Graphic arts, graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate. Mural techniques include fresco, mosaic, graffiti and marouflage. Word mural in art The word ''mural'' ...
s realized in 1907 by Brunon Gęstwicki (1882–1969), Franciszek Ciechanowski's nephew, from
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, are still preserved. Originally, the whole staircase, including the vaulted ceiling, was covered with paintings, but many have been lost during renovations. Preserved fragments refer to the
Vienna Secession The Vienna Secession (; also known as the Union of Austrian Artists or ) is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian painters, graphic artists, sculptors and architects, including Josef Ho ...
and works from
Jacek Malczewski Jacek Malczewski (; 15 July 1854 – 8 October 1929) was a Polish symbolist painter who was one of the central figures of the patriotic Young Poland movement. His works combined the predominant style of his time with historical motifs of Pol ...
or
Wlastimil Hofman Wlastimil Hofman (27 April 1881 – 6 March 1970) was a Polish painter, one of the more popular painters of the interwar and postwar years. Life Hofman was born Vlastimil Hofmann in Prague to Ferdinand Hofmann, a Czech, and Teofila Muzyk Terleck ...
. The edifice underwent a thorough renovation in 2020. File:Sw Trojcy 23 1909.jpg, The building with its fenced garden (1909) File:Sw-Trojcy 23 facade.jpg, View of the elevation from the street File:Sw Trojcy 23 top.jpg, Detail of the top
gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
File:Sw Trojcy 23 portal.jpg, View of the entrance
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with atlases File:Sw Trojcy 23 relief.jpg, Bas-relief scenes File:Indoor 23 2.jpg, Indoor paintings File:Sw-Trojcy-23 door.jpg, Decoration of a door


Tenement at 25

1905
Historicism Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying the process or history by which they came about. The term is widely used in philosophy, ant ...
, elements of
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
The house, initially at ''Berliner straße 6a'' was first the property of Johann Ceglarski, a rentier. It then moved from 1910 to 1920 the hands of Erich Schaumann, a railway servant. In this house was born the poet and journalist Malgorzata Szulczynska (Feb 27, 1957). She was a journalist dealing with poetry, documentaries and literary critics; she wrote the first biography in Poland of
Halina Poświatowska Halina Poświatowska (; née Halina Myga, entered into church records as Helena Myga;by the baptizing local diocese priest, over the objections of her family born 9 May 193511 October 1967) was a Polish poet and writer. Poświatowska is famo ...
. She also owned an art exhibition gallery in Bydgoszcz, ''"Pod Trzynastką"'' , at Śląska street 13/2. She died on December 12, 2003. In 2004, a plaque was unveiled on the tenement to commemorate her birthplace. The building displays a harmonious facade, with two large
bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. A bow window is a form of bay with a curve rather than angular facets; an oriel window is a bay window that does not touch the g ...
s crossing two levels, topped by a
terrace Terrace may refer to: Landforms and construction * Fluvial terrace, a natural, flat surface that borders and lies above the floodplain of a stream or river * Terrace, a street suffix * Terrace, the portion of a lot between the public sidewalk a ...
. The facade is crowned by a bell dome
gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
and four wall
dormer A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a Roof pitch, pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the ...
s. Several
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s adorned with floral motifs or female figures herald the upcoming of
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
style. File:Bdg SwTrojcy25 2 07-2013.jpg, main elevation on the street File:Bdg SwTrojcy25 1 07-2013.jpg,
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detail File:Bdg SwTrojcy25 3 07-2013.jpg,
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detail File:Sw Trojcy 25 (2).jpg,
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File:Sw Trojcy 25 (4).jpg, Entry gate File:Sw Trojcy 25 (3).jpg, Plaque in memoriam of Malgorzata Szulczynska


Holy Trinity Church, at 26

Registered on
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian is one of 13 Polish constituency of the European Parliament. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature of t ...
Heritage List, Nr.601222 Reg.A/752, September 20, 1971 1912, by
Roger Sławski Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic languages">Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") ...
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,
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(interiors) The church was consecrated by Wilhelm Kloske,
Gniezno Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat'') ...
's
suffragan bishop A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led b ...
on May 18, 1913. Initially, it was reserved for the use of Polish Catholics, while the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, inaugurated in June 1913 was opened to the German community. File:Bdg kscSwTrojcy bk 3 07-2013.jpg, View of the building complex from the street File:Bdg kscSwTrojcy fr 1 07-2013.jpg, Main facade File:Kościół Św Trójcy - 2010 portal.jpg, Church
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File:Kościół Św.Trójcy w Bydgoszczy-nawa główna i organy.jpg, Church
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and
organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...


Tenement at 27, corner with 9 Kordeckiego street

1905 German
Historicism Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying the process or history by which they came about. The term is widely used in philosophy, ant ...
The house, initially at ''Berliner straße 6b'', was owned by a smith, Anton Hertzke. It was bought in the early 1910s by Carl ßeilke, a factory manager, who lived nearby, at ''Hippelstraße 13'' (today's Kordieckiego street 9). His widow lived there till 1926. The building will undergo a thorough overhaul end of 2016. The tenement has two facades on the street. There are round top windows on the ground floor. The upper floors are all brick covered, with
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s and long
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s. The top wall
dormer A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a Roof pitch, pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the ...
s have
ogee An ogee ( ) is an object, element, or curve—often seen in architecture and building trades—that has a serpentine- or extended S-shape (Sigmoid curve, sigmoid). Ogees consist of a "double curve", the combination of two semicircle, semicircula ...
shapes. The corner of the building contains a thin
bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. A bow window is a form of bay with a curve rather than angular facets; an oriel window is a bay window that does not touch the g ...
, much like a
bartizan A bartizan (an alteration of ''bratticing''), also called a guerite, ''garita'', or ''échauguette'', or spelled bartisan, is an overhanging turret projecting from the walls of late-medieval and early-modern fortifications from the early 14th c ...
, crowned by an
onion dome An onion dome is a dome whose shape resembles an onion. Such domes are often larger in diameter than the tholobate (drum) upon which they sit, and their height usually exceeds their width. They taper smoothly upwards to a point. It is a typical ...
roof with a
finial A finial () or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature. In architecture, it is a small decorative device, employed to emphasize the Apex (geometry), apex of a dome, spire, tower, roo ...
. File:Bdg SwTrojcy27 1 07-2013.jpg, View from streets intersection File:Kordeckiego 9 3.jpg, View of the corner from Swiętej Trojcy street File:Kordeckiego 9 finial.jpg,
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and
finial A finial () or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature. In architecture, it is a small decorative device, employed to emphasize the Apex (geometry), apex of a dome, spire, tower, roo ...


Corner building with 12 Kordeckiego street

1898
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
The plot belonged to Johann Sikorski, a restaurateur who had the tenement erected at the end of the 19th century. Initially at ''Hippelstraße 1'', the building has been the property of the same family till the end of the 1930s. The tenement has several
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
details, especially
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s,
pediment Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns.Summerson, 130 In an ...
s and
frieze In classical architecture, the frieze is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic order, Ionic or Corinthian order, Corinthian orders, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Patera (architecture), Paterae are also ...
s. The facade on Kordieckiego street is the most adorned, the other one having lost its decoration. Both elevation have
bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. A bow window is a form of bay with a curve rather than angular facets; an oriel window is a bay window that does not touch the g ...
s with a
balcony A balcony (from , "scaffold") is a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade, usually above the ground floor. They are commonly found on multi-level houses, apartme ...
and are topped with an
ogee An ogee ( ) is an object, element, or curve—often seen in architecture and building trades—that has a serpentine- or extended S-shape (Sigmoid curve, sigmoid). Ogees consist of a "double curve", the combination of two semicircle, semicircula ...
shaped wall
dormer A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a Roof pitch, pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the ...
. File:Bdg SwTrojcy z 5 07-2013.jpg, View from streets intersection Swietej Trojcy 29 - Kordeckiego 14 (2).jpg, Facade on Kordeckiego street


Tenement at 28

1910 Late
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
,
Modern architecture Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, or the modern movement, is an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements. Modern architectur ...
The house, initially at ''Berliner straße 22b'', was owned by Mr Busse, a member of the city council. His widow Ella lived there till 1920. Until 1939, Tadeusz Nowakowski, a writer and journalist (1917–1996) lived there with his parents coming from
Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz ...
. The tenement features a mix of styles: late
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
(adorned
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,
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gate, eyelid
dormer A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a Roof pitch, pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the ...
) and early
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(straight lines, symmetry in the opening's locations). File:Bdg SwTrojcy z 1 07-2013.jpg, Main elevation from the street File:Sw Trojcy 18 (1).jpg,
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Tenement at 29, corner with 14 Kordeckiego street

Registered on
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian is one of 13 Polish constituency of the European Parliament. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature of t ...
Heritage List, Nr.722476 Reg A/1389, October 6, 2008zabytek-kujawsko-pomorskie-data dostępu=28.02.2014 1910
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
The house, initially at ''Berliner straße 7'', was co-owned by Heinrich Kori, a
Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
engineer, and the widow of Rudolph Kori, a lawyer in
Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...
. In 1910, the building moved to the hands of Wedell brothers, Carl (a geometer) and Paul (a merchant): it remained in the Wedell family until the outbreak of World War II. The tenement has two facades of magnificent
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
architectural style, recently renovated in 2016. A corner
bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. A bow window is a form of bay with a curve rather than angular facets; an oriel window is a bay window that does not touch the g ...
overhangs the entrance, ornamented with
stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and ...
s depicting two blooming trees. On both facades, a multitude of adorned motifs recall the late
Secession Secession is the formal withdrawal of a group from a Polity, political entity. The process begins once a group proclaims an act of secession (such as a declaration of independence). A secession attempt might be violent or peaceful, but the goal i ...
style, echoing the Grawunder brothers' tenements erected at
Dworcowa Street Dworcowa Street is one of the main streets of Bydgoszcz, in Downtown district (). Many of its buildings are registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List. Across the street, between Warmia and Marcinkowskiego street runs the ...
45/47 during the same period. File:Bydgoszcz.Secesyjna kamienica,Kordeckiego14,Św.Trójcy29.jpg, View from streets intersection File:Secesyjne reliefy,Bydgoszcz dom ul Kordeckiego 14.jpg, Decoration detail File:Sw Trojcy 29 (3).jpg,
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File:Swietej Trojcy 29 - Kordeckiego 14 (2).jpg, Elevation on Kordeckiego File:Sw Trojcy 29 (5).jpg, Elevation on Świętej Trojcy street


Tenement at 30

Registered on the
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Heritage List, Nr.601423 Reg.A/1075 (October 27, 1994) 1911-1912 Early modernism The house, initially at ''Berliner straße 22a'', was owned by Artur Zemisch, who ran a construction company and lived at ''Hippelstraße 2'' (now 8 Kordieckiego). In the 1920s, new owners Józef Toksiński and Jan Wilczewski had the tenement renovated. The tenement features an adorned
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. It was renovated in 2016. File:Bydgoszcz, dom, 1921 sd.JPG, Main elevation from the street File:Bydgoszcz, dom, 1921 - wejście główne aa.JPG,
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Tenement at 35

1912–1913, by Theodore Patzwald Late
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The house, initially at ''Berliner straße 10'', was owned by Emil and Erich ßohl, who ran there a shop, ''ßohl & Son'', selling soft drinks and cigars. Today, the building houses the Regional Chamber of Audit (''RIO'' for ). Theodore Patzwald designed there one of the more stately
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houses of the city. The tenement displays noticeable architectural details, from
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, to
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, to a huge round shape
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crowning the frontage. File:Bdg RegIzbaObrachunkowa 3 07-2013.jpg, Main elevation from the street File:Bdg RegIzbaObrachunkowa 1 07-2013.jpg, Detail of the top of the frontage File:Regionalna Izba (1).jpg, Main gate File:Regionalna Izba (3).jpg, Architectural details


Mechanical School Nr.1, at 37

Registered on
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian is one of 13 Polish constituency of the European Parliament. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature of t ...
Heritage List, Nr.601424, Reg. A/890, (March 23, 1993) 1911, by Otto Brech &
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The building of the Mechanical School Nr.1 in Bydgoszcz is a historic public building in Bydgoszcz, serving educational purposes. It was christened in 1989, Mechanical School ''Franciszek Sylwester Jerzy Siemiradzki'' , an engineer, director of the school from 1923 to 1939. File:Budynek Technikum w Bydgoszczy.JPG, View from Nakielska street File:Bydgoszcz, szkoła rzemiosł i przemysłu artystycznego, ob. Zespół Szkół Mechanicznych, 1910-1911 6.JPG, View from Focha Street File:Focha kanal.jpg, Old Canal with Mechanical school on a 1914 postcard


See also

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Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...
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Bydgoszcz Architects (1850-1970s) Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its left-bank tributary, the Brda, the strategic location of Bydgoszcz has made it an inland p ...


References


External links

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"Modus" website
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Site of the Holy Trinity Parish, at 26
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Site of the Regional Chamber of Audit, at 35
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Site of the Mechanical School Nr.1, at 37
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